SAN FRANCISCO—Strangers stop my friend Kala in the street to admire her fancy headgear. “I love your hat. Where did you buy it?” they ask. You won’t find anything like it ready-made in a store. Each hat is her own creation and if you ask her why she wears hats, she’ll say, “life is too short to be […]
California: Happy Hollandaise
NAPA—Copia has come back to life in time for the holidays. Chefs at the Culinary Institute of America enlighten us on the important matters of life such as making pasta and tasting wine. Find your favorite sparkling wine in a blind tasting class with a Napa Valley vintner. Dine at the restaurant on the latest dishes from culinary academia. […]
San Francisco: Light Years Away
During my mother’s monthlong visit, I was at my wits end scheduling activities. We had just spent a week in the land of palm trees, sea turtles and Pele’s steaming craters. When we arrived home, she knew I needed to work. I heard her start to pace outside my office door. Her footsteps echoed throughout […]
San Francisco: Glimpse the Future in “The Nether”
The Nether now playing at San Francisco Playhouse, made me squirm and that’s why I recommend you go see it. People log in fourteen hours a day to the Nether, a future incarnation of the internet, or they log in permanently and become shades, dying when finally taken off life support. In this showstopper from […]
Ireland: Fifty Years On
Last year, when Aer Lingus, Ireland’s national airline, introduced direct flights from San Francisco to Dublin, a travel seed was sown. We already had plans to go to England. Why not go to Ireland first, visit some old haunts, then proceed on to London? And so it was that the travel seed came to bloom. […]
Napa Valley: Crystal Balls and Gazing Chairs
It takes a lot to trump Napa Valley wines, but for the past few years, resident artists have usurped the throne. Napa Valley’s annual Arts in April, a series of monthlong events, provides hard-to-come-by visits with busy artists. Much can be gleaned from viewing their prodigious portfolios. Breathing the same air with these larger then life personalities can […]
