Since our dinner club has dwindled to three members and one of them is an accountant, busy season takes a toll on our Thursday night dinners. Miss Accountant was able to slip away tonight and we went to Umami Burger on Union Street. I have heard nothing but good things about this place so I had been dying to try it. That’s pretty much the basis of all Thursday night [...]
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It all started 3 years ago when I planned a Valentine’s work event that fell through. Instead of cancelling the 15 person reservation I had, I invited all my friends to join me in a bottomless mimosa brunch at Luna Park. Little did we know that we were going to find the bottom to the mimosas and have to move to another bar in the Mission. From there, we went [...]
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Tea Tasting. It’s awesome. I think everyone should do it. I’ve been to “tea” of course, but this is totally different and great in its very own way. A Vital Tea tasting experience goes like this: You sit at the bar and get a cute little tea cup. A nice lady brews the tea, teaches you about the benefits of the tea, and serves a taste to see what you [...]
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My girlfriends from college get together on Thursday nights for what we call “Thursday Night Dinners”. Oh so creative of a name, I know. It all started when I moved to San Francisco and Melissa and I decided we would try out a new bar every week until we found our “Cheers.” This lasted a little while, but we found that going out to dinner and drinks was more fun. [...]
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The Buena Vista Brunch comes around once a year and every year it is just as great as the last. The brunch started many years ago, bringing together a group of friends for a holiday get together in December. Since Dotty and my mom passed, the ladies invited the daughters to join in their place and I am sure glad I get to be part of this fun tradition. The [...]
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Today is a special day that my mom and I share. So today (and last weekend) I have been celebrating. Celebrating life & love. And what to do in the name of celebration? I believe it calls for delicious meals with loved ones. And that is what I did. Jon and I were first starting to date last year when he took me out to a fancy meal for my [...]
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When I was about 8 years old, my mom decided she wanted our family to venture into the city to have a nice dinner and see the grandiose Christmas decorations San Francisco had to offer. We lived about forty miles away in the suburbs so we didn’t usually spend the night in the city, but she decided to go all out and get us a hotel room right in Union [...]
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Every year at my family’s Thanksgiving, we go around the table and everyone has to say what they are thankful for. Even though I get nervous right before I have to say mine, I love this tradition. I like hearing what others have to say and as well as letting my family know why I feel blessed in that time of my life. Last weekend I went to my friend [...]
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Sometimes in life, you have to persevere. You have to keep on going when you don’t think you can go any longer. And that my friends, is what I did all weekend long. When I thought I couldn’t take another bite, try another sample, finish the last glass of wine, I put my head down and just kept going. The 2011 Foodbuzz Festival was a success. And guess what? I [...]
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Remember in college when we had all the time in the world to hang out with our friends? Wednesday night rolled around, and what better thing to do than go out dancing at the local dive bar? Nowadays people are busy, have jobs, bla bla, and need reasons to get together with their friends. Thus, the massive amount of non significant 20 something birthday parties that we plan for ourselves [...]
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