The 23rd Annual Star Chefs & Vintners Gala by Meals on Wheels San Francisco
James Beard Award-winner Nancy Oakes of Boulevard returns for her seventh year to lead one of the most illustrious line-ups of culinary superstars in Northern…
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Google Docs updated, takes another shot at Microsoft Office
Google today announced an updated version of it’s increasingly popular online productivity suite called Docs. The new features include the ability collaborate with 50 people…
Adobe CS5 now available, new versions of Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, more
If you’re at all involved in the creative process, be it audio, video, print, web or just about anything involving a splash of flare, then…
Sushi California, Berkeley: Fresh raw fish and live music lures in foodies
The sushi dinner was well executed. The highlight for me was the unagi. It was still warm with a sweet and peppery sauce.
Citizen journalism startup AllVoices expands into 30 cities, will it work?
New media is an interesting place to be these days, and there are no shortage of interesting—and unproven—business models cropping up every day. The latest…
Slow cooking in the fast lane
Stepping off the plane from London at SFO, I had many issues occupying my mind. One was both the excitement of seeing my first shipment…
Solar airplane completes 87-minute test flight
The only question now is what happens on a cloudy day—perhaps a rapid descent? Other than that the first test flight for a solar-powered airplane,…
Pebble Beach Food & Wine weekend
In 2000, Tiger Woods teed off at the second hole at the U.S. Open held at Pebble Beach. I was sitting only about 10 feet…
Easter Dinner at Graham and Ainsley Z
After landing in Ottawa at around 6 pm this evening, I was whisked away to an Easter dinner hosted by Graham and Ainsley Z—. I…
Solar Update: March 2010, Mother Nature begins anew
The Sunpower solar energy generation graph for this past month shows that March had its bright and sunny days. I missed about two weeks of…