Celebrity chef, frequent Today Show guest, and Sonoma-based hotelier Charlie Palmer confirmed rumors today with the announcement of his first hotel and restaurant in San Francisco proper. Palmer, celebrated for making Healdsburg hip again with the Hotel Healdsburg/Dry Creek Kitchen combo, will be revamping the 100-year-old Crescent Hotel just North of Union Square as a "chef-driven" boutique hotel. more ›

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. more ›