Month: January 2024

San Francisco’s cultural heart beats just a few blocks from ‘Cerebral Valley,’ a nickname coined last year for the Hayes Valley neighborhood following an influx of Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up activity. Civic Center is home to the city’s most established performing arts institutions—America’s oldest professional ballet company, San Francisco Ballet, the 101-year-old San Francisco Opera,
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Fungi are everywhere in 2024, and one restaurant is dedicating its entire menu to mycelium. Third Kingdom, New York’s first ever entirely mushroom-focused dining concept will open on Thursday, February 1 in the East Village. Overthrow Hospitality’s Ravi DeRossi leads the plant-based project. “It’s no secret that mushrooms have skyrocketed in popularity over the past
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The Italian resort of Livigno is set in a high, wide, remote valley close to the Swiss border, meaning that airport transfers to get here are long and winding. Most of the slopes are above the tree line, and Livigno is known as ‘Little Tibet’ because of its height and remoteness. For centuries it has
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In this article CCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Carnival Radiance cruise ship at the Avalon, California, harbor on May 19, 2023. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Carnival announced Tuesday it would reroute cruise itineraries for a dozen ships scheduled to transit the Red Sea as tensions rise in the Middle
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Livigno has a vast number of hotels, mainly with three- or four-stars – there are no five-stars –  as well as a good choice of self-catering apartments. They are widely spread along the 4km length of the resort village and it’s best to stay at one end or the other, where it’s easiest to get
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If you’re not observing (practicing? participating in?) Dry January and opting for the “Damp” edition, here are a few white wines that stand up to hearty winter fare without putting a damper on on your drinking. Eastern Europe Count Karolyi Gruner Veltliner 2021, Hungary. Usually an offering from Austria, this next-door-neighbor bottling is a medium-bodied,
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There’s obviously no shortage of spirits competitions out there these days. Indeed, judging booze has become big business, and there are countless upstarts now attempting to cash in on the trend. But it wasn’t always this way. When Anthony Dias Blue established the San Francisco World Spirits Competition back in 2000, he essentially created what
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The Antares 12 has an overall length of 42ft 7in (12.97m) As Beneteau celebrates its 140th anniversary this year, the French shipyard flexed its muscles with a stunning line-up of 22 yachts at Boot Dusseldorf. The world’s biggest indoor boat show marked the Germany debut of the Antares 12, following its world premiere at the
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