By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 Michael Heckmann is an architect and planner located in Tiburon. Michael has worked in Tiburon for the last two plus decades and seen start-to-finish many fine homes that line the hills and waters’ edge in this unique and quiet community. Michael was delightful to interview for Bay Crossings Waterfront […]
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By Mary Swift Swan Published: March, 2004 The beginning of spring is a beautiful time of the year. It is fun to get out just to see the show from late February to May. Some flowers bloom for a few days others up to six weeks but then another bursts into a blaze of color. […]
You Can See Forever
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 The Tiburon Peninsula reaches out into the Bay forming the Marin side of Raccoon Straits across from Angel Island. On average, it takes 20 minutes from Highway 101 along Tiburon Boulevard in Southern Marin to reach the center of this quiet historic town. It only takes 17 minutes on […]
Phone Tree Hell
By Guy Span, S.D. Published: March, 2004 What is it we all hate about phone trees? These ugly and time-consuming automated frustration systems have proliferated into every corner of business life, replacing live and randomly helpful people. Were they just designed by the congenitally stupid or worse, was it done on purpose? This curmudgeon occasionally […]
Prince and Princess Dazzle the Ice!
Published: March, 2004 Disney’s Princess on Ice Grand Opening in San Jose February 18, 2004 was a spirited success. Some guests were greeted by a handsome Aladdin and his Genie. Little boys and girls plus those young at heart shared a moment in the brilliance of the characters smiles. When the lights dimmed, hearts and […]
City Tow Confidential
Published: March, 2004 You see them routinely booted on the street and may know the utter feeling of disbelief and shock when your car is gone. But it’s the horror stories that give City Tow a name that is synonymous with angst, anger, and avarice. An overwhelming number of complaints of car muggings made City […]
On The H20Front | Sea & Grocery
By Zannah Noe Published: March, 2004 When most of us think of Japanese food, we think of sushi, tempura, and chicken teriyaki with rice. These are staples of the cuisine and they define Japanese cooking to American diners. When friend and fellow chef Dina Gewing suggested teaching sushi to children, the concept derailed my own […]
San Francisco Bay Master Mariners Benevolent Association Events
Published: March, 2004 Sat, Mar 20, 2004 Spring Potluck & Membership Drive Pt. San Pablo YC, Richmond John Tucker Fri, May 21, 2004 Sponsors Lunch St. Francis YC DeeDee Lozier & Terry Klaus Sat, May 29, 2004 MMBA Annual Regatta Post Race Party @ Encinal YC Jeff Stokes & Stephen Gort Sat, Jun 26, 2004 […]
Bay CrossingsJournal Three Boats and a Dog
By Mccabe Coolidge Published: March, 2004 Before I-69 cut a wide swath of birch, maple and pines, bulldozing old logging trails, Rip and I walked those endless paths, jumping at the whirl of partridges who leapt into the air as we approached then pausing to watch the orange caterpillars make their way across a fallen […]
Letters tothe Editor
Published: March, 2004 The build-out of the ferry fleet will require about 2,000 man years of trade labor. This may not seem like much, but this work is the key to significantly more work; super yachts are very similar as regards processes and techniques and a number of builders (notably Derecktor, in Mamaroneck, NY) have […]