Fancy Food Show 2016 Wrap-Up

San Francisco, California The specialty food industry is booming. This past weekend, more than 1,400 exhibitors served up 80,000 specialty food and beverage products to more than 19,000 attendees of the Winter Fancy Food Show. We attended just one of the three-day event, but we were successful in covering every inch of the massive Moscone…

San Francisco Views from the Buena Vista

San Francisco, California MAPPING THE DAY At the corner of Hyde and Beach, there’s a “good view” from the Buena Vista of some of San Francisco’s iconic images.  The Powell and Hyde Cable Car toward Fisherman’s Wharf ends right at the restaurant’s doorstep.  Fisherman’s Wharf is down the street and a view of the Bay…

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

San Francisco, California MAPPING THE DAY The city by the bay calls us back at least once or twice a year.  Each visit is unlike the previous.  Diverse neighborhoods, architecture, people, restaurants, shopping and activities fill each day in the city in a different way. LOCAL STORY A few years ago, we were drawn to…

When in San Francisco, Eat This!

San Francisco, California MAPPING THE DAY Sights, places and neighborhoods abound in San Francisco.  Each time we are there, we discover new places and vow to return soon and visit longer.  We often stay in the Marina neighborhood at a little hotel called Cow Hollow Motor Inn on Lombard and Steiner.  It is a modest hotel…