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Right in time for Advertising Week music streaming service Spotify announced it will soon be available on Google’s Chromecast connected-TV device.

The spectacular setting at Round Hill, Ted and Pamala Deikel's stunning St. Helena estate that sits high above the Napa Valley floor, could not have been more apropos for Jennifer Raiser to sign copies her beautiful new book, "In the Spirit of Napa Valley."

National Pasta Month is October, which just happens to be when the Ultimate Italian Dinner takes place in San Francisco. The feast, taking place on Oct. 23 at Bimbo's 365 Club, is part of the James Beard Foundation's third annual Taste America: “Local Flavor from Coast To Coast,” a national epicurean tour that visits 10 cities this fall.

Look for Big Night Restaurant Group, the hospitable folks behind Park Tavern, The Cavalier and Marlowe, to get even bigger this year with the addition of a fourth San Francisco restaurant called Leo’s Luxury Oyster Bar.

San Francisco's dirty laundry will be aired tonight when Emmy-winning filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi's newest documentary, "San Francisco 2.0," debuts exclusively on HBO at 9:00pm ET/PT.

This year, the independent watch brand, co-founded by Christophe Claret and Thierry Oulevay (who passed away in 2013), returned to the design, this time presenting the watch in a round case and a Stromatolite dial.

The Napa Valley Film Festival recently celebrated the upcoming 2015 festival, taking place November 11-15 throughout the Valley, with an exclusive preview for members of the festival's Patron Circle and VIP guests in the Silicon Valley.

For delicious Sri Lankan cuisine in a chic setting, head to San Francisco's 1601 Bar & Kitchen.

It's hard to say who gave the more commanding performance: Kelsey Grammer, Alexandra Silber and Nathan Gunn onstage with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony or the women who came out to celebrate the opening of the 2015-16 season of this world-renown orchestra on Sept. 24 the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. They all deserve a standing ovation.

The supermodels may have left New York for fashion week in London but here in San Francisco, we've got a fashion show of our own coming up at Macy's Union Square on Sept. 25 with Giuliana Rancic of E!'s "Fashion Police" and our very own local couturier Jake Wall, who has given us even more reason to tune into "Project Runway." Rancic will host Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row, a free runway show featuring the hottest looks from top designers.

The glitz and glamour of San Francisco’s sizzling social season continues tonight with the San Francisco Symphony’s opening gala at Davies Symphony Hall. Four elegant dinners and an energetic after party will sandwich Kelsey Grammer, Nathan Gunn and Alexandra Silber performing Broadway classics as Michael Tilson Thomas conducts. It really does take a village to pull it all together. We decided to spotlight one of the significant village people, Clarissa Nicosia, a member of the Symphonix board and co-chair, along with Brianna Haag, of the Symphonix dinner

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