Summer in San Francisco is so counter-intuitive. As an East-coast transplant, it still feels weird to spend most of the June and July bundled up in sweats, reduced to breaking out the self-tanner for a little fake glow. So naturally, I jumped at the chance to join a press trip hosted by the LVCVA and…
Summer in San Francisco is so counter-intuitive. As an East-coast transplant, it still feels weird to spend most of the June and July bundled up in sweats, reduced to breaking out the self-tanner for a little fake glow. So naturally, I jumped at the chance to join a press trip hosted by the LVCVA and…
Food I’d fly back for in a NY minute: Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro The elegant, hat-box shaped dining room styled out with crystal chandeliers, blown glass dew-drops and vanilla ice-creamy leather banquettes, looks like a movie set for Sex and the City (actually, the four gal-pals were obsessed with Payard’s desserts on the show). Surprisingly,…
Entertaining Entertainment If you want to continue the good-ol’-days strip theme, stroll next door to Peep Show, starring Holly Madison (from Hefner’s Girl Next Door fame) as Little Bo Peep. This topless revue (with the obvious exception of Holly, the rest of the “tops” were refreshingly un-touched) is rather tame by Vegas standards but a…
Summer is a time to relax and enjoy yourself. But why not spend your lazy summer days learning something new? Three museums throughout California are hosting new exhibits that will entertain and educate you throughout the summer. So, take the afternoon off work, grab the kids and hit up these local hot spots: Explore the…
Now that commercial Kombucha has started to disappear off store shelves after questions of alcohol content, what’s a kombucha fan to do?Rancho Parnassus to the rescue. The first retailer to provide kombucha on tap. There are also bottles to go. There’s the custom grilled panini, obscure beverages, awesome Thanksgiving Coffee from Fort Bragg and crazy…
AYUSA is looking for American families interested in hosting high school foreign exchange students for the 2010-2011 school year. Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships for high school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend an academic year in the U.S. Students live with American host families, attend high school, engage…