What We're Talking About This Week

San Francisco is having a coffee shop explosion, featuring both strong roasts and amazing interior design.  We can't wait to finish crossing off all of the spots on this list.

We love this interactive guide to America's incredible sandwich varieties.  We have a big soft spot for anything featuring avocado, so we're partial to the Californian option pictured.

Cinespia is an incredible LA experience, a movie screening set up outdoors at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  This weekend they're showing The Godfather, which is always worth re-watching...  Unfortunately it's sold out, but you can check out their calendar for more upcoming features, including two of our favorites: Mulholland Drive and Vertigo.

If you follow our site, you know we were excited for Target's Lilly Pulitzer collection.  Unfortunately, due to high demand and low inventory, we missed out on the items.  This article helps explain how the collection was great for Lilly and not so great for Target.

We had major childhood crushes on Uncle Jesse, so this story cracked us up!

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Our Favorite San Francisco Movie Images

We may be biased, but we think that San Francisco is the most photogenic city in the 48 continental states.  Its beauty has been captured on film many times (as we have covered before with Vertigo and Blue Jasmine) but it has endless breathtaking angles, with its incredible architecture, stunning bridges, and unpredictable weather patterns.

Vertigo, 1958

Basic Instinct, 1992

Milk, 2008

The Joy Luck Club, 1993

The Graduate, 1967

Bullitt, 1968

The Conversation, 1974

Blue Jasmine, 2013

The Bridge, 2006

The Wedding Planner, 2001

Zodiac, 2005

All images via Google

Fashionable Film: Vertigo

Vertigo, often considered one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films, is set in San Francisco, and the director used the city to full effect by shooting on location.  It became another character in the 1958 thriller, starring Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes.  The film has a brightness to it despite its dark storyline, and this was especially apparent in the costumes.  Hitchcock worked with costume designer Edith Head to select colors that would heighten the viewers' emotions, and they did a brilliant job.