WHO’S IN TOWN
Novelist Rick Moody talks about his latest book, “The Four Fingers of Death.” [7 p.m., Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]Lectures
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Local activities
Firmly rooting: “Big Fan,” a comedic drama written and directed by Robert Siegel and starring Patton Oswalt as an extreme New York Giants fan, is screening at the Lumiere Theatre. [1572 California St., S.F.]
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Friday night
Eating
Schmidt’s Deli: This deli pairs sausages and other cured meats from an authentic German butcher in Mountain View with housemade German sides, German wines and fabulous German beers. [2400 Folsom St. (at 20th Street), S.F.; (415) 401-0200]
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Unlike 99 percent of dreamers who come to the Napa Valley, Sandy Lawrence, a retired international events planner, had no intention of opening a restaurant — and actually did. She saw an empty furniture showroom on Napa’s Main Street and envisioned a yoga studio and restaurant that serves healthy, local food. Illustrating her personal lifestyle, she named it Ubuntu, a Zulu word that means “humanity to others.”
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A food writer must keep her hard working mouth in tip-top shape, so I visit my beloved dentist, Dr. Stanley Tong, every six months. Just as often his efficient Vietnamese-Chinese technician, Elvie Lam — who I’ve never encountered out of a clear shower cap, goggles, rubber gloves and blue medical gown — tells me to try Anh Hong, a 22-year-old Vietnamese restaurant on Geary near Hyde, for the seven-course beef meal.
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