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Dec 16, 2020
Gift Local
Let's imagine this holiday gift-giving worst case scenario: Like any Covid-fearing citizen, you've remained quarantined, stayed home and done all your gift shopping online. And then the alerts start blowing up your phone—"Your Delivery is Delayed!" Ack!
Thanks...
Dec 9, 2020
Ideas for the epicures and aesthetes in your life
Gifts for Cooks
Since almost everyone is doing more cooking right now, gifts for kitchen use are both practical and welcome. Take a look at these suggestions—most will work for both cuisine novices and chef-wannabes, and a couple...
Nov 26, 2019
The Best Bars for Reuniting Your Crew
It's the holiday season, which means that for those of us who grew up in the Bay Area, it's the best time of the year to reunite with friends who have since moved away and are back...
Nov 26, 2019
A Guide to the East Bay’s Best Holiday Desserts You Can Buy
The Best Holiday Desserts You Can Buy
The holiday season is upon us, and even if you dread the music that floods every store as soon as Halloween is over, most of us can't resist a good holiday...
Nov 26, 2019
Collecting Birds, Making Chocolates, Fighting Bandits, and Other Pursuits
People love games — both playing them, and giving them as gifts. We have a special fondness for board games that bring people together at a table, face-to-face. Video games involving cooperation can do the same thing....
Nov 26, 2019
Confederates and Immigrants, Punks and Riot Grrls
Cantoras
By Carolina de Robertis
Alfred A. Knopf; 336 pages; $26.95
With Cantoras, Oakland writer Carolina de Robertis looks back to her homeland, Uruguay, over the course of 35 turbulent years. In her new novel, five lesbians learn the...
Nov 26, 2019
What Teens Want For Christmas
Middle school girls and boys can often be worlds apart in how they think and how they act. What we found, though, is that these usually opposite groups are actually pretty much in sync with each other...
