Any trip aboard the Belmond Royal Scotsman is a privileged adventure. The luxurious sleeper train runs seasonally from April through October. But two or three times per year things get even special-er for whisky aficionados. The Classic Whisky Journey is an indulgent 5-day/4-night excursion through the Scottish Highlands, round trip …
Parisian Pauline Carmona has been serving as Consul General of France in San Francisco for a little under a year. We recently visited with her to ask for some reflections about her hometown, food and drink, and what it’s like to be French here in San Francisco. Fredric: San …
Once you’ve booked a voyage aboard Crystal Cruises (Sydney to Bali? Stockholm to Copenhagen? Valparaíso to Buenos Aires?) there won’t be any fussing with bar tabs to sign or budgeting expenses. Your fare is all-inclusive: meals, wine and drinks (Belvedere, Herradura, Knob Creek, Bombay Sapphire, Glenlivet 12 year…), even tips …
Of course you’ve seen the ocean before, but probably never quite like this…from a vantage point perched on sandstone cliffs above Camps Bay with a glorious expanse of the Atlantic spread out below. You’re in good hands: Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is a member of the Leading Hotels …
“You don’t need twenty ingredients for a great drink,” says Brian Macgregor, award-winning bar manager at Wingtip, a private club for frequent buyers at Wingtip’s men’s shop. Ten floors above the Financial District in the historic Bank of America building he keeps the offerings fast and fresh, swapping a couple …
Overlooking the Pacific just south of San Francisco is the Half Moon Bay Brewery Co. The parent company of the folks who brought you Mavericks Beer, the brewery is now crafting about a half dozen brews and some seasonal specials (such as a single hops series). Each month Chef Gaston Alfaro …
The name says it all: this pousada in a tiny beachside hamlet in the Brazilian state of Ceará is all about kitesurfing. Proprietors Dani and Hacky have incorporated the motif into the very design of the place: discarded kite pumps have been transformed into table legs, towel racks fashioned from …
You know the gin thing that’s been happening lately? It’s going on in Glasgow, too. GinFest was held last month at Glasgow’s Barras Art and Design Center, and the city now has its first dedicated gin bar, Gin 71, which offers (you guessed it) 71 brands of gin. This autumn was …
There’s a bit of fun going on at the Bar at Edinburgh’s classic Balmoral Hotel. You know how Michelin-starred restaurants offer multi-course “tasting menus” to show off the virtuoso skills of the chef? Well the Balmoral has applied that concept to drinks: a seasonal cocktail tasting menu enjoyed over a …
A few steps from the hubbub of Union Square is The Campton Place, a cocoon just inside the Taj Campton Place Hotel. The bar and bistro is adjacent to the pricier restaurant, but the bistro menu is overseen by the same chef Srijith Gopinathan who earned his Michelin star at this …
Since it’s right inside the SF JAZZ building, you might assume you have to be attending a concert to venture in South. But everybody’s welcome at this Hayes Valley cocina for drinks or Mexican fare. Not Mexican as in “The taco truck’s here, you guys hungry?” We’re talking clam ceviche …
The occasional fire truck double-parked outside this former mortuary at South Van Ness and 22nd Street isn’t responding to an incident. The precinct firefighters are simply among the neighborhood denizens who have heard what’s been going on and have been dying for a first-hand look-see. Indeed, what’s been going on …