Chinatown: more than the Dim Sum of its parts

by | Aug 14, 2008 | culture, eating, travel

Starting to fall behind on SF posts, sorry about that. I asked the concierge at the Hyatt where I could find the best dim sum. She swiftly disparaged all of Chinatown with some references to mystery meat and suggested Yank Sing in the Rincon Center. Dim sum in a food...

At the Slanted Door with La Doctorante

by | Aug 9, 2008 | design, eating, travel, urbanism

On Thursday I was lucky enough to meet up with La Doctorante, buddy of LKB, art-historical dissertatrix and author of an excellent secret blog, for lunch and some museum-going. I could tell you more about the blog, but you know what would have to happen next. What I...

Sweet eats at salt house SF

by | Aug 7, 2008 | eating

I passed it during the day after checking out SF Camerawork – an unassuming brick building, formerly a warehouse or something like that, with subtle signage that says “too hip for the likes of you” while reading simply, “salt house.”  Was...

Sunburn in San Francisco

by | Aug 7, 2008 | culture, photo, travel, urbanism

I don’t know how many times I’ve been to San Francisco and somehow missed out on SF Camerawork, a place that “encourages emerging and mid-career artists to explore new directions in photography and related media by fostering creative forms of...