Happy September y’all, aka….happy start of Pumpkin Spice Latte season!! As much as I espouse love for San Francisco, I’ve only physically lived here for two years. Five years prior, I was running around in Berkeley for school and work. It was the first city I lived in after I left home, and it is…
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Dine About Town San Francisco: Top 10 Favorites List
Ever since I was in high school, I’ve participated in Dine About Town (for those of you keeping score, that was about six years ago. Merp.). D.A.T. is a biannual event where prominent restaurants across SF feature 2-course lunches and/or 3-course dinners for $18.95 and $36.95, respectively. It’s a thrifty way to check out restaurants…
The Shikha la Mode Best of 2013
Well y’all, it’s December 31st, and the year that is will soon turn into the year that was. Instead of getting too mushy into what these past 365 days meant to me (I’m terrible at keeping emotionality concise), here’s a visual look back at what made this year delicious: 3rd Coast Eats Growing up means…
Little Shop Artisan Box and a Shikha la Mode Giveaway
Being in and from the Bay, I am all about repping that local pride. This place is full of diverse people with unique ideas that it’s difficult, and oftentimes futile, to search elsewhere for anything better. In line with this mentality is Maricela Yee, the founder of Little Shop Artisan Box. Her delicious boxes feature…
SLM Spotlight: Ketér Salon
Now, I’m all about food and sugar and desserts. But sometimes, a girl’s gotta get her hurr did. And the struggle to find a good salon is much more difficult than it looks. Ketér Salon is the answer and it lies in the East Bay, my next favorite place in the world after SF (more…