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Photo of the Day: Cafe Sketchbook

It was an around the world meetup in a French cafe in San Francisco.

Berkeley Restaurant and Cafe Recommendations

There is no want for good, inexpensive food and coffee in Berkeley! Known the world over for the quality of the food served in the local restaurants, here is a list of a few to get you started.

Oakland Restaurant and Cafe Recommendations

You can find just about any kind of cuisine in Oakland, from funky Mexican taquerias to Chinese dim sum to California modern.

San Francisco Restaurant and Cafe Recommendations

San Francisco is known for many things past and present – and even future if you are a Star Trek fan – but one of the most exhilarating reasons to visit San Francisco is to sample its tasty treats. The restaurants mentioned in this section have all been sampled by artist-at-large.com. We tend to make [...]

The Zuni Way | San Francisco

Zuni fits every occasion: birthdays, romances, spontaneous cocktails, star-sightings …

Tosca

Deep red, dark, sexy, moody, and cool. Cool like that. Tosca exudes a sexiness and coolness that is uniquely San Francisco, and uniquely North Beach. A tad bohemian, a bit moody, writers who call it trendy don’t quite have it right. Trendy implies that it is cool for the moment. But Tosca, well, it survives [...]

Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn

Everyone that I had met in Big Sur said that I must go to Deetjen’s for breakfast before I leave the area. My problem was that the restaurant closed at about the time I was just beginning to think about food for the day. That is to say, Noon.

Ripplewood Cafe

When I questioned Linda as to where I should go for lunch, she didn’t hesitate at suggesting the Ripplewood Cafe, on the other side of the gas station. So, I put my raincoat back on, grabbed my bag and set off to walk the 50 ft. to the restaurant.

Steps of Rome

Sitting at my table in the corner of the cafe I watched the waiters glide from table to table, giving orders to the kitchen in Italian. The espresso machine hissed out cappuccinos beside me while the barman made that special cafe sound of the loud clanking of cups and saucers together, then made the sound [...]

Caffe Centro

Today I suffered through the new inevitability – a day at a job fair. What I thought was going to take only an hour, ended up taking most of the day. It took an hour just waiting in line to reach the front door of the auditorium and then to spend the next few hours [...]

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Outside Our Realm

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Browse Flickr: Type San Francisco or Big Sur in the tag search bar and then hit Go. It takes a minute to get used to it, but this nifty tool will keep you busy for as long as you can stand it!

Google Map of Big Sur: Start in Big Sur and wind your way up the coast to San Francisco!

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Welcome to San Francisco! If you have a comment for one of the stories, please feel free to post it. It will be read and appreciated. There are seven Categories posted on the front page. You can also find additional stories and information under the Categories links in the sidebar and below in the Tag Cloud. There's a lot to explore!

Books and Film

Books/Cameras/Film/Music Recs: We've done your searching for you and selected items through amazon that focus on San Francisco - and the artist!

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