By Mark Street Published: November, 2005 Ha, ha… it’s not Los Angeles, but another city of angels — Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is not the real name for the capital of Thailand. The actual name for the city known as Bangkok is very long, about 100 words, and is locally shortened to the first two words: […]
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A Few Words About Wine Labels:
Wine Snobs and Pink Pigs Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: November, 2005 We have become more aware of wine labels this season because of our taking a very interesting class at City College of San Francisco on the history of food and wine in France. The French are very strict about their wine labels […]
Brando, Ahab and the Great White Way
New Books of Appeal to Ferry Commuters By Patrick Burnson Published: November, 2005 Fan-TanBy Marlon Brando and Donald Cammell Edited by David Thomson Knopf $23.95 When Marlon Brando played his starring role as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, his now-classic line was I coulda’ been a contender. And while this legendary actor went […]
The Integrity Blues
Are Records Better than CD’s? By Mary E. Shacklett Published: November, 2005 Compact disks have been the medium of recorded music for the past 15 years. If you’ve only ever listened to CD’s, you might not even know how original vinyl records sounded. You probably would not think that the musical integrity of the recording […]
Scientific Fuel for Thought
Published: November, 2005 Editor’s Note: Bay Crossings is happy to introduce Angus MacDonald, a doctor of Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, 1969, as our new science correspondent. We regret that, in a previous article, last minute editorial changes were made which included scientific errors. We feel sure that Dr. MacDonald’s articles will help our readers […]
WTA Locks in Federal Money for Bay Area Ferry System Expansion
Published: November, 2005 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) announced that the recently passed federal transportation bill "SAFETEA-LU" designated the WTA as the recipient of $14 million for ferry boat and terminal construction, while greatly increasing the national fund which provides WTA with significant additional funding each year. For the first time, […]
The View from the Helm of a Yacht
By Ed & Pam McGrath Published: November, 2005 The Readers of Bay Crossings typically see vistas of San Francisco Bay from the shore, a ferry deck or from one of our beautiful bridges. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by the beauty of the hills and the water. Have you ever looked at the […]
Up in Arms About Alcatraz
Published: November, 2005 "It ain’t over ’til it’s over," with the Alcatraz contract, as our cover story, "The Big Game," makes plain. Still, the National Park Services’ decision to overturn precedent and negotiate with the upstart Hornblower Cruises in preference to the incumbent operator, The Blue and Gold Fleet, is stunning. Seasoned waterfront watchers counted […]
The “Big Game” at San Francisco’s Waterfront
By Bobby Winston Published: November, 2005 Bay Area college football fans will soon turn their attention to the "Big Game" rivalry between CAL and Stanford. But the CAL Bears won’t be the only team wearing blue and gold colors, determined to win. Also lining up is The Blue and Gold Fleet and its union crews, […]
A Potomac Runs Through It
Bay Crossings chartered former presidential yacht the Potomac last month to run a triangle cruise between Richmond, San Francisco and Oakland. Our excuse was to show off Richmond’s inexpressibly beautiful waterfront – longest of any jurisdiction on San Francisco Bay – to movers and shakers. A grand time was had by all.