"In Washington, D.C., the gears may have ground to a halt, but life in the Bay Area stubbornly forges ahead, U.S. fighter jets aside. Locals shoot pool at Bender's and jog down JFK Promenade, rain be damned. To capture the city's constant, low level of commotion, we started Fogcutter, SFGATE's weekly column of events, exhibits and encounters. Every Sunday, our journalists peel away from their desks to report on concerts, museums and coffee shops."
"The Italian-ish toppers here are also a home run. We tried Calabrian cream cheese, thin Sicilian mortadella slices, honey and pickled peppers, known as the Bosco, and the Summer Girl, with burrata, olive oil, basil, black pepper and grated tomato - far more civilized than tearing into skin with your front teeth. They were visions of beauty in sesame, everything, and fennel and o"
A federal government shutdown has silenced U.S. Blue Angels air shows and could make Fleet Week quieter, but everyday Bay Area life continues. Residents keep playing pool, jogging along the Embarcadero and attending local happenings. SFGATE launched a weekly events column called Fogcutter to chronicle concerts, exhibits and neighborhood spots every Sunday. The current highlights include a Berkeley cafe, Cafe Brusco, offering mix-and-match open-faced bagel halves and richly seasoned, top-and-bottom bagels crafted by chefs Gerad Gobel and Alexis Rorabaugh with inventive toppers like the Bosco and the Summer Girl.
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