“FRESH PERFUME IS THE BEST,” proclaims Meg Christensen, manager of Le Labo, the scent emporium that opened during the holidays at 2238 Fillmore Street. The spare shop has no perfume in stock, but will mix one of its 12 fragrances on the spot while the customer waits. Costs range from $58 for a 15-ml. portion […]
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A fter retiring as a high school English teacher, Eleanor Burke decided she needed a project to keep busy — and an excuse to explore the city she’d called home all her life. A few years earlier she had sketched architectural highlights of Russian Hill and published a small guide to the neighborhood. So she decided […]
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“THE FILLMORE” — Opening sequence from the feature-length PBS documentary that tells the poignant story of the rise and fall of “The Harlem of the West.” COOKIN’ THE BOOKS — Browser Books on Fillmore Street tries out its cookbooks, right in the store, on the third weekend of each month. CELEBRATING ALAMO SQUARE — A new […]
Q & A | ARTHUR BLOOMFIELD What motivated you to write “More Than the Notes,” your new e-book on legendary conductors of the 19th century? When I was 11, my mother started taking me downtown once a month to the White House department store. It was where Banana Republic is now. Up on the fourth […]
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THE BARISTA BAROMETER | Cheryl Lurie How has the economic downturn affected business in local coffee shops? According to several general managers of the neighborhood’s mocha meccas, sales may not have increased dramatically, but the customer base has. More people now have the freedom to hang out on the street, even if they don’t necessarily […]
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