Julie’s in Alameda
Along Park Street, the main - and only - drag in atmospheric (read: funky) Alameda, there are dozens of bars and an increasing number of coffee places. My favorite is Julie's - 1223 Park St., - where the house specialty is scones and home-made clotted cream, aka...
Artistic Abstractions
Abstractions - an ambitious and colorful exhibition of original artwork opens this Friday at a quartet of Santa Cruz County Banks throughout the county. Inspired by energy, emotion, and the environment, seven women artists explore the expressive qualities of line,...
Piece of Cake
In a room that smelled like paradise I watched a woman adding intricate lettering to the top of a freshly-made birthday cake. Find out where I was. In the March 5, Metro Santa Cruz.
A16 in San Francisco
To Die For!: Giving new meaning to the word “chocolate,†was a spectacular chocolate budino tart I shared with friends on the night of the recent lunar eclipse. The place was A16 (see the current Condé Nast Traveler), on Chestnut Street in San Francisco. A long,...
Maderos @ Gabriella
Recent paintings by Tom Maderos - plein air and still life specialist - will fill the interior of Gabriella Cafe starting on March 10. The show, which continues through May 5, will show off Maderos' expressionistic skills with oil on canvas. If Diebenkorn had painted...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.