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Earth Day Project: How to Make Soap
Apr 19, 2012 / By Serena
Posted in DIY / Good Ideas / Kitchen Adventures / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
Posted in DIY / Good Ideas / Kitchen Adventures / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
As Earth Day weekend quickly approaches I find myself preparing to teach another class of how to make soap. This Sunday I’m teaching the more popular cold process method for… Read more»
Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga
Being raised on the East Coast, when I hear Saratoga I conjure white-washed horse racing stands and the memory of tasting sulfury water. It is hard to justify my years… Read more»
Drinks and decoupage at Oakland’s Plum Bar
Apr 10, 2012 / By Serena
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
One of the indications that Oakland is indeed an omnivore’s paradise are the migrations made by famous San Francisco chefs to open new restaurants here on eastern shores. It is… Read more»
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SF Bay
- A Pandora Mini-Guide
- Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley
- Asian Box and Palo Alto’s new trendy food
- Barbecue bliss
- Bay Area’s best pumpkin patches
- Beethoven at the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- California’s new Danish beer
- Chef Bradley Ogden’s tasty book tour (and a podcast)
- Chef Kim Alter and Haven in Jack London Square
- City Lights Bookstore and some poetry pointers
- Deciding Oakland’s food policy future
- Dimond District in Oakland
- Drinks and decoupage at Oakland’s Plum Bar
- Earth Day Project: How to Make Soap
- Every shot has its story
- In the Black and Plaid Friday in Oakland
- Institute of Urban Homesteading in Oakland
- Kronos Quartet in San Francisco
- La Borinquena in Old Oakland, and a Tina Tamale podcast
- Lush gelato with rhubarb bread pudding
- LYFE Kitchen in Palo Alto
- Meet the Chef Podcast: Chef Tal Ronnen
- Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga
- Mother’s Day Concerts at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with Kronos Quartet
- Mr. Pollo in San Francisco
- Oakland’s Jack London Square
- Oaklandish store delivery
- Sacred Wheel in Oakland
- San Francisco Lyric Chorus
- Saul’s in Berkeley
- Sous Vide with Chef Preston Dishman and a podcast
- The difference between graffiti and murals
- The Green Tortoise Hostel in San Francisco
- The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley, and Roast Chicken
- Touring San Francisco’s Federal Building
- Walking tour of the Berkeley Hills
CA Wine Country
- ‘Portraits on the Margin’ and other reasons to visit Pacific School of Religion
- Bardessono in Yountville
- Barrel Tasting Weekend in Livermore Valley
- Dim Sum Charlie’s in Napa
- Hallberg Butterfly Garden in Sebastopol
- Hendy Woods State Park in Mendocino
- How to avoid traffic on the 101, beautifully
- Last minute Valentine’s fun in southern Napa
- Osmosis Spa in Freestone
- Serena’s preview picks for Dry Creek Passport Weekend
- Spring Hill Dairy and Quark Coffee Cake