Novi Mitchell, an Oakland-born influencer, built a 169,000-strong Instagram following with her Boozie Brunch account by spotlighting Bay Area restaurants big and small. She balances a full-time job at Microsoft with weekend filming and turns casual food adventures into a platform that boosts mom-and-pop spots; one rave review can transform a business overnight, with Samara's Southern Creations reporting sustained reservation increases after a feature. At Pruneyard Cinemas in Campbell, the Culinary Cinema series pairs films with three-course dinners inspired by story, characters, or setting, accompanied by specialty cocktails. Five years after the CZU Lightning Complex fires, Big Basin Redwoods State Park shows vigorous plant regrowth and wildlife return as the canopy slowly rebuilds. Michelle Tea's 2000 novel Valencia captured San Francisco's 1990s butch-dyke lesbian scene and marks its 25th anniversary.
Local influencer Novi Mitchell, who's Oakland born and raised, has built a 169,000-strong Instagram following with her Boozie Brunch account by spotlighting Bay Area restaurants big and small. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Novi Mitchell (@booziebrunch) Between a full-time job at Microsoft and weekend filming, she turns casual food adventures into a platform that boosts mom-and-pop spots. One rave review can transform business overnight Samara's Southern Creations says reservations haven't slowed since she posted their deep-fried waffles with peach cobbler butter.
At Pruneyard Cinemas in Campbell, classic movies come with a side of chef-crafted flair. The Culinary Cinema series pairs filmseverything from to with three-course dinners inspired by the story, the characters, or the setting. Screening of at Pruneyard Cinemas' Culinary Cinema/Facebook Think pink-hued appetizers for , or a cannoli nod for . Mixologist Jacqueline Aguirre tops it off with specialty cocktails echoing the films' moods a full sensory experience.
The trees are tapping into decades of stored energy, sprouting green shoots in a bottlebrush effect that hints at their resilience. Down below, tiger lilies, California lilacs, huckleberry, blackberry, Pacific madrone and tanoak seedlings fill the gaps, stretching toward the sun. Birds, pollinators, and other small critters have moved in to stake their claim.
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