• About a year ago, Daniel Patterson opened Coi. Since then, his little fine-dining joint has quickly become one of San Francisco’s best overall restaurants. In honor of his one-year anniversary, he’s taken guest blogger duties at Chez Pim in order to share the terrors of a restaurant’s opening day. [Chez Pim]
• Crossing the border into Berkeley bodes well for Ms. Gastronomie, and with drinks like “Death in the Afternoon,” you have to wonder why T-Rex BBQ isn’t a more popular brunch destination. [Gastronomie]
• Girlfriend Getaways is a new travel magazine for women aged 22-72 (no, really) that has highlighted some feminine destinations in San Francisco. Among the picks: Nopa, Quince and Zeitgeist. One of these is unlike the other. [Gridskipper SF]
• Some people get all the breaks. We’ve been on that soup list for god-knows-how-long and do we ever get a free soup? Noooo. [SFist]
