Granada Hotel: San Luis Obispo Lux Living
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Granada Hotel: San Luis Obispo Lux Living

Ah, the beautiful Granada Hotel in San Luis Obispo. What a welcome sight after driving four hours down the coast from San Francisco. In town for the SLO Film Festival, I realized how lucky I was to grab the very last room. Won’t have to drive at all, steps away from everything you need downtown,…

Millie Vanilli Biopic:  Girl You Know It’s True
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Millie Vanilli Biopic: Girl You Know It’s True

Roxie Theater hosted the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival’s North American Premiere of “Girl You Know it’s True“, a biopic about Fab Morvan, and the rise and fall of his band Milli Vanilli. Fab made a personal appearance in San Francisco to answer audience questions and graciously pose with admirers. A little history: Fab Morvan was…

Hotel Cerro: San Luis Obispo
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Hotel Cerro: San Luis Obispo

I was in town for the SLO Film Festival & really lucked out. Located downtown, it’s a short walk to the theaters & restaurants. The famous Bubblegum Alley is literally behind the hotel. If you just want to chill, Hotel Cerro has everything you’d need. A gorgeous rooftop pool, drinks, patio, gardens, gym, bikes, spa…

24 Hours in Paso Robles: Treat Your Beautiful Self
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24 Hours in Paso Robles: Treat Your Beautiful Self

Let’s talk about the perfect setting for a girlfriend getaway, your special someone, which may be you, because you deserve it. Rent a car, Paso Robles is halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, both great starting points. The city is inland, east of San Luis Obispo, another great location, but that’s for another post….

BELLA! Film Review: Powerful Doc of 70’s Feminist Icon
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BELLA! Film Review: Powerful Doc of 70’s Feminist Icon

The historic Castro Theatre hosted BELLA!, the 2023 closing night selection of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, oldest such festival in the world. If you don’t know who Bella Abzug is, you weren’t alive in the 1970s, but trust me, you want to see this documentary of an extraordinary woman, beginning her career as…

Remembering Gene Wilder:  Tribute Doc
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Remembering Gene Wilder: Tribute Doc

Remembering Gene Wilder opened the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, screened at the beautiful Castro Theatre. Side note: the SFJFF is the oldest Jewish film festival in the world. Through Interviews and archival footage we are given a back stage pass to rub shoulders with the likes of Richard Pryor, Zero Mostel, Gilda Radner,…