Machu Picchu closed for due to floods and mudslides

Machu Picchu closed for due to floods and mudslides

Traveling in southern Peru? Cusco and Sacred Valley are flooded and or experiencing mudslides. All trains are canceled from Cusco to Aguas Callientes. Nearly 2,000 from all over the world were stranded in Aguas Calientes and surrounding pueblos. 5 people killed. Tourists and the elderly are being rescued by helicopter slowly, about 300 a day….

What could be more “in” than throwing “Simple Stunning Parties At Home”?

What could be more “in” than throwing “Simple Stunning Parties At Home”?

I spent the holidays in NYC this year (you can read my reviews here)returning mid-January to mounds of mail which I only recently finished opening. I know, it’s a feeb excuse for not telling you about this fantastic, party-throwing guide, Simple Stunning Parties At Home, in time for your Christmas/New Year’s get-togethers. But it will…

Join Local SF Band for Doctors Without Borders Event

Join Local SF Band for Doctors Without Borders Event

Good cause and great music, it’s time to celebrate San Francisco talent and raise much-needed funds for Doctors Without Borders….. Epiphanette is a San Francisco progressive rock/blues band featuring bass player Tiki Houseman, drummer Kelly Child, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Gursom. The trio is known for its complicated rhythms and soulful lyrics, written by Houseman (writing,…

Reporting from the food front at S.F. 35th Fancy Food Show

Reporting from the food front at S.F. 35th Fancy Food Show

Although this is a three day event, I’m leaving town tomorrow so I only had one day to power-taste my way through 80,000 specialty food and drink products. I started at 10:00 am and waddled out seven hours later with my stomach as full as Nadya Suleman’s right before she gave birth to octuplets. Some…