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Amelia Lang
Amelia has traveled around the world backpacking, photographing, drawing, and attempting to learn various languages. After a long hiatus in Portland, Oregon, New Zealand, Spain, and Africa, she…
Amelia has traveled around the world backpacking, photographing, drawing, and attempting to learn various languages. After a long hiatus in Portland, Oregon, New Zealand, Spain, and Africa, she recently returned to her roots in San Francisco. She couldn’t find a city she liked more. Barcelona came close, Berlin and Tokyo were up there too, but as corny as it may sound, she left her heart in San Francisco. Amelia balances her love for both the rural coastline just north of the Golden Gate Bridge and the stimulation of city life. She graduated from University where she studied history and fine art. She comes from a family of artists and can’t help but indulge her own creative impulses. She looks forward to graduate school in design and art history, hopefully somewhere abroad. Although she knows she will always succumb to her gypsy spirit, for now she is happy nesting in San Francisco.
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P.S. It is not really a hotel...
Being a tourist, traveller, or just a newbie, it is though to know which alley to walk down in search of the perfect and secret gem of a restaurant/bar/gallery. Even being a local, it is hard to keep up-to-date on what is opening where. However, there is a little, little place that is worth looking for. Just north of Market Street, almost behind Zuni, there is a little orange sign that reads "B." Look for where Rose "Street," it is really a two block alley, crosses Gough Street and slowly enter into the dark, homey den.
Hotel Biron is a comfortable gallery, and wine bar. It is not a hotel. If you show up with suitcases and a money belt, you will quickly realize there is simply no room for you here. Instead, leave your stuff at a hotel and come to enjoy a lovely glass of wind. The wine list is just two sides of a page, and divided by region. The bartender is knowledgeable and kind and willing to offer up suggestions. The food menu is small, mostly consisting of cheese, olives and fruit, as well as some sweets. If you are looking for a place to sit, slow down and talk wine, this is your spot. Order at the bar and return to your table. You will quickly be brought your wine, your snack and a chilled bottled of water.