David Barzelay’s Lazy Bear in the Mission and Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski’s The Progress in the Western Addition were among the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation’s award for 2015 Best New Restaurant. Also receiving love: Traci Des Jardins, Nancy Oakes and Michael Tusk for Outstanding Chef; and Acquerello, Greens and Restaurant Gary Danko for Outstanding Restaurant.

San Francisco’s fave jazz artist Paula West throws an annual Oscar viewing party that has become as celebrated as her voice. Haute Living takes you inside her bash.

San Francisco is famous for a few things: the Golden Gate Bridge, fog and cioppino. For the best cioppino in San Francisco, check out these restaurants.

What a NBA All-Star weekend it was for Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors guard won the three-point shooting contest on Feb. 14, helped his Western Conference team to a 163-158 victory over the Eastern Conference at the Barclays Center in New York City on Feb. 15 and, at some point, had his sneakers stolen—thankfully not from him personally.

There was plenty of celeb spotting at the 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, one of the most exciting events on the PGA TOUR and won by Brandt Snedeker.

Friday the 13th was anything but unlucky for Spruce, which is receiving lots of media attention this Valentine’s Day/President’s Day weekend after President Barack Obama was a surprise dinner guest there on Feb. 13. We’re told that Obama dined at the posh neighborhood restaurant in tony Presidio Heights with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk. In all, there were 14 guests at the 2 1/2-hour dinner held in a private dining room.

Find out about haute events with Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Amy Pascal, the best lingerie boutiques in San Francisco, jewelry buying tips from Adam Neeley, recommended champagnes and wines for a date night in and more. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Did you ever wonder why chocolate is considered an aphrodisiac? As Valentine’s Day approaches, we did too. That’s why we asked Chris Kollar, the man behind Kollar Chocolates in Yountville, our seven questions about the sweet whose popularity peaks this time of year.

Amy Pascal was interviewed by Brown at the salon-type event that showcased women doing amazing things including providing showers for San Francisco’s homeless, rescuing African girls and empowering Muslin women. The standing-room only crowd knew it was in for an entertaining half hour with Pascal when the first words out of the embattled exec’s mouth were, “Every one of those women who were sitting in this chair are doing incredible things in the world. All I did was get fired.”