2015/07/16 MHG and PEG visit to the Legion of Honor in San Francisco to view the Impressionist gallery.
Category: Travel
High Style at Legion of Honor
2015/07/16 MHG and PEG visit to the Legion of Honor in San Francisco to view the High Style exhibit (preview) from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection. From the Legion’s Web site: “Gowns, accessories, and other looks by the most influential designers of the last one hundred years—including Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, and Charles James—trace the evolution…
Bay Area HMC Events
Bay Area HMC Events This post is intended to collaborate on ideas for various types of HMC community events to be held in the Bay Area. Please add your ideas in comments at the bottom of the page. Thanks! – Penelope Gordon, ’87, pegordon@1plug.com, Moderator Food Related ‘Beyond Mudd πs’: a series of food related…
Northern CA Sightseeing
Northern California starts at the border between Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties less than three hours south of San Francisco, runs up through the Bay Area and Sacramento at the latitudinal mid-point of the State, and ends at the Oregon border 6.5 hours north in Del Norte County. (See Bay Area Sightseeing for activities…
Bay Area Chocolate
A compendium of places to buy, eat, and learn about chocolate and chocolate production in the Bay Area. Also see Bay Area Food, Bay Area Restaurants, and Bay Area Sightseeing posts. Feb 2024 KQED Bay Curious podcast on SF’s chocolate history. The featured chocolatiers are Socola and Formosa Chocolates. 2014/03/04: Per tablehopper, “Noted San Francisco…
Bay Area Food
A compendium of places to buy, eat, and learn about food and food production in the Bay Area. Also see Bay Area Chocolate, Bay Area Restaurants, and Bay Area Sightseeing posts. Alameda / Oakland / Berkeley / Greater Alameda County Alameda County Foodie Tour Alameda Natural Grocery (organic food and healthcare), 1650 Park St, Alameda,…
Bay Area Sightseeing
The Bay Area consists of the nine counties directly surrounding the San Francisco Bay – though technically Napa County touches the slough separated from the Bay proper by a strip of Solano County. See Northern CA Sightseeing for activities in the 39 counties outside of the Bay Area, Bay Area Restaurants for dining in the…
Bay Area Restaurants
East Bay Vegan and Carnivores together Oakland vegan restaurants and food trucks map. Alameda 2014/05/03: Tetsu Ramen, 1245 Park St, 11am – 9:30pm. Recently opened. Divided Yelper opinions – in part due to differences over what makes good ramen and in part to folks’ odd ideas about prices and serving sizes of Japanese cuisine (in…