Published: February, 2005 9th Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival Migration Celebration Featuring “Falcon’s Court” Birds of Prey Show The 9th Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival takes place Friday through Sunday, January 21-23, 2005, on Mare Island in Vallejo. The San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival celebrates the annual migration along the Pacific Flyway of […]
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New Horizons at Webster Street’s Arts & Crafts Campus
Published: February, 2005 If one of your New Year’s Resolutions was to learn something new this year, the businesses on Webster Street are eager to help. On Thursday, February 17, the first monthly Third Thursday Arts & Crafts Campus on Webster Street offers classes, demonstrations, and other learning opportunities. There’s something for everyone. Needle In […]
Breakfast by the Bay Ferry Building’s Breakfast Opportunities
By Paul Redman Published: February, 2005 Reporting for duty, ground zero, gourmet food heaven in San Francisco. Foggy outside, early morning hours, and many commuters going to work. At the Ferry Building, a breakfast trade is booming, or trying to. My chronicle of this momentous event spans a work week, delving into different tastes, and […]
Love, Lust, and Heartbreak,
Published: February, 2005 Photographic artist Gabrielle Gianella and her muse, Fernando, will be featured among the contestant winners displayed celebrating the Valentine’s Day theme, Love, Lust, and Heartbreak. The main artist reception was held along with the monthly First Friday Open Arts showing at the Gallery Behind the Blue Door from 6pm to 9pm. The […]
Dispatch from Dogpatch
Published: February, 2005 Thinking about my patch of waterfront, in light of the disastrous Tsunami in Indonesia, gave me pause as a San Franciscan who lives on a peninsula. The communities that cloister around the inlets, bays, and deltas are vulnerable to the powers of the sea. I now look at these communities with a […]
Libations
Published: February, 2005 Once more, the Bay Area wine scene astounds us, just like Sideways. So many people asked us if we had seen the movie, that we were forced to go and totally enjoy ourselves. It’s the new movie about making one’s way through a week of wine tasting as other forces intrude upon […]
Letter tothe Editor
Published: February, 2005 Since you’re apparently reluctant to check a few facts, let the facts come to you: 1. Both the ACE and the Capitol Corridor trains have nearly exhausted the track capacity available to them. This problem will only get worse. That fact was lost on the Grand Jury, too. 2. Construction on the […]
New Ship Sails to Sausalito–Opportunities for All!
Published: February, 2005 Have you ever sat on the edge of the Bay, watching the ships going by, and dreamed of working on one? Well, here’s the answer to your dream. The Seamen’s Training Center, in conjunction with the Sausalito Bay Model Association, presents an exciting new array of overnight mariner ship experiences. The combination […]
Mare Island Welcome Center is Now Open in Historic Mansion
Published: February, 2005 The Mare Island Welcome Center recently opened for information and preview home sales. Homes in two new neighborhoods by Lennar Communities are now selling, and two other neighborhoods will be available later this year. Interested home buyers are invited to visit from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily at Quarters O, located […]
Dispatch from the Dogpatch
By Zannah Noe Published: February, 2005 Topher Delaney is a tour de force unto herself. A world-renowned landscape architect and conceptual artist, she has made a trade in putting serenity in space. She’s a spry woman, who looks every bit the avant guard artist, especially with her choppy, short hair. Known for her landscaped sanctuary […]