Dress For Success Socialites
Raise Funds for Disadvantaged Women

Event Co-Chair Shannon Dean, Project Runway alum Nick Verreos, Delicia Cunningham,
Amber Marie Bently, Emily Newhouse, and Event Co-Chairs Andrew Freeman and Beth Schnitzer
at the 3rd annual Dress For Success Gala held July 17 at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
July 22, 1008
Dressed to Kill.  As many as 350 upwardly mobile […]

 

The CrackBerry Chronicles: Gone Fishin’

Elaine Santore
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
July 8, 2008
For the Ladies
Last Tuesday Fog City Journal attended the launch party for Women’s Independent Cinema (WIC) Documentary & Film Club at the Presidio Social Club with FCJ friend and SFLuxe editor, Damion Matthews. WIC co-founder Jennifer Siebel was unable to attend because she was “being held […]

 

Dub-ble Take: An Extraordinary Machine
With Kamala and Gavin

By Elaine Santore
June 30, 2008
Here’s a new feature at Fog City Journal where we take one really boring speech, set it to music, and see if the added music can make a video more interesting.
This week: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris listen to Police Chief Heather Fong drone on about […]

 

CrackBerry Meets Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton (aka Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) poses for a picture with Elaine Santore
during his appearance at Hot Topic at the Westfield Centre Saturday.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
June 30, 2008
Now I Can Die
Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton was in town Saturday to sign autographs, promote his clothing line at Hot Topic, and appear […]

 

Villaraigosa, Siebel and Newsom Caption Action!

By Luke Thomas
June 26, 2008
We just can’t resist a reader’s suggestion that we invite Foggers to provide “humorous” captions to accompany this photo of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chatting up with Jennifer Siebel during a fundraiser yesterday with Mayor Gavin Newsom looking ever-so-slightly annoyed.
The caption we judge to be the most humorous will duly be honored […]

 

Joe O’Donoghue: “Laconic Officials In Catatonic Mien,
Sleep Unperturbed, Indifferent”

By Joe O’Donoghue
June 25, 2008
The late Jean-Michel Folon, a Belgian artist, illustrated brilliantly, in bright color form, the desolate voids of 20th century cities and their inhabitants.
This blank verse entitled “A Political Urban Legacy” was influenced by Jean-Michel’s graphics. He is best known for his illustrations of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.”
A Political Urban Legacy
Bureaucratic-honed streets […]

 

Presidential Campaign Bloopers

June 19, 2008

 

Photojournal: Harvey Milk Club Dinner Extravaganza

Harry Britt speaks at the Harvey Milk Club dinner on June 17, 2008.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore and Luke Thomas

June 18, 2008
Fog City Journal attended the Harvey Milk Democratic Club annual buzzfest yesterday to celebrate the club’s 30th anniversary and to celebrate a historic victory for civil rights.
Sean Penn, who plays Harvey Milk in […]

 

The CrackBerry Chronicles: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Elaine Santore at Oxenrose Salon’s reception for Shu Uemura’s Art of Hair Collection.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
June 16, 2008
Because Life Is Too Short For Bad Hair And Cheap Liquor
Maybe it comes from working with and befriending hairstylists during my short, unabashed self-centered life, but I believe the state of a person’s hair reflects how […]