Sorry, but I’m just not a big fan of football. I think it’s the ubër tight uniforms, grunts and all that slapping each other on the bum. And it hurts me just to see these guys slamming each other onto cold, rock-hard AstroTurf.  Give me a civilized game of tennis or a Tour de France, any day, or even some basketball. But that’s just me.

So, if you happen to be of my ilk, and in the bay area here’s a reminder. It’s the 1st Sunday of the month, so that means the Alameda Flea Market is on this Sunday! Skip the Super Bowl and the three-layer bean dip and hit the flea market. I’m hoping everyone’s home on their sofas and Lazyboys with a six-pack in their laps, so there’s lots of good bargains left to be had by the rest of ‘us’. Go team flea!

i love this virtual tour down san francisco’s market street in 1905, and the music from air makes it. not much has changed — it’s still bustling! except apparently, at one point  you could you could still make a left turn, and, nobody was peeing on you. okay, maybe it’s a little bit different.

the first ever renegade holiday craft fair will be held this weekend in san francisco, so if you’re in town, it’s a must-visit! held at fort mason, smack on the beautiful san francisco bay, renegade is free to enter and filled with over 150 booths of the finest indie-craft, handmade and contemporary design artists, all setting up shop at the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale on December 19 & 20 from 11am –7pm, at the Fort Mason’s Herbst Pavilion.

san francisco-based photographer liz steketee has a new show opening this week at rayko gallery, thursday december 17th, from 6-8pm. liz’s new work ‘reconstructed memories’ is a unique series of images, utilizing her own family photographs. liz chooses unlikely combinations of family photographs and scans them for use in reconstruction, blending together multiple disparate images so that they conform to her personal memories, or preference for how things might have been. stop in to the rayko gallery for some wine and wonderful art this thursday evening!

RayKo Photo Center
428 Third Street
San Francisco • 94107
415.495.3773

this evening, I just wanted to wrap things up by saying thank you to San Francisco Convention and Tourist Commission for inviting me to their website to share my weekend visiting my beautiful city of San Francisco with you. It was fun, action-packed weekend and I had a great time sharing some of my favorite haunts with you.

I couldn’t quite fit it all in, so I left them with a list of some other great shops to check out on your next visit to San Francisco — all wonderful, and quite a few you can visit online as well until you arrive here. You can find the complete list here on the sfcvb site.

this sunday in the city, i’m still on the ‘job’ (and a pretty darn fun one at that!) for the san francisco convention & visitors bureau, so i’m sharing our day — a walk up Fillmore Street, a wonderful shopping district here in Pacific Heights, in my very own neighborhood. In between streets lined with rows and rows of beautiful old Victorian homes, is nestled this great area full of small cafes and gorgeous shops. for more about my visits, and links to the cafes and shops, visit the sfcvb today! and tomorrow on their site, a wrap up of all that you shouldn’t miss on a trip to san francisco.

it’s day two and i’m still playing tourist for the sf convention & visitors bureau, and it’s been a whirlwind! but today we did get to sleep in, and had breakfast in bed – divine! and then we spent the afternoon shopping and snacking in hayes valley, saw a film at the sundance kabuki theater, and dinner at the woodhouse fish co. you can read more all about our fun, and very busy day here, on the sf convention & visitors bureau website, and catch further adventures tomorrow. now, it’s time for some r&r. until tomorrow!

Just a reminder, I’m gearing up for my weekend, playing San Francisco tourist for you for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, and pretty excited about sharing my version of the city with you. You can follow my escapades around the city all weekend long on the SFCVB website!

if you’re anywhere near san francisco this saturday evening, you’ve got to check out this show of artist/designer/art director extraordinaire tom bonauro’s new work at the curiosity shoppe. you may have seen tom’s beautiful home here on unexpected guests a few months back, and now you have the opportunity to meet the artist and see his beautiful new imagery from an ongoing body of work entitled “The Third Stage of Matter” at his opening, saturday, december 5th from 6 to 9pm.

Tom has also created a set of 3 prints which come packaged in a specially made die-cut sleeve with a vellum title page. The whole package was impeccably executed by John Sullivan of Logos Printing, and is a very special Curiosity Shoppe exclusive, which you can also find online here, if you can’t make the show. For more about Tom Bonauro, visit his incredible website.

the curiosity shoppe
Tom Bonauro’s “The Third Stage of Matter”
Opening, Saturday, December 5th, 6 to 9pm
855 Valencia Street
San Francisco • 94110
415.671.5384
info@curiosityshoppeonline.com