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We Bay Area residents have a handle on how to dress for sporting events in our own backyard, whether we're spending an afternoon watching the San Francisco Giants, hiking Mount Tam or playing Frisbee football in the Stanford quad. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There wasn't a bad apple in the bunch at the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio, where family and friends saluted the opening of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic" on Nov. 13. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

-- Stiletto purveyor Jimmy Choo opened its first San Francisco stand-alone boutique in Union Square last week, its seventh retail outpost in California. The interior design of buff-colored tiles, mirrors, tufted seating and cut-glass chandeliers is meant to evoke a boudoir-like feeling, said Johann Merino, the company's marketing manager. Dozens of shoes line the walls, including the Vamp, a sparkling, 4.5-inch strappy sandal, which is enjoying a surge of popularity of late because Duchess Kate has been spotted wearing hers at several recent high-profile occasions. As a nod to the Bay Area's techie status, a black-and-silver glitter-encrusted iPad case ($495) will be carried exclusively at the Geary Street location, the former home of Betsey Johnson. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ah, galoshes. So sensible, but so unattractive - until lately. The yellow plastic varieties you knew as a schoolkid have been replaced by adult-size offerings in blacks, grays, leopard prints, zebra stripes, patent cherry red, pale pink and even purple-and-pink Pucci print. So as the weather transitions from sunny autumn to soggy winter, you can trade in the leather equestrians for the waterproof rain boot. Jimmy Choo makes a Hunter Wellington in a black "anthracite," embossed with a crocodile pattern. With a flat heel, it's easy to walk in, tall enough to tuck your pants into to avoid splashes at the curbside and just glossy enough to look chic on gloomy days ($455 at jimmychoo.com.). A tall boot with crocodile pattern by Christian Siriano at Payless has a markedly similar profile, but is much lighter on the pocketbook ($49.99). Rubbery practicality was never so stylish, or fun. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]