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New Online Shop From a Western Nomad

November 1, 2012 | By | Comments (4)

World, meet Half Hitch Goods, the new online marketplace selling vintage and modern home décor and accessories. The best part? San-Francisco based owner Carrie Caillouette travels around the country in her Vanagon Doka Transporter (think Volkswagen van in the front, pickup in the back) to meet vendors and source their goods.

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Edible City: The Food Revolution is in the West

October 30, 2012 | By | Comments (2)

Alert! Awesome new fast-paced documentary all about the food revolution in the SF Bay Area. Do you have an urban farming or food policy hero? Then I pretty much guarantee they’re in this 70-minute flick.

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Al Fresco Dining, Flash Mob-Style

October 19, 2012 | By | Comments (5)

Imagine a Western al fresco dinner party. Add, say 3,000 more people, an all-white dress code, and a hush-hush location and you’ve got Hand Made Events, whose enormous pop-up picnics are like the polished, hipster version of the 60s’ hippie be-ins.

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Machu Picchu in a San Francisco Backyard

October 2, 2012 | By | Comments (1)

Camelias and hydrangeas? No, thank you. Western garden creators like it wild. Lucky for us, our mild coastal climate in the Bay Area means we can use tropical plants (like bromeliads) as we let our imaginations run free. Example: Designer Christopher Reynolds was given carte blanche when it came to designing a friend’s San Francisco backyard. He took a jungly […]

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