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High cost of textbooks serves as barrier to education
San Francisco Examiner
Feb 06The campus bookstore at San Francisco State University was bustling last week. A long line snaked through the aisles, as students waited to pay for this semester’s books. Junior Gloria Keane guessed that her tally for five classes would be $600. “It ge... »
Kimpton buys Riverplace from Larkspur
The San Francisco Business Times
Feb 04Larkspur Hotels has sold another property from its four-star hotel collection. This time a direct competitor was the buyer: Kimpton Hotels snapped up the 84-room Riverplace, gaining itself a third property in Portland, Oregon. Terms of the deal were no... »
Appetite: Alchemical delights at Science of Cocktails 2012
Pixel Vision
Feb 03Although the Science of Cocktails event may be on hiatus next year due to the Exploratorium's big move to the Embarcadero, this year's party is worth highlighting. Attending since the inaugural event three years ago (check out my previous review here),... »
Gold Dust Lounge Landlords Reportedly Call Cops, Worried About Supporters' Pub Crawl
Sf AppealFull Feed
Feb 02Even as Union Square's imperiled Gold Dust Lounge struggles to find new tactics to keep the beloved bar from closing, owners of the building... »
Eye On The Bay: Farallon Islands Part Two – 2/1/12
CBS 5 - Special Reports
Feb 01“Eye on the Bay” journeys 26 miles west of San Francisco, gaining rare access to one of the most mysterious island formations in the world »
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Fashion, Wine & Chocolate
Food Gal
Feb 07Tory Burch Fashion Show/Brunch Seasons Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco is hosting the ultimate girly pre-Valentine’s Day outing 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 12. Enjoy a delicious two- or three-course brunch while taking in a fashion show o... »
Is Customer Service Dead? Or Did We Just Forget to Demand It?
7x7 Feed
Feb 06At one of the city’s most revered coffee temples, the design is like a beautiful third-wave film set. From soaring ceilings with skylights, hazy sheaths of light illuminate exposed wood, cement floors, and sheet metal. A guy with tattoo sleeves listens... »
George Heymont: What Becomes a Legend Most?
HuffPost San Francisco
Feb 06By the time Channing headed out onto the runway that circled the orchestra pit for her curtain call and waved to the people in the balcony, I was ready to jump over the rail right into her arms. I was hardly alone. »
Gandhi-King-Chavez Season of Nonviolence Event @ SF State, February 6
Pacifica Riptide
Feb 06Monday, February 6 at 5 p.m., San Francisco State University, "Childhood Roots of Violence & Nonviolence" with Mitch Hall, youth counselor with CHAA in Richmond and yoga teacher at Niroga Center in Berkeley. He discusses a wide range of research... »
Downtown Hyatt Place Now Open
The San Jose Blog
Feb 05The very first Hyatt Place Hotel in San Jose has just opened up it's doors across the street from the convention center. Some of the amenities are free breakfast, free WiFi, 42 inch HDTVs in all 234 rooms, a 24/7 guest kitchen, and a new bakery cafe wi... »