Blog Profile / Miss Bigelow's Social City
| URL : | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/missbigelow/index | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / San Francisco | |
| Posts on Regator: | 25 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.2 | |
| Archived Since: | May 13, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Twinkle Toes Celebrate SF Ballet's 79th Season
Umbrellas turned out to be the most fashionable accessory last night when, beneath stormy skies, the San Francisco Ballet celebrated its 79th opening-night gala at City Hall and across Van Ness at the Opera House where our world-renown company presented a choreographic amuse-bouche of this...
Shopping Opp: SF Fall Antiques Show
The $15 admission to this weekend's San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (through Sunday at Fort Mason Center ) is a bargain. But among a treasure trove of très cher objets proffered by international dealers and gallerists within the Festival Pavilion, "bargain" may well be a relative word....
Hot Tickets: Fall Fundraisers
This post contains no descriptions of sumptuous suppers, fabulous fetes or big bucks raised. Alas, there is but one lone image - and it's not all that interesting. Instead we present a version of "Spinach Journalism," meaning the information contained herein is... good for you. Especially as...
Marc Benioff, Iron Workers are Tip-top @ UCSF's Mission Bay Complex
As major donors and more than 300 construction and iron workers squinted beneath a brilliant sun at the "Topping Out" ceremony this morning on the grounds of UCSF's Medical Center at Mission Bay, UCSF CEO Mark Laret noted Oct. 17 is also the 22nd anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. ...
Snoop Dogg, Sean Parker Celebrate Spotify
Though we've yet to figure out Spotify, let alone adapt to a fierce flurry of Facebook changes, if, as announced yesterday at the social network's F8 Conference, this music-sharing website, is as spectacular as the party hosted Thursday by tech titan S ean Parker, we're all in. Set in a...
Michael Tilson Thomas, Itzhak Perlman Celebrate the Symphony’s Centennial
All photos by Catherine Bigelow Piano virtuoso and guest artist Lang Lang (left) with SF Symphony maestro Michael Tilson Thomas rang in the symphony’s centennial season last night at Davies Symphony Hall. A trumpet fanfare from the balcony above the Opera House foyer heralded the sparkling and stellar centennial season celebration last night at the [...]
Giants World Series Ring Raffle Deadline
Photo by Catherine Bigelow It’s not mine. But this authentic, SF Giants 2010 World Series Championship ring could be yours. No, the ring ain’t mine. And yes, my hand looks in need of a major paraffin mani. But thanks to the good humor of Giants President Larry Baer, we recently got the opp to model [...]
A Feast for the Senses at Festival del Sole
All photos by Catherine Bigelow Festival del Sole artists baritone Guido Loconsolo and soprano Nino Machaidze at Meadowood Resort for the Festival Gala & Auction Old Hollywood glamour was on the menu last Sunday amid the lush grounds of rustigant Meadowood Resort where 220 Swells donned white gowns and linen suits, accessorized by cravats and [...]
Armistead Maupin Feted @ ACT “Tales” Premiere
All photos by Catherine Bigelow The World premiere of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” musical opened Wednesday at the American Conservatory Theater The many, colorful tales of one beloved city starred as a heartfelt love letter to San Francisco Wednesday during the opening-night gala and world premiere of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” [...]
Francis Ford Coppola Feted @ North Beach Citizens 10th Anniversary
All photos by Catherine Bigelow Director and NBC founder Francis Ford Coppola (left) with BBB’s Tammy Nelson and filmmaker George Lucas at the North Beach Citizens fundraiser. What began 10 years ago as a family-style, fundraiser feed in the basement of SS Peter & Paul Church featuring red-and-white checkered table cloths and homemade meatballs by [...]
S.F. Zoo Party Animals Raise Big Bucks, Honor Fred Carroll & Await a New Tiger
It was all happening, and then some, Saturday at the San Francisco Zoological Society’s ZooFest gala where Zoo Director Tanya Peterson announced to the sold-out crowd of supporters that, just last week, the Zoo received USDA approval to accept a new Siberian tiger. All photos by Catherine Bigelow Zoo Director Tanya Peterson and Mayor Ed [...]
Oliver Stone, George Gund Honored @ SFIFF Awards Night
It was a swank, supper club kind of evening last night at Bimbo’s 365 Club during the S.F. Film Society’s Awards Night, held smack dab in the middle of the 54th S.F. International Film Festival which continues through May 5. All photos by Catherine Bigelow Producer Ed Pressman (left) and director Oliver Stone Awards Night [...]
Larry Baer & SF Swells Celebrate @ SF Giants Home Opener
All photos by Catherine Bigelow The 2010 World Series pennant was raised last week over AT&T Park during the SF Giants season home opener. The crackle of electricity, and hope, last Friday at AT&T Park during the SF Giants season home opener could’ve powered an entire city. Or, for that matter, the northern half of [...]
Tim Lincecum & Team Play Ball @ SF Giants Community Fund Lunch
All photos by Catherine Bigelow SF Giants-themed table decor at the Giants Community Fund Play Ball Lunch As the minutes tick down toward that first 5 p.m. crack of the bat of the S.F. Giants’ season opener at (boo!) Dodger Stadium, there’s been a few, cynical pre-season whispers among stalwart, orange-and-black Giants loyalists about the [...]
Anna Wintour @ de Young for Hamish Bowles’ Balenciaga Bash
The fabulosity factor last night at the de Young Museum for the opening-night bash of the Balenciaga and Spain exhibition, curated by Vogue European Editor-at-Large Hamish Bowles (with an assist from Fine Arts Museums’ curator Jill D’Alessandro), was so off-the-charts it required the agility of an acrobat to cover this celestial storm of stars. All [...]
Michael Tilson Thomas, Ishtak Perlman Celebrate the Symphony's Centennial
A trumpet fanfare from the balcony above the Opera House foyer heralded the sparkling and stellar centennial season celebration last night at the opening-night gala of our world renown San Francisco Symphony.
Giants World Series Ring Raffle Deadline
No, the ring ain't mine. And yes, my hand looks in need of a major paraffin mani. But thanks to the good humor of Giants President Larry Baer, we recently got the opp to model his impressive World Series hardware. Anyhoo, the countdown is on for some lucky fan to win their very own,...
A Feast for the Senses at Festival del Sole
Old Hollywood glamour was on the menu last Sunday amid the lush grounds of rustigant Meadowood Resort where 220 Swells donned white gowns and linen suits, accessorized by cravats and croquet mallets, to celebrate the Festival del Sole Gala & Live Auction. And just like the denizens of...
Joy to The World
Days before Protocol Chief Charlotte Shultz hosted her holiday party for members of the San Francisco Consular Corps and Host Committee, she wished for a bit of snow. On the very chilly day of this Winter Wonderland-themed party which was held last week in City Hall, her dream came true. ...
Party Palooza: The Getty & Google Edition
Stormy skies, splashy weddings and the annual Getty-a-go-go celebrating the 76th birthday of composer-philanthropist Gordon Getty dominated this weekend's social skyline in our fair city. Google glamour gal Marissa Mayer wed her dashing beau, Zachary Bogue, on Saturday at the chapel on...