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Published: June, 2003 "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte’s semi-famous, but increasingly forgotten line about celebrity status was never so true as for French traders at the end of the First Empire. French merchants and customs agents, who were doing quite well, merci, working the lucrative routes of the Indian Ocean from […]
Published: June, 2003 Your positive article about Senator Perata’s proposed Bay Toll Crossing allocation was right on target. Perata’s plan is remarkably well balanced and intelligent, especially when compared to what MTC has been doling out for the past 25 years. However, the MTC mishmash continues. I hope you’ll write more about this. Three years […]
Published: June, 2003 The lovely Blanca Sapetto, a talented gymnast turned modern vaudevillian performing the role of Sapetto in the long-running hit Teatro Zinzanni, graces our cover. Teatro Zinzanni is a frivolous funfest melding breathtakingly talented vaudevillians from around the world with a remarkably good dining experience. Teatro Zinzanni revives a long tradition of colorful […]
Published: June, 2003 The above is an adaptation by Bay Crossings’ Art Director Francisco Arreola of one part of a dramatic triptych hanging in the grand hiring hall of the Sailors’ Union headquarters at First and Harrison Streets in San Francisco. It depicts a heroic battle between the Liberty ship SS Stephen Hopkins and German […]
Published: June, 2003 Zealot readers of Bay Crossings will recall our story detailing the bizarre way funding for the Water Transit Authority came to be ("Sausaged," October 2000). The ordeal continues as plans for a comprehensive regional ferry system continue to wend a tortured path through the Alice in Wonderland-like California political process. Next up: […]
Published: June, 2003 When the economy turns sour and heads into a downturn such as we are now experiencing, the effects are widespread. Fewer jobs mean fewer commuters, and fewer commuters spell economic trouble for the entire transit industry: buses, trains, and ferries. Even in normal economic times, the fare box rarely pays much more […]
Published: June, 2003 Learning to sail teaches independent and inter-dependent skills. Whether sailing alone or as a team, there is an opportunity to understand different dimensions of the world around us–wind, water, and land are all interrelated in a way that makes a difference to sailors. A sailor has to look for wind and also […]
Published: May, 2003 David Clark was kind, always a helpful and patient friend and beloved by all sides in the maritime community, including the writers and editors of this publication. He will be deeply missed. There was never a time when we were writing about Golden Gate Ferries or about anything related to ferries and […]
Published: May, 2003 Sundays Brunch Tues-Thurs Friday PM Saturday PM 10:30 am-2:30pm 6pm-9:30pm May 2nd & 9th May 3 Simon Russell Simon Russell Dave Mathews Tomas Michaud Piano Piano Blues Band Latin Jazz Great line-up of a variety of music on Friday and Saturday nights, call for schedule
Published: May, 2003 Slam poets, hip-hop artists, and local youths raise their voices in poetry that speaks to community, and the everyday issues that they face. Poets from Youth Speaks and local youth organizations will be asked to participate. Five youth poets will raise their voices to empower, teach, and tell it like it is. A […]