Reviews for USA

The latest trend in Californian sushi restaurants seems to unfortunately be fusion kitchen: adding all kinds of ingredients that are not part of Japanese sushi experience. Fortunately, there are still restaurants that provide normal basic sushi meals.

Mikaku is a midsized Japanese restaurant near... More >

New York's Museum of Modern Art MoMA is a sole reason to visit the Big Apple. Recently completely renovated, the museum hosts several floors of the most important art of the 20th century. Name any major modernist and you can bet on finding at least one work of him in the museum.

MoMA is convenien... More >

If you want to have a bit of European charm in your children's wardrobe, but consider Burberry too expensive, check out Murik at Geary Street. They stock several European brands, for example, from the Nordic countries and Belgium.

The clothes are of good quality and the prices are also somewhat h... More >

Neiman Marcus is a top-notch department store at the Union Square. The store caters especially for those of us that do not have to watch every penny.

The brands include names such as Burberry, Prada Sport, Yves Saint Laurent, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana and so forth. And this was only a small part of t... More >

Nob Hill is one of the famous San Francisco hills, very close to the city centre and Union Square. The hill hosts a park surrounded by a bunch of top-class hotels with excellent views to the city and the bay and Grace cathedral -- once imposing and now dwarfed by the towers.

The best way to go th... More >

North Beach is the Little Italy district in San Francisco. The area is a Californian version of Italy, so don't expect such authentic feeling as in Chinatown. North Beach is still nice area to stroll around, as there are a lot of good cafés (even in European standards) and restaurants.

The resta... More >

Old Navy is the discount chain owned by the company behing GAP and Banana Republic. The Old Navy stores are not that fancy as the other chains', as they concentrate to deliver clothes with smaller pricetag.

The clothes are of good quality, but the design is not always the best. The store itself h... More >

Oshkosh B'Gosh has a big outlet store in Gilroy Premium outlets village. They provide clothing from newborns to preteens, both girls and boys.

I was interested in newborn clothing only, and find a few nice and cheap enough t-shirts and other items. The garments are colourful, not just the basic p... More >

Parish Cafe is a combination of bar, restaurant and cafe near Boston Common. The place is renowned by the huge, inventive sandwiches (from a selection of local chefs) that are really delicious. The price is steep, but the taste (and the size) are really worth of every penny.

The cafe is located o... More >

Paul Frank, the designer with cute monkey insignia, has a store in the downtown San Francisco on Sutter Street.

Do not be afraid, all clothes do not sport the monkey and are not childish at all. There are also "zoo type" garments and accessories, especially bags seem to have a lot of animals in t... More >