
Route One’s Farm Dinner Triumph!
Seriously, this was the most seamless, delicious, relaxing, vibrant farm dinner I've ever enjoyed. (And there have been plenty!) Route One Farms—sprawled out along the fertile alluvial plains by Waddell Creek—joined forces with Feel Good Foods and Santa Cruz...

The Loss of another Genius
Robin Williams, so desperately gifted, so desperately troubled. He died of an overdose of talent. Thanks for all the laughter and tears!

the last movie – Philip Seymour Hoffman
When our finest American actor succumbed to his demons earlier this year, film-goers knew it was a significant loss. But only with the release of A Most Wanted Man, the new film by Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn from the book by spymeister John LeCarré, did the full...
Cactus Carnival — festival del Nopal
If you haven't yet fallen for the delicious, versatile nopal cactus (the pad of the prickly pear cactus, minus the pricklies), then you must head on over to 176 Lincoln Street this Sunday, July 27, for the Festival del Nopal loaded with nopal-driven foods, live music,...

Ida – the Price of Loss
From the first frame, you are hooked. Yes partly because Ida, written and directed by Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, is shot in raw black and white. Partly because the camera is most often stationary, allowing actors to move in and out of our viewpoint—creating...