The Socialite

So yes, ~NEW YEAR'S EVE~ is coming, and while I am fortunate to be hosted at a friend's place for dinner this year, I have to say I totally relished my dinner out with friends at Winterland last year (obviously not a possibility this year). I…

Here's your annual way to rack up some charges on your VISA card (don't blame me). Starting on December 18, you can start making online restaurant reservations for San Francisco's sixth annual ~DINE ABOUT TOWN~, coming in January. More than one hundred San Francisco…

Hello homos! (Sorry, I don't have drink tickets, a bubble butt, or a Tom of Finland getup to get your attention.) Okay, after checking out one of the singles cooking classes at Parties That Cook!, I asked Bibby, the fab organizer behind these events, why not have a…

This is seriously cool: Encantada Gallery of Fine Arts is hosting a ~TAMALADA NAVIDEÑA: THE ART OF THE TAMALE~. Here's more on this hands-on Mexican holiday cooking class: In Latino communities, the Christmas Tamalada is a time for sharing chismes, family stories, recipes and preparations for the Holidays.…

I was already happy with Cheese School, and now there's ~HIP TASTES SATURDAY SCHOOL~! Courtney Cochran of HIP TASTES is putting together a Bubble Primer for this Saturday at Vino Venue, and more classes will be coming in 2007. Here's more from HIP TASTES: It never…

Two of my faves, oysters and bubbly will be in full effect at ~ABSINTHE BRASSERIE AND BAR'S FIRST ANNUAL CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTER HOLIDAY KICK-OFF~! A selection of hors d'oeuvres will be passed and Hog Island Oyster Company will be on hand to shuck. Over forty wines…

On Wednesday, November 15, it's your chance to dine out at some tasty local establishments in the Castro, Noe Valley, SOMA, and Mission, and whaddya know, it's for a good cause. For one day only, restaurants participating in ~DINE AROUND~ will donate 25% of their food…

Now this is a wine tasting that makes beautiful sense: Steven Sherman over at William Cross Wine Merchants is hosting the sixth annual ~WINES FOR THANKSGIVING~ tasting. Instead of just tasting some wines, there will actually be a 25-pound turkey on hand for munching while tasting the wines listed below.…

Get ready to have some fungus among us: the ~FIRST FERRY BUILDING FUNGUS FESTIVAL~ is coming up, from Saturday, November 25–Sunday, November 26. The Ferry Building Marketplace, Far West Fungi and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market celebrate culinary mushrooms with a range of free events, including Mushroom Growing Tables, Meet…

Attention meat eaters: here's your big chance to try the outré! How about some cornmeal-crusted crocodile, or lightly smoked corned buffalo hash, or wild boar loin, or rib eye of Himalayan yak! No, National Geographic Explorer is not hosting a dinner of animals that "didn't…