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TOP 5 Luxury Cruise Lines for Your Next Vacation
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With lodging, food and entertainment all included in one price, choosing to do a vacation on a cruise gives great value. Traveling on the sea can be extremely fun, but it is important to choose the correct cruise line. If you’re going to spend a lot of your vacation time on a cruise ship, it may as well be one of luxury. Thankfully, there’s many luxury cruise lines ready to cater to your every
whim while ferrying you to and from some of the world’s most mesmerizing destinations in plush comfort. Some offer exotic voyages to faraway destinations, while others attract travelers with comfortable cabins and stimulating enrichment programs. Use this guide as a starting point to find out which luxury cruise fits best for your next vacation.
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Phone: (415) 874-9921 | Web: www.lazybearsf.com
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3859 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611
Commis
3416 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
The revered pop-up gets a permanent setting with this midcentury space serving New American cuisine.
Lazy Bear
Open-kitchen experiments with unique ingredients to craft inspired New American fixed-price dinners.
355 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 757-0994 | Web: www.californiossf.com
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Restaurants
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Californios
Mexican restaurant for inventive tasting menus & small-batch wines served in a cozy, luxe interior.
Phone: (510) 653-3902 | Web: commisrestaurant.com
Intimate neighborhood outpost for wine, cocktails & refined American dishes.
Juanita & Maude
Stylish seafood spot with oysters, a bar & patio with up-close views of Bay Bridge.
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Stylish neighborhood venue with a rotating menu of woodfired Northern California fare & 3762drinks.Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA
Refined Spanish bistro with wood-fired mains, paella, tapas & wines in rustic-chic digs. 888 Brannan St, San Fran, CA
Top Hatters Kitchen
Rich Table
1722 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA
Minimalist SoMa spot with innovative, American cuisine and renowned tasting menu.
Saison
Renowned chef Gary Danko’s menus of American cuisine in an elegant but unstuffy setting. 800 North Point St, San Fran, CA
825 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA
Acquerello
Gary Danko
Open-kitchen space in a historic building known for luxe, innova tive French-American menus. 178 Townsend St, San Fran, CA
Mägo
High-end Italian cuisine & wines served in a converted chapel with vaulted, wood-beam ceilings
A light-filled neighborhood venue for seasonal, family-style dishes with an international flair. 855 MacArthur Blvd, San Leandro, CA
Bellota
Waterbar Restaurant
399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
Benu
22 Hawthorne St, San Fran, CA
Californian fare from local ingre dients, served in a barn-wood space with an open kitchen.
199 Gough St, San Fran, CA
The Japantown neighborhood comes to life in the spring when the cherry blossoms start to bloom. This is also when more than 200,000 people flock to this little district for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. This celebration includes traditional music, dance, and other cultural activities. Learn more at sfcherryblossom.org.
St. Patrick’s Day Community Car Parade
Jun 30 & Jul 1
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
One of the biggest jazz festivals in the US is the Fillmore Jazz Festival. It’s
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SF Intl Film Festival
Fillmore Jazz Festival
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Apr 10-11 & 17-18
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A decorated car parade with a route scheduled to start and end near Washington Park, proceeding through downtown Burlingame and around adjacent neighborhoods. Visit bit.ly/3rhFVXf.
Cherry Blossom Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) is the longestrunning film festival in the Americas. The SFFILM Festival is deeply rooted in the culture and process of film appreciation—film as an art form and as a meaningful force for social change—and is an important showcase for the most searching and innovative films from around the globe. Learn more at sffilm.org.
Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. Visit cineseprade.com for details.
2. GOODBUDGET
BUDGETING 101
4. PERSONAL CAPITAL
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3. EVERYDOLLAR
Goodbudget is more about planning for your finances than tracking previous transactions. This app is based on the envelope budgeting system helping you portion out your monthly income toward specific spending categories.
This apps offers a zero-based budgeting framework that’s simpler than many other apps. You can manually enter incoming and outgoing money throughout the month. Also, you can categorize line items and set reminders.
1. MINT
This is primarily an investment tool, but its app includes features helpful for budgeters looking to track their spending. You can connect and monitor check ing, savings and credit card accounts, IRAs, 401(k)s, mortgages and loans.
FOUR APPS to help you save moneyfor FREE
Mint tracks your expenses and places them in budget categories. It syncs many accounts: checking and savings, credit cards, loans, investments and bills. You can also set limits, and Mint lets you know if you’re approaching those limits.
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Education Trends
Education has always been one of the leading factors in shaping the future.
We have seen a revolution of sorts in education, with new and unconventional approaches that include collaborative learning, doing away with traditional classrooms, and encouraging harnessing of information from various sources. Check out our list of top education trends to look forward to this year.
Technology & Software
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Software can be used to help with writing essays or solving math problems, allowing them to learn faster and better than teachers can aid with.
Video games are more engaging and effective at teaching than traditional methods, but it is important to start using them as learning tools.
Technology and software share knowledge with students directly.
Gamification is poised to have a bigger impact than the internet did.
Gamification
Oct 29 - Nov 1
Christmas Eve & Day
Oktoberfest
This year’s theme is Standing for Love and Liberation. The event will be taking over the Plaza de César Chávez Park in downtown San Jose celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Visit nbcbayarea.com.
held the weekend of Fourth of July and offers two-days of free, live jazz music in the Pacific Heights District.
Outside Lands
Silicon Valley PRIDE Parade and Festival
Outside Lands is a 3-Day Festival celebrating music, food, wine, beer, art, cannabis, and everything we love about the Bay Area. For details, visit sfoutsidelands.com.
Aug 28-29
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Celebrate Christmas in San Francisco! Every year, you will find fun activities on Christmas Eve as well as on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, you can enjoy a performance of the Nutcracker by the SF Ballet, catch a show at the theater, or grab dinner at one of SF’s top restaurants. On Christmas Day, you can visit some of SF’s free attractions, enjoy lunch or dinner with the family, or stop by the Botanical Gardens for a free look at their lovely plants and flowers from around the world. Discover a full list of activities this Christmas at www.sftourismtips.com.
Your ticket guarantees 1 custom 1-Liter German drinking boot to take home. First boot of Bier is included in price. Featuring traditional volkmusik band, classic Hofbrau food served in addition to our menu favorites, best dressed male/female celebrating “Oktoberfest Spirit” contest, yodelling competition, chicken dance-off, games and more. For details, visit eventbrite.com.
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EVENTS
PFLAG SF
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) is the world’s first openly gay chorus. Since its premiere performance on the steps of City Hall with 100 members singing to stand up against discrimination and bigotry, the chorus has inspired the worldwide LGBTQIA+ choral movement. Web: sfgmc.org
SF LGBT CENTER
THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS
BILLY DEFRANK LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY CENTER
Working to ensure that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Question ing, and Intersex individuals have a network of resources and educational tools to meet their needs. Web: solanopride.org
SOLANO PRIDE CENTER
PFLAG SF promotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender expansive persons, their families and friends, through support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Web; pflagsf.org
QUEER LIFESPACE
Providing affordable queer mental health services for the LGBTQIA+ community in San Francisco and beyond. Web: queerlifespace.org
PACIFIC CENTER FOR HUMAN GROWTH
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The Center supports the needs of the entire LGBTQ community and allies through robust programming. We also connect people to a rich network of organizations in San Francisco serving the LGBTQ community. Web: sfcenter.org
The Pacific Center for Human Growth, or simply the Pacific Center, is a community center focusing on LGBT people. Web: www.pacificcenter.org
Provides community, leadership, advocacy, services and support to the Silicon Val ley’s LGBTQ+ People and their Allies. Web: defrankcenter.org.
A TEDx learning style can capture students’ interest in learning more.
Virtual Reality
InteractiveStudent-controlledStyleBlackboards
The TEDx learning style uses the power of technology, innovation, and collaboration to make knowledge accessible in a unique way.
VR Headsets Learning provides an immersive experience for students, who can learn everything they need right inside the classroom.
By linking tablets or smartboards to projectors, the interactive blackboard creates a surface that can be written on by a pen or stylus.
This is considered a must-have by teachers and students.
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This allows students to select their coursework and move through a course as quickly or slowly as they would like.
Students get to experience being in a place they have never been to before.
TEDx Learning
This is a method for teaching that lets students learn at their own pace.
COMMUNITY CENTER
Berkeley Hills Dentistry 3
HEALTH CARE
SWEET TREATS
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DENTIST
SPA
Pier 39 11
BEAUTY LOUNGE
FAMILY FUN & DINING
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EDUCATION
UCSF Health 17
MOVING SERVICES
Mazda San Francisco 17
VCA Bay Area Animal Hospital 3
INTERIOR DESIGN
Pure Moving 13
LGBTQ CENTER
TATTOO SHOP
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ANIMAL CARE
Bare Beauty Lounge 3
Waterbar 2
VENUE RENTAL & SIGHTSEEING
WEDDING PLANNING
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CAR BUYING
SEAFOOD DINING
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