San Francisco

1920 Squaw Valley Rd; Tahoe; 1.800.323.7666

Hit this slope-side Squaw Valley lodge, and get accommodations for as low as $189/night, plus a card good for an additional 20% off already marked down ski equipment/apparel -- savings that comes just in time for summer skiing.

The flipside of VC Wear, a troika of SF start-uppers launched SW in accordance with the rigid maxim, "there's gotta be at least 100x more entrepreneurs than VC's, right?" Designs run from the excessively informative ("Twitter Overload"), to the bloodily embittered (Angel Investors -- a devil pitchforking an angel), to the powerfully ad hoc ("Hello, I'm the Chief __ Officer").

Through April at 640 Sacramento St, at Montgomery; Financial District; 415.395.9800

The downtown D'Asti's offering up Stoli/Beefeater lunch martinis at $1 a pop, plus discounted foie gras (down $5 to $10.99), so you can rest assured yours won't be the only grotesquely abused liver.

761 3rd St, at King; SOMA; 415.543.1407

In an epic marriage of chains that deep-fry stuff, Louisiana Famous has joined Happy Donut in the diner space across from AT&T Park. Bring strips, wings, nuggets, shrimp, snapper, and 'nuts to your tailgate, and introduce your wasteband to the new seventh inning stretch.

SF-based CG aims to take the rap-lyric flowcharts sensation and expand it to encompass all pop culture. Early highlights include Corey Hart's "When to Wear Sunglasses" Google calendar, and a pie chart where Earth and The Nostromo are highlighted, but space is not ("Places they can hear you scream").
Get in on the graphin' at