By Paul DuclosPublished: September, 2010 While Giants fans wait to see if their team will be playing postseason baseball in “the yard,” there will be another major cultural event taking place there this month. San Francisco Opera partners with the San Francisco Giants and Webcor Builders once again to bring grand opera to AT&T […]
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Getting Hitched With a Green Twist
By Bill PicturePublished: September, 2010 Bay Area wedding planner Ema Drouillard provides environmentally conscious intendeds with a unique opportunity to start their life together on a green foot, as well as to share their passion for sustainability with friends and family members. Drouillard is encouraging couples to take a less-is-more, anti-Bridezilla approach to planning […]
Embarcadero Adds Rocketship to Its Transit Offerings
Published: September, 2010 Last month, Mayor Gavin Newsom joined the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco to celebrate the unveiling of Raygun Gothic Rocketship, a 40-foot-tall sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor and David Shulman. The Rocketship, poised as if […]
I Love When You Talk Sailor to Me!
By Captain RayPublished: September, 2010 Can you believe that another year has come and gone? Aye matie, the 19th of September is officially ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’! To help you participate more fully and to continue my tradition, I’d like to tell you about some common (and uncommon) phrases that come from the […]
Salmon Make September Memorable
By Kati SchmidtPublished: September, 2010 Pacific salmon are central to the culture, cuisine and ecology of the entire west coast—and the San Francisco Bay Area in particular. Two species of salmon, the giant Chinook (or King) salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and their close cousins, steelhead trout (Oncorynchus mykiss), migrate through our Bay. With The Bay […]
A Bounty of Angling Is Threatened
By Jah MackeyPublished: September, 2010 The Delta has long been one of the nation’s premiere fishing grounds. If you enjoy bluegill, salmon, readear, largemouth, smallmouth, and striped Bass, bullhead catfish, channel catfish, shad, sturgeon, crappie, steelhead and the occasional crawdad, then you have found your Shangri-La. The famed striped bass migrate through the Delta […]
Around the bay in September 2010
Published: September, 2010 Legendary Musicians Descend on Sausalito Art Festival This Labor Day weekend, top-notch music and stars of the contemporary art scene will be showcased on the sparkling bay shores of Sausalito’s Mediterranean-like seaside village as Sausalito hosts the West Coast’s ultimate Art and Music Experience. This year’s musical attractions feature the Bangles, the […]
ON OUR COVER August 2010
Published: August, 2010
Envisioning a Stunning Park at the Foot of the Landmark New Bay Bridge East Span
By Brenda KahnPublished: August, 2010 Right now, it’s a ragged and underused patch of waterfront dotted with a few dilapidated structures, and carpeted with more asphalt and brown dirt than anything green. But over the next few years, the area will begin the transformation into Gateway Park, a landscaped and amenity-rich urban oasis gracing […]
New APL Ship Makes Special Inaugural Visit to Oakland
By Patrick BurnsonPublished: August, 2010 Port of Oakland and APL officials and staff celebrated the inaugural visit of the new container ship APL Oakland to its namesake port with a ceremony and luncheon on July 12, following the vessel’s arrival the previous day. As noted in this column late last year, the storied global […]