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Bay Area Favorites at the 2012 Fancy Food Show
Bay Area Bites
Jan 19It’s no secret that we're spoiled here in the Bay Area due to an abundance of artisanal, locally produced gourmet specialty foods. So, it's not a surprise that while attending this year's massive Fancy Food Show at San Francisco’s Moscone Center many o... »
Will the Butterball raid yield any real results?
Grist
Dec 30by Erik Marcus. If turkey were beer, Butterball would have the brand power of Budweiser, Miller and Coors combined. From six plants, the company produces one billion pounds of turkey each year and exports the meat to over 50 countries. Given this domin... »
ConsumerWatch: Which Retailers Are Naughty This Holiday Season?
CBS 5 - Jefferson Awards
Nov 24In a fashion similar to that of the Occupy camps, mall security guards in Roseville tried to kick out campers waiting out in tents for Best Buy’s Black Friday deals. »
ConsumerWatch: Which Retailers Are Naughty This Holiday Season?
CBS 5 Bay Area Real Estate
Nov 24In a fashion similar to that of the Occupy camps, mall security guards in Roseville tried to kick out campers waiting out in tents for Best Buy’s Black Friday deals. »
Ed Lee Meets POTUS and Rev. Pat; Tim Hodson, RIP
Calbuzz
Oct 26Right up there with “Demon Sheep,” the new Ed Lee for San Francisco Mayor ad titled “2 Legit 2 Quit” and/or “Fear the Mustache” (as in “Fear the Beard,” i.e. SF Giants pitcher Brian Wilson), produced by Ashkon Davaran, is just too good to pass up. Feat... »
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2012 NFL free agents: 6 WRs the 49ers probably won’t sign
Bay Area Sports Guy
Jan 31By Scott Warfe Since Michael Crabtree’s self-deactivation in the NFC Championship game, the “pundits and scribes” have been enmeshed in anticipatory waiver wire news regarding the future of the WR position (or, if not this, then they’re being ensnared ... »
News Flash: San Francisco Costco Electric Charging Station Actually Used by Somebody
The San Francisco Citizen
Jan 30TweetI’ve been waiting years to see this: Hurray! »
On Gary Brown ...
McCovey Chronicles
Jan 26Just realized that for all of the Carlos Beltran-related hand-wringing, there aren't nearly enough Zack Wheeler complaints on the front page. I'll write a little sticky note for my desk and put it with the rest. It's insane that the Giants traded their... »
Book Review: Wine Wars by Mike Veseth
Vinography
Jan 21Review by Tim Patterson. A big part of wine's allure is that it is so many different things: a source of alcohol, a source of pleasure, a gateway for entry into the mystical, the erotic, the enlightened, the divine, the silly, and sometimes the idiotic... »
Network: Albuquerque: A Bronze Level Bicycle-Ambivalent Community
Streetsblog All Posts
Jan 20Albuquerque recently banned bicycling along a half mile section of Chappell Drive, which is near the north end of town (Costco, Sam’s Club, some industrial stuff). While at least one cyclist down there wondered why some of us were objecting to this see... »