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Brooklyn’s Queer-Owned Restaurant, Superfine, Is The Definition Of A Good Time
Superfine Blends Art, Food, And Music For 25 Years. by Heather Cassell, originally published by Gay City News A quarter century ago, the perfect ingredients came together to create Superfine, the queer- and woman-owned restaurant and live music venue located in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge. This week music lovers can get down at […]
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Heartbroken in San Francisco? Shake It Off At Bad Blood Bar
This Taylor Swift-Themed Bar Will Turn Your Heartbreak Into Self-Love. by Heather Cassell Had a hard breakup? Single and tired of serial dating? No date for Valentine’s Day? Need a place to sob it out or reclaim yourself? Rather than sit at home with your favorite tub of ice cream, dust yourself off, take the […]
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Wine Lovers Can Sip And Swirl At Their Favorite Wineries Again
Wineries Forced To Go Virtual With Their Tastings During The Pandemic, Slowly Are Opening Tasting Rooms As Summer Begins by Heather Cassell Wineries rushed to prepare to open their tasting rooms as the State released new guidelines giving wineries the green light to start pouring again earlier this week. California’s wineries were promptly shuttered in […]
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California Will Soon Be Able To Party All Night Long
“Nightlife is crucial to our culture and our economy,” Wiener said in a statement from his office. “California’s one-size-fits-all closing time doesn’t make sense. When it comes to nightlife, you can’t compare downtown Los Angeles or San Francisco to a small town.”
“Local communities should be able to size up their own nightlife needs and decide their own closing time. This bill allows for local control over nightlife – granting flexibility to nine cities to allow bars to stay open later in certain neighborhoods or for special events if that’s what the community decides is best,” he continued.
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Women Of Napa Valley Book Raises Funds For Wildfire Relief
Book Celebrates Women Of Napa And Raises Support In The Wake Of The Northern California Wildfires That Devastated Napa And Sonoma Valleys by Heather Cassell Napa is strong and so is its women. A new coffee table book, “Wine Country Women of Napa Valley,” coming to bookstores October 24, celebrates the diverse and empowering community […]
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A Woman’s Spin Launches SPiN San Francisco
A hip social club that aims to bring San Franciscans of all stripes together has opened in the heart of San Francisco with a woman leading the way.
Priya Sen is SPiN Global’s first woman to head up the launch of the new pingpong social club, SPiN San Francisco (690 Folsom Street, 415-636-5995, SanFrancisco.WeAreSPiN.com) across from the Moscone Center and Yerba Buena Gardens.
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Top 5 Romantic Wine Getaways
It’s hard not to be romantic in wine country. Vineyards simply give off that aura of love, natural beauty, whispered sweet nothings between the rows of plump burgundy and purple hue of grapes. No matter what time in the day – well ok dawn and dusk are a little bit more magical – wine country is just oozing with love.
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Napa’s Festival Del Sole Dedicates 2016 Season To Wine Signora Margrit Mondavi
The legendary Margrit Mondavi is cause for celebration which is why the Napa Valley Festival Association is dedicating its Festival del Sole’s 2016 season to the wine signora.
Margrit, 89, the widow of the wine legend Robert Mondavi, is a longtime arts advocate and philanthropist as well as a board member of the festival’s association, according to a news release October 23, 2014 announcing the dedication of the season.
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Frankfurt Airport Toasts To Its 2nd Annual International Wine Fair
OK. Girls That Roam has to love Frankfurt Airport. Why love an airport? They are hosting an international wine fair inside the airport. That’s right. A wine fair right in the middle of the airport.
This is the second year the German airport is hosting its wildly successful International Wine Fair, themed “Destination: Wine,” on November 7 and 8.
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It’s An All Girl Competition For The First-Ever Glorious Bites Challenge
Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyard is hosting its first-ever Glorious Bites Challenge with two women wine and food stars this Saturday.
The and sparkling wine tasting will be hosted by award-winning wine expert Leslie Sbrocco and the cooking challenge will be judged by guests and Season 10 Finalist of Bravo’s Top Chef Brooke Williamson, October 10, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the famed vineyard on the hill (23555 Arnold Drive; 707-933-1917; GloriaFerrer.com) in Sonoma, California.
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Sistahs Living On The Edge Aboard The Napa Valley Wine Train
The popular historic train ride rolls through the Napa Valley between downtown Napa and St. Helena serving up Napa Valley wines and fine dining along with tours of storied wineries along the tracks.
It’s a great excuse to get the girls together for an afternoon. At least that’s what Lisa Johnson, who organizes the Sisters on the Reading Edge, a book club, thought when the 11 women boarded the wine train for their annual wine train trip August 22.
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Home Grown: Oakland Launches First-Ever Wine Festival
The first annual Oakland Wine Festival is one of the city’s highly anticipated events for wine enthusiasts this year.
On July 18, more than 30 of the world’s most renowned wineries and winemakers will join forces with 14 acclaimed Oakland-based chefs to host the first-ever Oakland Wine Festival 10 a.m. – midnight at Mills College.
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