San Francisco sprouts a "Chia" nightclub
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A hanging garden on a dance club's facade is the seed of plans to give people a place to get down without the green guilt.
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On H Street Northeast, there are hipster bars that draw weekend crowds large enough to rival those of U Street. There is a dance studio that teaches ballroom, ballet and Afro-Caribbean. A massive red-brick luxury condo building is rising on the western end, touting the slogan "DC's next great qua...
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The groove swings from the get-go. A clinking pi ano evokes ice cubes in a highball glass. Blasts of muted brass seem to cut like a foghorn through the thick nicotine-and-nostalgia haze of a nightclub.
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A chicken in every pot. More open space and more affordable housing. The benefits of free trade without outsourcing. More manna from Washington, to be financed by that other guy behind the tree.
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An explosion of cocktail quality and variety in Londonâs watering holes is making this city a locus for movers and shakers who shake and stir.
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One restaurant is called Clink. Another is Scampo, Italian for "escape." The bar is named Alibi.
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WestonÂ· In a city where lush landscaping is the law, a different kind of garden was growing inside a $500,000 Weston Hills Country Club home, snuggled in the same development where the mayor lives.
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By Paul Burgarino  MANTECA -- The site of an old photoprocessing plant could frame the picture of housing development in Manteca in the upcoming year.
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NEW YORK -- In a too-hip-to-be-true loft in Soho last week, waiters wearing all black glided around the room, placing in front of two dozen food and travel journalists pristine plates of roasted loin and braised Elysian Fields Farm lamb shortribs with Belgian endive, dried anjou pear and sweet pepper.
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CORONA, Calif  - Bhaviesh and Varsha Shah bought their dream home in a new development east of Los Angeles two years ago, planted flowers around an emerald lawn and picked out wicker furniture for sitting outside on cool afternoons.
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The hotel industry is creating menus that emphasize health, renewal and, especially, a better grade of coffee.
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Pink Martini is a musical cocktail that's being savored these days -- and not just by those Cosmo drinkers.
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The Ambassador is unlike most of the bars in Tenderloin, a section of San Francisco where many bars are dives.
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By MEREDITH GRENIER\\ Staff Writer  PACIFIC GROVE -- Romantic Asilomar on California's Central Coast seemed the perfect place to celebrate my husband's birthday.
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Move over, Curves. Now there's a hot health club designed just for the boys
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Restaurant menus in Los Angeles are marrying the broader commercial movement of âfunctionalâ foods.
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SAN FRANCISCO - This city is a short stagger from the nation's winemaking heart, a geography lesson not lost on the chemists flocking here this week with scientific papers and theories on how to take some of the guesswork out of grape-growing and winemaking.