The Socialite

Here’s a selection of happening MARDI GRAS spots, so take your pick, or picks (party animal), and let the good times roll! You can kick off the celebration early on Monday March 7th, when ~BOXING ROOM~ is hosting a Mardi Gras celebration and final preview dinner (before they open…

The SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW, coming up March 23rd-27th at the San Mateo Event Center, is celebrating chefs in the garden for the first time ever with a series of garden-to-table cooking demonstrations and talks with leading local chefs Alice Waters (Chez Panisse), Roland Passot (La Folie, Left…

Get in on the glitz and glam of OSCAR NIGHT on Sunday February 27th at any of these fabulous events. Merchants Exchange Productions and San Francisco Magazine present Lights! Camera! Oscars! Stroll down the red carpet starting at 4pm with “paparazzi” and drag-Joan and Melissa Rivers, then enter the Julia…

Hey, you tired of just expanding your stomach and want to expand your mind too? As part of its Bay Area Now 6 event, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is hosting a series of six roundtable conversations highlighting six areas of influence: food, futurism, community activism, radical identities,…

February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH and a great time to try some special celebratory menus available only this month, with wine pairings that honor African American winemakers. Owner/executive chef David Lawrence and his wife/co-owner Monetta White of ~1300 ON FILLMORE~ in the historic Fillmore Live Music District are…

Hey cheese-lovers (and you know who you are), you might wanna hurry up and get tickets to the fifth annual CALIFORNIA’S ARTISAN CHEESE FESTIVAL March 25th-28th at the Sheraton Sonoma County—Petaluma Hotel. This cheese extravaganza sounds like it’s gonna be something else with its Saturday Seminars hosted…

Granted, I view SUPER BOWL SUNDAY as a great day to go shopping or to the movies, and it’s an ideal time to go out and find a man who isn’t into football. But I know plenty of you would like to know about some of these Super…

I know, I know, some of you want to cringe, but there are others who need to book a table asap for VALENTINE’S DAY to get your prix-fixe menu groove on. So, let’s dive in. First, whether you want to send a treat to your boyfriend or bitter…

On Wednesday February 2nd, cook up some fun and some support for a great non-profit at COOKING UP SUCCESS FOR WOMEN’S INITIATIVE, a cooking party and fundraiser hosted by Parties That Cook to benefit Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment, a non-profit organization that provides small business training to low-income…

Back for its 10th year, the WINE & WISHES fundraiser event is Saturday February 5th, featuring some of the Bay Area’s best chefs and winemakers in a Gourmet Food & Wine Tasting and a Winemaker Dinner, all to benefit the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation. New this year, the…