Ah Temescal, arguably the best neighborhood in Oakland to eat and drink in for well over a hundred years.  From the 1890’s to the 1960’s Temescal was known as the East Bay’s Little Italy.  Italian delis, gardens, restaurants, and even an opera house once dominated 51st St.  In the 1940’s a

San Francisco culinary couple Jupiter Henry and Lauren Fletcher recently launched a company by the name of Bites with Spice. They just released their first unique new food product: the BBQ Recipe Kit. Inside each kit you will find 2 small glass jars filled with their custom all natural “Master Spice

The food stand hamburger specialists at 4505 Meats just opened up a brick and mortar BBQ location at Divisadero and Grove Streets in San Francisco.  Naturally I ran down there as fast as my little piggy legs could carry me. The best Brisket I ever had was at Franklin’s BBQ

I’m independent and I don’t own a car. If you’re a traveler like me, then you probably try to exhaust all resources before renting a car becomes an option. I find that you can sightsee more when you’re not worried about driving on a winding road along tretcherous sea-hugging cliffs.

This weekend was pretty great. Pink Saturday, Pride Parade, record numbers of revelers celebrating throughout our fair city…. Which means today will most likely be spent on the couch with a bucket of coffee nursing an equally record-breaking hangover. So you’ll be feeling on top of the world by Tuesday,

Whenever clear blue skies start to peek between tiers of the fluffy cumulus floating by, I start to think of the warmer months to come. And when I think of the warmer months to come, I think of barbeque being consumed straight off the grills. Cold beers. Happy faces. Creative

Lately I’ve been feeling very dive-y when it comes to bars.  Eff spending an hour doing my hair and makeup — I just want to go somewhere in a hoodie and hang out with my PBR in a dark, smelly corner.  Obviously it’s fun to dress up and sashay around