Published: January, 2005 Holiday presents of money burning a hole in your pocket? After shopping for everyone else, it’s time to treat yourself. Shopping by ferry is a wonderful way to begin the year. Here are a few choices to consider: San Francisco Scores Highest in the United States in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2004 Readers’ […]
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Get Down at the Hidive
Published: December, 2004 Dennis Anderson is an internationally known photographer who has made his living with his camera for three decades. His fine art photography is in the permanent collection of both the San Francisco and New York Museums of Modern Art and appears regularly in magazines such as Architectural Digest, Oceans Magazine, and Resorts […]
Libations
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 […]
Cool Places to Shop on the Waterfront…throughout the issue
Published: December, 2004 Christmas and Hanukah are the best known annual holidays in December. Plus, kids of all ages the world over are sending out their lists for Santa Claus to grant their wishes. Shopping after work and on weekends for family and friends, clients and suppliers, and the household pets can be a daunting […]
Making Cents for Ferries
Published: December, 2004 Four counties around the Bay Area region considered sales tax measures for transit on their November 2004 ballots, including Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Solano. These measures, requiring a 2/3 vote for passage, passed in all but Solano County. Successful passage of the measures in San Mateo and Contra Costa Counties […]
Happy Holidays to the Men and Women of the Armed Forces!
Published: December, 2004 It matters not the who and why they are there, simply they are. The Bay Crossings staff wish all the men and women embroiled in conflict around the world, best wishes for survival and a speedy end to the conflict that keeps you far from home during the holidays.
Hidive Restaurant, It’s Only a Step Away
Published: December, 2004 Locals often talk about new business development in the South of Market area in the abstract, as if it were actually in a completely different city than San Francisco. So insulated are we in our isolated trips to a baseball game at SBC Park—or the ever-less-frequent night out at a techno-music club—from […]
MTC Trip Planner Unfriendly to Alameda’s Ferries
Published: December, 2004 MTC operates on its web site the “511 Taketransit Trip Planner” that is highly unfriendly to the both Harbor Bay and the Alameda Oakland Ferry. Essentially this web page allows the user to input their location (street number and name or two cross streets) and town of origin and the same information […]
MTC Honors Excellence in Motion at 26th Awards Ceremony
Published: December, 2004 Our hope is that the innovative ideas and techniques generated by this year’s winners will spark similar efforts around the region,” said MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger. The Grand Award this year goes to Caltrain’s new Baby Bullet train service, which began in June 2004 and slashes Peninsula commute times by making […]
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 […]