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JUNE 5, 2006
Edited by Monica Gagnier STORAGE A High Rise For Boats And Bikes Best known for its vehicle rooftop racks and cargo boxes, Yakima is taking its act indoors. Into your garage, that is, where its $250 Ground Control promises to get your gear organized and off the floor. The seven-foot rack attaches to the wall with four screws and can hold 800 pounds of bikes, boats, and boxes. Add-ons range from a simple $10 four-pack of utility hooks to a $45 rack that holds two bikes and an $80 shelf that's built for a kayak. Still not enough? Use an extender kit to link two racks together. By Larry Armstrong 
FOOD Tasteful Gifts A good guest never shows up empty-handed. With the summer entertaining season soon to be in full swing, surprise your hosts with one of these winners of the Gallo Family Vineyards Gold Medal Awards that recognize outstanding achievement in artisanal foods. Since dinner usually starts with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, present a box of Yaya's RAW Rah Spicy Flax Krackers with cumin and cayenne to spice up the cheese plate. These crisp organic snacks are made with flax and pumpkin seeds and are rich in fiber and vitamins. Three 4-oz. boxes go for $18 at yayasrawrah.com. Maine Lobster is one of summer's joys. You'll be amazed that the Hancock Pemaquid Point Lobster Pot Pies, which come frozen in reusable white ramekins, taste so good. Each puff pastry pie is chock-full of Maine lobster chunks in a sherry broth. A box of two 7-oz. pies costs $44 at hancockgourmetlobster.com. For the taste of crisp green beans fresh from a Vermont garden, bring along Claire's Country Garden Dilly Beans ($9, clairescountrygarden.com). They come pickled in a homey 24-oz. mason jar and pack a strong dill punch. Find the full list of Gallo award winners at gallosonoma.com/goldmedal. By Lauren Young   Time Off Photography buffs visiting San Francisco this year will encounter many reminders that a defining moment for the city, the Great Earthquake of 1906, took place as technology was making the medium more accessible. The disaster was recorded by amateurs and pros alike. Check out the California Historical Society's show of novelist Jack London's collection of photos, both his own and others' (through Sept. 30, californiahistoricalsociety.org). The images, including a shot of a ruined City Hall, are accompanied by London's published writings and his wife Charmian's terse diary entries ("Mate and I spent the night in burning streets.... Terrific experience. Napped on a doorstep till dawn."). The San Francisco Main Library's exhibit shows how the quake was chronicled in personal albums made by residents and tourists (sfpl.org, through Aug. 20). By Lourdes Lee Valeriano
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