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		<title>Pleased As Punch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, how we San Franciscans wait so patiently for warm weather to come upon us. All through July and August we hear of heat-waves happening all around the country and sigh.  We see cute summer dresses in storefront windows that we know if we bought them would just look pretty in our closets and that’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1434&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SF Examiner: Chip Conley Q&amp;A</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Hjelsand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thought this interview with Joie de Vivre Founder and CEO Chip Conley by Lisa Geduldig in the San Francisco Examiner was a good read and thought we&#8217;d share it. Originally published here. Who has had the biggest influence on you in your life? My dad … and, from afar, Herb Kelleher, the co-founder of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1429&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chef Profile: Michelle Mah</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Mah, Executive Chef of Joie de Vivre&#8217;s Midi Restaurant was born in Seoul, Korea and lived there until she was three years old. It was then that her family immigrated to the United States and put down roots in Southern California.  A career in the culinary arts wasn’t always in the cards for Michelle. While living [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1414&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Takin&#8217; It To the Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>McKenzie Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julie Flynn is the retail and communications program associate at La Cocina.  She man­ages all of La Cocina’s retail sales and handles communications and promotions.  She also supports the pro­gram par­tic­i­pants to help them grow and launch their food businesses. The summer is in full swing, and the city of San Francisco has exploded with outdoor festivals, fairs, and markets. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1403&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SF Chefs Week (and a POMegranate Party)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week our Northern California chefs are busy prepping for their upcoming participation in SFChefs Restaurant Week; an event highlighting the best chefs of the Bay.  For three days and nights starting on Friday, chefs rule in the middle of Union Square and judging by the feedback from the event debut last year, it will be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1387&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Insider Talks Outside Lands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>McKenzie Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danielle Madeira is the vice president of marketing for Another Planet Entertainment based in Berkeley, California.  In addition to producing the Outside Lands Music &#38; Arts Festival and the Treasure Island Music Festival, Another Planet is also the exclusive promoter for the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, the Fox Theater in Oakland, The Independent in San Francisco, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1352&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wild, Cool and Swanky</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swank, our hip lounge was just featured in an article stating that it was one of the best “Mad Men” style bars in the United States.  With its cool and understated feel along with a bartender that can quote Sinatra and Billie Holiday; it really is a perfect place to go back in time. Swank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1370&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chef Profile: Hugo Campos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hugo Campos is the head chef at our Bar Adagio in downtown San Francisco.  Although his family was originally from El Salvador; Hugo grew up in Southern California.  It was there, well to be more specific&#8230;in the kitchen of a diner in Riverside while working as a dishwasher that his love for the culinary world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1337&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scratching the Surface</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Oestreicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meandering down the Ocean Front Walk of Venice Beach, visions of eccentric storefronts and mystical characters fill your mind.  Your body begins to warm up with the heat of the sun while the ocean breeze provides an alluring sense of calm.  Thoughts of Jim Morrison’s, “Spanish Caravan” infiltrate your thoughts but just then, you start [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1319&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Young Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Hjelsand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Neil Young playing Hank Williams Sr.&#8217;s guitar at the annual Bridge School Benefit, photo courtesy Paul Tomita) Editor&#8217;s note: Today we are really excited to feature a post from guest blogger Chris Horn, a music lover who has followed Bay Area resident and rock legend Neil Young for nearly 35 years. We met Chris when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joieoflife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9591121&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=joieoflife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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