So, a couple weeks ago I saw this story in the Chronicle about the resurgence of expensive restaurants in San Francisco and the Bay Area. The story says local restaurants are shaking off the post-dot-com, post-Sept. 11 blues. Some of the restaurants it talks about include Michael Mina's Restaurant Michael Mina, Daniel Patterson's Frisson, and George Morrone's Tartare. It was a good story. So today I saw this story in USA Today about the resurgence of expensive restaurants around the country. The USA Today story says that while new restaurants are opening everywhere, the brightest spot is in... San Francisco. Which was hit hard after Sept. 11... and the dot-com bust... Then it talks about some of San Francisco's new restaurants like... Michael Mina's Restaurant Michael Mina... Daniel Patterson's Frisson... and George Morrone's Tartare. There are a lot of restaurants in this country. A bit odd that USA Today chose to write about the same exact restaurants the Chronicle wrote about. A bit odd. With the USA Today story was a list of about 30 new hot restaurants opening around the country, one of which was Gabriel Viti's Miramar Bistro, which just opened in Highwood, down the street from my dad. I haven't eaten there, but it looks like a cool place. Kinda reminds me of a cross between Schiller's Liquor Bar and Balthazar in New York. GMAIL IS THE NEW ORKUT: Fortt has been handing out Gmail accounts. So I figured I should too. Who wants one? First come, first served.