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10 ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year around the Peninsula

Lunar New Year 2023 has arrived. From music and dance performances to hands-on crafts, here's a sampling of ways to celebrate the new year.

Where to watch the San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship game around the Peninsula

Bars and restaurants up and down the Peninsula are showing the 49ers playoff games, with some offering drink and food specials. Here's a running list of establishments where you can watch the big game.

Hot chocolate for cold nights: 10 places to satisfy your cocoa cravings, from boozy options to giftable ones

When it gets truly cold outside (by California standards anyway), there's a reason that the hot drink many people of all ages reach for remains the tried-and-true humble mug of hot cocoa. We scoured the Peninsula to find the best hot chocolate – and European drinking chocolate – offerings around.

Where to watch the 2022 World Cup on the Peninsula

For those looking to watch World Cup games in a pub with fellow fans to those looking for an excuse to duck out of a family-filled house over Thanksgiving weekend, we've put together a running list of Peninsula bars and restaurants where you can watch the World Cup. Grab a friend, find your vuvuzela (OK, maybe leave that at home for patrons' sake) and get ready for some football.

From classic apple pie to bourbon pecan, these Peninsula pie purveyors have you covered for Thanksgiving

Whether you're looking for a tried-and-true classic, a gluten-free or vegan option or even a five-flavor flight of mini pies, there's a pie on the Peninsula to meet your needs. Here are 12 different spots offering locally made Thanksgiving pies filled with everything from sweet potatoes to chocolate cream.

Peninsula holiday fairs for your one-stop shopping needs

While online shopping for gifts over the holidays has become the go-to choice for many, there's an indistinguishable spark that arises when you spot that perfect present or snag the last available must-have gift of the season off the shelf. Throw in some holiday activities like wreath-making, dancing and ice skating to make shopping an outing to remember at these Peninsula holiday fairs, craft boutiques and other seasonal events.

Growing up: How vertical plantscapes are bringing the outdoors inside

Vertical gardens, essentially landscapes installed on walls with watering systems built in, were once rarely found outside of larger corporate and public building spaces like Google, Symantec or Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Over the past few years, that's changed as more and more residents have started installing "living walls" in their homes.

From brewery bashes to movie nights, here are 50+ ways to have a spirited Halloween on the Peninsula

Here's a sampling of Halloween fun for little goblins and their families, plus some picks for grown-up ghouls as well.

Channel your inner gourd-mand with these Peninsula pumpkin dishes and drinks

When the calendar turns to October, I’m one of those people who eagerly puts up my Halloween decorations, peruses pumpkin patches and scopes out the aisles of Trader Joe’s for new and returning pumpkin-flavored foods. For those of you in a similar state of mind, we bring you a running roundup of Peninsula pumpkin dishes and drinks both sweet and savory to stoke that fall feeling.

‘We’re not trying to disrupt the industry’: How a Y Combinator-backed food hall startup is bringing a ghost kitchen alternative to the Peninsula

When COVID-19 hit and restaurants began closing down left and right, Mountain View resident Divyang Arora and his startup co-founders saw it as a call to action. Two years and a trip through the famous Y-Combinator startup accelerator later, he's now CEO of Byte Kitchen, a startup helping independent restaurants scale up and get their dishes offered in other communities.