• A meditation on how hot spots (a.k.a. sandwich shops) and urban homes sometimes don’t mix. [Bay Area Bites]
• The L.A. Times Travel section discovers Healdsburg, including Quivira’s Farm to Table dinners and Barndiva. [LAT]
• Another addition to our al fresco dining guide: B Star Bar, the Burma Superstar spinoff with a semi-secret patio in the Richmond — which, we know, isn’t often sunny. [CHOW]
• A waitress at L.A.’s Voyeur nightclub denies punching Lindsay Lohan in the face on her birthday. [Examiner]
• Picky eating in adults may be a type of mental disorder. [WSJ]
• A pizzeria owner rode his bike from Florida to New York, eating one slice every three hours, to promote a “pizza diet.” [NYDN]
• A jar of jam supposedly made from Princess Diana’s hair is on sail at a surrealist art show in London. [NYDN]
• A Brooklyn woman sued Starbucks for serving a cup of hot tea without a protective sleeve. [NYP]
• Women who live within a five minute walk of a restaurant are more likely to have a higher body mass index, according to a recent study. [UPI]
• Happy birthday, Spam! The Hormel canned meat was first sold on July 5, 1937. [NYT]
