Starting October 26th, The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show benefiting Enterprise for High School Students, celebrates its 30th anniversary at the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center. This highly anticipated event will have over 60 carefully-vetted new and returning dealers presenting a superb array of thousands of best-in-class decorative and fine art objects.

A spectacular show of Fall Colors at the Bay Area Arthritis Auxiliary Luncheon and Fashion Show.

Carrots is one of the best boutiques in San Francisco that carries edgy but beautifully made designers like Rick Owens, Maison Martin Margiela, Acne, Alexander Wang and VPL to name a few. A’bout is a line designed by Dean Hutchinson and Yunchieh Chang, a local Academy of Art graduate. Together, they have launched A’bout, exclusively for Carrots and it is the eptimote of a stylistic vision.

A house renown for it intricate craftsmanship of leather goods, Bottega Veneta reopened its San Francisco store on October 13, 2011 with a fashionable crowd in attendance and a proper interior to showcase its artisan luxury items. Sloan Barrett, Carol Bonnie and Alison Pincus hosted the event in support of the California Pacific Medical Center.

Lavish but intimate dinner parties are a rare luxury between friends. It’s a time to enjoy wine, food and the freedom to languish in each other’s company. Private chef Scott Spencer is making intimate Michelin starred dining available and accessible to all.

Lobster is the king of the crustaceans. The sweet meat became highly prized in the mid-twentieth century with New Yorkers and Bostonians finally developing a taste. Whether simply roasted or poached in butter, each one of these restaurants in the Bay area utilize local, fresh produce to highlight the flavors and textures of lobster and present an atmosphere and provide service worthy of such a delicacy.

Whether it’s gelato, sorbet, old fashioned or new age frozen yogurt, each one of these places utilizes small production batches and a focus on the best ingredients available. While they try to support local farmers and purveyors like Blue Bottle, some will develop direct relationships with farmers in Hawaii for the perfect purple yam. But as with all things great, these places all require patience and a 10 minute long queue for you can sample your next favorite flavor.

UCSF Infusion, the young professionals organization of UCSF Partners in Care held Rock-the-Roof on Friday, Sept. 23 on the state-of the-art rooftop facility of Bakar Fitness & Recreation Building at Mission Bay.

Now into it’s 27th year, the Polo in the Park event always draws a wonderful crowd of equine enthusiasts. On October 8th, Saturday from noon through 5PM at the Wine Country Polo Club in Santa Rosa, the event will feature a silent auction, fancy hat promenade and competition, fashion show, catered lunch, wine tasting, and of course polo.