Lizzi "McCupcakes" M.'s Profile

Helen gave me the best brazilian EVER. Ever. I will return over and over again. I highly recommend.

Lauren Kolb at Glama-Rama has been my stylist since 2002. She has taken me through delicious creamy blonde, ginger snap browns, and the prettiest darkest browns I've ever seen. Classy short bobs, curly romantic long cuts, and a current incarnation of  a Audrey Hepburn bang with a flip that is the best cut I have ever had on my head. Lauren and the whole crew at Glama-Rama make a warm, hip, and creatively fun salon environment I love coming to. Lauren is just the BEST.

Good pizza. BAD service. Ordered at 7:30...still waiting at 9:30. An hour later, when I called to ask about the order was hung up on, No apology.
We were told three times "5 more min." We ended up canceling the order and no one there seemed to care. A charge better not show up on the card...

This is all I have to say:

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Sushi Bistro is the best. Not only are is the wait staff ALWAYS attentive, the food is served quick and is always consistent. I have had no probs getting a table for 12 or for 3. The Mission spot is for sure a better version of the Inner Richmond original. It feels more like a family run place here.
Try
Sexy Scallop: chopped bits of scallop love with spicy (SPICY!) sauce and cool soy paper wrapping. Sort of like an oyster shooter but better.
Sashimi: some how the pieces of sashimi here KILL sashimi at any other place I've ever been to. They are like sashimi steaks, buttery enough to cut with chopsticks, and you will have to the serving size is gigantic.
Baby Lobster Handroll: like an east coast lobster roll took a vacation in japan. Truly decadent.

At Sushi Bistro there is a cloud of deliciosity floating overhead. Here lives one of my favorite things to eat in the world: The Big Island Roll. Best girlfriend and I are sushi freaks, there is almost no time we don't want sushi. Really. The Big Island is cool, calm, briney, and slippery. A thick circle of cucumber curl is stuffed with smooth peppered crab and various slices of raw fishies: SALMON, TUNA, YELLOWTAIL, TOBIKO and AVOCADO. It is magical. It is life changing. It is the roll to which all other rolls should be compared.

Below is a BRUNCH review:

This is the best brunch I have ever had.

(should I stop there?)

This food feeds my heart. Spicy tangy sweet Fiery Fruit. So good when with friends I order my own and one to share. The south Indian coffee is one of the best things ever in my mouth. Like some magical melted coffee ice cream warm in a cup, just for me.

The best way to get your eggy potatoey brunch on is he Egg Poriyal Dosa with a Masala Dosa.  Spicy potatoes in a smooth creamy coconut dipping sauce sound good? Chivey egg in pancake with sweet tomato or spicy lentil sauces? The only thing better is the Cilantro and Tamarind sauces that come with the Pani Puri, which is like a create your own mouth orgasm, TRUST.
I want to bathe in those sauces.

Recently I went out of my comfort zone after watching a table next to me giggling while eating the Dahi Batata Puri and tried it. Think: crispy shells with cool yogurt inside with a sweet sauce. A perfect bite of brekkie as far as I am concerned.

Sure sure, atmosphere, excellent service, reasonable price. But the food...sigh....

First: The ONLY reason this is not 5 stars is PRICE. But do know, the prices NEVER keep me away.

The Plant is one of my staples. It always impresses with fresh, healthy, tasty food. Fig and goat cheese toasts? Yes. Best veggie burger ever? Yes. Vegan oatmeal cookie that makes my knees weak? YES!

TIPS: try the veggie burger with out the bun, the lemon flax seed dressing is awesome, and the hummus plate is good when needing some serious comfort.

When I worked at Photoworks (http://www.photoworkss...) our sink had an amazingly intense immediate issue. I offered up to my boss that I knew THE GUY. John Lepold of Element Plumbing. He asked if he was good, and I assured him he was the best! I called John and swiftly a couple of hours later he was walking in tools in hand ready to get to work ( also getting a plumber in San Francisco can be a challenge, and I was so impressed with his ease in coming to us right away!) John was speedy, considerate of all the people working around him in a busy office, kind, efficient, and competitively priced. He made our insane sink good as new. I would not hesitate to recommend him highly to any one!

As a first time patient I found Dr Johnson on Yelp, and after the rave reviews I was ecstatic to be seen next day (!!!) for a problem with my ear. When I got to the office a young woman huffed at me when I told her I didn't have an insurance. I noticed many people in the office had been waiting for a long time and I was told I would be waiting 45 min, ("At least....") During my consult with Dr Johnson, I found him to be helpful, extremely nice, and overall a wonderful practitioner he even told the lovely young woman at the front desk who had greeted me with a scowl and a groan to lower my fee as I was uninsured. He was gentle, careful, and informative, all the reasons he is rated so highly and why I didn't mind waiting. Dr Johnson even waxed poetic with me for a minute about being a starving student, and I of course really appreciated the discount and was thrilled I had found such a nice doctor who I really felt I could see again.
So I was more than disappointed when about a month ago I had what I felt was a serious ear and sinus infection, I knew Dr Johnson would be the perfect man to see, as a I don't have an internist yet. Again I was greeted on the phone in a less than friendly way. The woman on the other end of the phone clearly ( and rudely ) told me there was NO WAY I could see the doctor, and even if she could I would have to wait a few hours even if I came in. She literally sounded like a 12 year old brat telling her mom how un-cool doctors are. She sounded like a mean bully. She tried to get me off the phone as quick as possible and when I asked her what other options a person with out insurance has, she answered in a short and concise way " ummmm...go to the ER." As far as I am concerned the ER is not a place for a sinus infection, and especially not for the uninsured. Granted I know receptionists are not care providers, and I know receptionists are human beings and have bad days like the rest of us, but I felt her attitude and demeanor were out of line and definitely out of sync with Dr Johnson and his demeanor. If in fact Dr Johnson is so busy he cannot take appointments at all that is more than understandable but the staff should be more accommodating to that or at least more helpful or even less rude about telling me I wont be seeing him if that is the case.

I will not call again, and I will not attempt to make an appointment again.