our favorites

This page is under construction (always)

Opera List - a list of the operas we've seen together.

Cool sites - click here for links to our friend's sites.

Top of our minds

Weddings (because we will be having one of our own ... eventually)

Buddhism

The Decline of American Culture

France, Peru, Vietnam, Thailand

Moving east - Chicago?, Washington DC?, New York?, other? ...

Yoga

 

Books we are reading

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Twilight of American Culture, Morris Berman

Cannery Row, John Steinbeck

Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond

Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

 

Cooking (Jack' section -- mostly)

Chowhound

Foie gras

A perfect cuppa

Corby Kummer at the Atlantic Monthly

Cook's Illustrated

 

Artists

James Turrel

Gerhard Richter

Toulouse-Lautrec

Marc Chagal

Fernand Leger

Henri Matisse

Teun Hocks

Ross Bleckner

Museums

San Francisco Restaurants

The jackandbeverley.com Top 10

1. Elisabeth Daniel --  Best food in the city!

2. Fifth Floor - Luxe surroundings and all the foie gras you can eat.

3. Aqua - Tuna Tartare...mmm.

4. Nan and Curry - Great Indian Food.

5. Boulevard - Classic Cal-French.

6. Gary Danko - Excellent French plus the best cheese cart in the city.

7. One Market - Consistently dishes out great California cuisine.

8. Vik's Chaat House – Best Indian food served in a garage.

9. Blowfish - Anime, electronica, and a side of great sushi.

10. Foreign Cinema - Good French bistro food, groovy atmosphere, great movies.

Other Faves (in no particular order)

Rubicon

Farallon

Fringale

Jardinere

Zuni Café

Dine

Hawthorne Lane

XYZ

Cosmopolitan Café

Azie

42 Degrees

Gordon's House of Fine Eats

Greens

Shanghai 1930

Black Cat

House of Nan King

Lapis

Elizabeth Daniel

5th Floor

Eric's

Woodward's Garden

Slow Club

Nan and Curry

Cha Cha Cha

 

Coming Soon...

Interests

San Francisco

    Weather, entertainment, etc.

  Canadanews, radio

Camping

Cool Sites