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Ruff Life

In a dog-eat-dog world, sometimes you need to throw yourself and your pooch a bone. Herewith, a few new tricks.

Sip and swirl with Fifi at Yountville’s V Wine Cellar (6525 Washington Street; 707-531-7053), a wine boutique and tasting lounge ...

Color Me Rad

You may not admire their rehabs or boy toys (who the hell is Cisco Adler?), but you have to give it to starlets for ability to change hair length and color. Every day.

Get your wannabe chameleon self over to ...

The Weekend Guide

Bring it on, doggone it.

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Rocket Dog Rescue

What: Help the nonprofit org get back on its feet after a devastating fire. You’ll laugh (comedy show), you’ll dance (live music), you’ll disco (diva finale).
Why: Hot diggity dog. Door ...

Stick to the Script

They say the pen is mightier than the sword. Too bad you’re as handy with a Bic as you are with Excalibur.

Rediscover the lost art of handwriting at Atelier Gargoyle, a delightfully obscure calligraphy studio in the Mission.

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A Rose Is a Rose Is a …

Your Valentine’s Day plan B is starting to lose its charm. You’ve sent yourself roses so often you might as well be dating the FTD guy.

Time to switch to plan C: smothering yourself in roses with a Signature Spa ...

Monsters, Inc.

You haven’t believed in monsters since the one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater.

But you will when you discover Mua Muas, adorable hand-stitched creatures with broken legs and buttons for lost eyes.

They’re the handiwork of a crazy doctor who ...

In Your Face

Oh, dear. You’ll never make it through gala season without the help of a fairy godmother.

Can she turn a pumpkin into a coach? No. But Yelena alum Melissa Cope can transform brow-furrowed workaholics into belles of the ballet with ...

Up the Wall

Those wall decals. They think they’re so clever with their cuteness and stick-to-it versatility.

Here’s something they can’t do: recreate that weekend in Positano. Or that sunset in Half Moon Bay.

But Ferm Living’s WallCollection can. The Danish company lets ...