CURRENTLY SERVING:

· Alert your creditors and brace for the holidays knowing that you got a sweet new one-stop for Mom, Sis, and Metrosexual Bro: Foster’s Urban Homeware will open its new flagship store at 4th & Market on August 1. Brands repped include an Apartment 399 furniture sample studio thing, oxo, iittala, Chilewich, Umbra, Riedel, Schott Zweisel, and Tag. That last bit of boldface means nothing to you, you say? Just ask your gay friends. [ShopFosters]
· Bruce Schimmel lays the hammer down about what’s really behind The Battle Of Rick’s Steaks Vs. Reading Terminal: It’s not about Rick, it’s about Terminal brass’s vision of making the Market jibe with the rest of the touristy wonderland western Chinatown is quickly becoming. Say it ain’t so. [CP]
· Very often, people will say words to the effect of, “Jesus Christ, can you please give Kelly White a sandwich, please?” Well, her new vegan-food blog, Living On The Vedge, is proof positive that she’s eaten at some point in the last two months. Take THAT, Dept. Of Health & Human Services! [LOTV]