SF Life: The Kickoff to Summer!
It’s the official start of summer, Tomatoes, and if you don’t have plans to celebrate Memorial Day, we have a few choice offerings for you— Carnaval, Free Ropes course, Film Fest, and more. We also have some great events coming up in June, including culinary legends Thomas Keller and Alice Waters in conversation, Outdoor movies, and Juneteenth celebrations. Calling all you Goddesses, a local tomato has created something magnificent just for YOU.
May 24-25. Carnaval
Carnaval is happening this weekend with a 2-day festival filled with color, food, and fun. Expect a music stage, 17 blocks of delights, a Grand Parade, and 250 Exhibitors with 50 food stands. This free event takes place May 24th and 25th from 11 – 6. Watch amazing samba dancers or join in the fun yourself! CARNAVAL
May 25. Art and Food
This Sunday, head to Oakland for a sweet day of art, food, and DJs at Brix Factory Brewing 11-7PM. Enjoy the vibes while supporting local artists! All proceeds from donations go to support Mixed Feelings Anthology – a multi-media art book of 13 different artists’ voices. Through mediums like poetry, photography, fashion, short stories, and more, learn how those raised in mixed-race families share their puzzling experiences. BRIX BREWING
May 25. Reel Film Fest
Support local budding filmmakers – high school students – at the Reel Film Fest on Sunday, the 25th. You will screen their creative imaginings and have a chance to talk to local filmmakers. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to support their after-school film program at high schools across the Bay for the next school year. REEL FILM FEST
The Ropes Challenge Course
You may be familiar with Outward Bound, based in San Francisco and perhaps you have always wondered what a ropes course is like. Ever wanted to climb, balance, and swing your way through the cypress treetops in SF? Outward Bound California and SF Rec and Park offer free community days one Saturday a month from February through October at the Ropes Challenge Course in McLaren Park. No experience needed – just register, show up, and challenge yourself! OUTWARD BOUND
May 29. Chefs in Conversation
Join culinary legends Chefs Thomas Keller and Alice Waters for a conversation about cuisine, community, and culture, celebrating the Netflix series Chef’s Table: Legends. Thomas Keller has built a collection of restaurants that have set new standards in the hospitality profession. As the first American-born chef to receive multiple three-star ratings from the Michelin Guide for The French Laundry and Per Se and one star for The Surf Club Restaurant, he is the most recognized American chef by Michelin
Alice Waters is the visionary chef and owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. She is the author of four cookbooks. In 1994, she founded the Edible Schoolyard at Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, a model curriculum that integrates organic gardening into academic classes and into the life of the school.
Phil Rosenthal is the creator of the PBS documentary series “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having” and Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil.” His non-profit, Somebody Feed the People, partners with organizations that address food access and insecurity, support chefs and restaurant workers, create employment pathways, and strengthen our food systems.
This program is a benefit for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, an organization that addresses hunger through a food pantry network and home-delivered groceries to CalFresh (food stamp) enrollment. Every week over 53,000 households count on them for food assistance. CHEFS IN CONVERSATION
June 7. Wicked Outdoors
Yerba Buena Gardens is a fabulous place to celebrate culture in the city. Their outdoor movie nights are such a fun evening. And here is your chance to see WICKED again and if you haven’t seen it already, just go! Saturday June 7th grab a pal and get ready to watch the magic unfold in the beauty of our outdoors. Many more events are scheduled for the summer as well. YERBA BUENA
June 7. Celebrate Black-owned Businesses
Celebrate local Black-owned businesses at the 5th annual Juneteenth on the Waterfront on Saturday, June 7. Kick off a month of Juneteenth celebrations in San Francisco with a day of delicious food, crafts, and community at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza (south of the Ferry Building) and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Savor handcrafted foods and drinks from 20 Black entrepreneurs, shop for local crafts at the In The Black pop-up market and enjoy fun activities for the whole family. Entry is free and open to the public, with food and drink available for purchase. JUNETEENTH
Meet Carol Simone
Carol Simone is the author of a new ORACLE for women called Goddess in Your Mirror Oracle, Cards and Play Book -65 quirky, practical, wise, sexy, deep, mystical modern-day goddesses who live inside us and when found, guide us to a more enriched life. It was born from Simone’s forty years working with women from all over the world as a counselor, hypnotherapist, author, Radio personality, and coach. It’s totally unique and it brings women together to learn more about themselves – and to gather together and exchange stories. This is such an exquisite offering.
Some of the enlightened life Goddesses include the Goddess of Bunions; The Goddess of Self-Sovereignty; The Goddess of Soul Kissing; theGoddess of online Dating; the Goddess of PTSD – you get the picture. Think of the Oracle as a quick trip to a Lifetime Coach that is free and available anytime. Simone says, “The point of my book and cards is to give women permission to go on an adventure that can uncover the vastness of who they are.” Goddess in Your Mirror Oracle is unique in that it is wise too, but also quirky, funny, provocative, smart, and is loaded with tools for the modern-day woman to know herself on many different levels and discover how to free herself from fears and self-judgment and soar. I am loving working with this. Simone is holding a workshop around the Oracle in October in Carmel and Hawaii in 2026. Shine on Goddesses! GODESS IN YOUR MIRROR.
Kim Selby, the SF life editor of The Three Tomatoes, is your gal for info on what’s hot and happening in the beautiful bay area. Having lived on the Left Coast for 27 years, after almost a decade in NYC, she has explored and continues to have adventures all over the San Francisco area. Passionate about fashion, formerly with GLAMOUR magazine and Fashion Director at Saks Fifth Avenue , Palo Alto, Kim produced fashion shows in the bay area for over 20 years. She now creates events to empower, delight and inspire women, aka “Tomatoes”. Learn more about Kim at www.kimduffselby.com
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