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Comfort & joy: Holiday rituals of Bay Area notables
Comfort & joy: Holiday rituals of Bay Area notables
By Tony Bravo and Carolyne Zinko
In a year of so much turmoil, this winter’s holidays feel even more special and necessary to renew the spirits. Whether observing long-held traditions or creating new ones, celebrations can bring comfort ...
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Style Radar: Fashionable flicks for the holidays
If you’re looking for chic holiday viewing there are plenty of new movies to feast your eyes on. From documentaries and biopics to sci-fi and musicals, here are six fashionable flicks. ...
Scenes from Union Square’s bygone winter wonderland days
Nothing brings out San Francisco’s sentimental side like the holidays. December in Union Square continues to evoke a collective memory of the midcentury glory days of department stores, when shopping was ...
Holiday whirlwind of good will, and a goodbye
The holiday parties that define December unfurled in a span of two frantic weeks. Typically, they’re mercifully unencumbered by earnest intent or lengthy live auctions. ...
Tradition takes a holiday: It’s Caftan Christmas
It’s been two months since Halloween — two months too long for people who like to dress up for the holidays. Three dozen of them gathered in San Francisco on Dec. 16, dressed in wigs and flowing ...
Is Codognato’s blackamoor jewelry at SF exhibit racist?
There’s plenty to be delighted by — or squeamish about — in the Codognato exhibition at the Serge Sorokko Gallery in San Francisco. Along with the skull rings, skeleton earrings and a snake bracelet ...
Vanessalynne Designs 2017 collection inspired by nature, made in SF
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Comfort & joy: Holiday rituals of Bay Area notables
In a year of so much turmoil, this winter’s holidays feel even more special and necessary to renew the spirits. Whether observing long-held traditions or creating new ones, celebrations can bring comfort amid the Sturm und Drang of natural disasters, political division and other stressors. ...
