By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: December, 2004 A very different wine adventure at Christmastime We went to Chile in 1998 as the Iraq invasion was happening and people were demonstrating on the streets of Santiago about former leader Pinochet. We had been invited to a special wedding anniversary in Vina Del Mar, so […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Honors BoatU.S. Emergency Beacon Rental Program
Published: December, 2004 Capt. Steve Sawyer, Chief, USCG Office of Search and Rescue, said, “We’d like to express our grateful appreciation to BoatU.S. for its dedicated efforts in improving the safety and welfare of recreational boaters throughout the world. The Coast Guard Search and Rescue Program, in close coordination with the Boating Safety Program and […]
Holidays at the Exploratorium
Published: December, 2004 Folk Play from Around the World at the Holidays Weekends, Dec. 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19 In honor of the world’s cultures and the creative spark inherent in all, the Exploratorium casts its spotlight on folk arts and crafts in December. Objects of beauty and function open a […]
Help Save the Palace
Published: December, 2004 Under the direction of Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Department of Parks and Recreation in San Francisco and the nonprofit Maybeck Foundation are partnering to restore the beloved Palace of Fine Arts and Walter S. Johnson Park. The Palace rotunda and colonnades were designed by architect Bernard Maybeck and built for the 1918 […]
Vallejo Ferry Chief Fired, Resigned or What?
Published: December, 2004 All we know is that Pam Belchamber, who steered the Vallejo Ferry (Baylink) from a nascent service into the highest fare box recovery transit system no longer works for the transit district. While her accomplishments will be covered in detail next month, Bay Crossings is puzzled by the resounding silence from the […]
Let Your Light Shine on Angel Island
Published: December, 2004 Today at a private home in Tiburon with a clear and beautiful view of Angel Island and the whole city, corporate sponsors Angel Island State Park staff and volunteers and Angel Island Association staff and board members met to do a time- honored tradition. To count down the lighting of the Angel […]
Bay CrossingsCuisine
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: December, 2004 PIER 39 is the home of 11 fine restaurants, but the restaurant with the best view and the most wonderful food is at the end of the pier, Neptune’s Palace. Neptune’s Palace has maintained a standard of excellent food at reasonable prices for 15 years. It is a place […]
Cool Places to Shop on the Eastern Waterfront
Published: December, 2004 It was only November 1st when I saw boxes stacked willy-nilly outside the store Embellish on Brannan Street. Printed on the boxes was the classic holiday statement, “It’s beginning to feel a lot like…” The brain fills in the blank automatically. As a veteran of Holiday Gift Guides, I was armed and […]
No Flu Shot? Could be No Worries, Mate!
Published: December, 2004 Tea Tree oil is a multiple use product used in nearly every household Down Under. According to Richard Maguire, who was raised in Australia where the trees grow, it is used in a variety of ways, from helping a cut quickly heal, to clearing a stuffy head, to keeping circulating air systems […]
Bay CrossingsCommunity Calendar
Published: December, 2004 HOLIDAY EVENTS Artists at Hunter’s Point Shipyard Holiday Show Dec. 5, 11am-6pm End of Innes Street Give the gift of art. Over 25 artists are participating in this informal holiday fair by opening their studios by invitation only. Participating artists from other buildings will be setting up in the gallery in Building […]