Join a Bar Hop in Bed-Stuy; Osteria Morini Opens in Jersey

Times Square: A little late in the game, but R Lounge , located in the Renaissance Time Square Hotel, will be offering a number of Super Bowl specials, including the famous Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, for only $5. Don’t forget about that 360 degree view of Times Square. Bed-Stuy: Brooklyn "food mayors" Alisha Miranda and Nicole Taylor take you on an outer-borough happy-hour tour on February 4 ...

Pittsburgh hotels offer the lap of luxury

The city's best accommodations feature opulent privacy, panoramic views, spa pampering, luxurious beds, cozy robes, delectable food and drink and, of course, bragging rights.

The Food Column: Celebrate Groundhog Day with a deja brew from Straub

I've never made the trek to Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day, but friends have told me it pretty much consists of three things: camping out on a hillside, shivering and drinking beer. Betcha I know what they're drinking out there today: "Groundhog Brew," made by Straub Brewery in St. Marys, 50 miles away. You might also have seen the rodent on bottles locally.

Upcoming Annapolis Opera concert, 'Shakespeare in Love'

Since the Immortal Bard observed, "If music be the food of love, play on," it is therefore appropriate that the Annapolis Opera is presenting a pre-Valentine's Day program based on the intertwined themes of love, music, and Shakespeare, under the title "Shakespeare in Love." Various love scenes based on the works of Shakespeare will be seen and heard from the worlds of opera, ballet and drama ...

On the Town: Where to go, what to do tonight

Want to get out and make a night of it? Here are a few tips from The Chronicle's Datebook staff on where to go and what to do around the Bay Area this evening. Take your pick: Check out our mini-review of a recommended...