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Jane Wolff is the author of Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta. After studying documentary filmmaking and getting a graduate degree in landscape architecture, she worked in a landscape architecture office in San Francisco. A traveling fellowship took her to the Netherlands to study the history of land reclamation. That experience led […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: June, 2004 Thinking of a menu for June brings to mind many things. There are graduations, Father’s Day, the longest day of the year officially starting summer, and many weddings and anniversaries to celebrate. The goal was to find a menu that was simple, yet elegant, as well as something special […]
Published: June, 2004 Jane Wolff is the author of Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta. After studying documentary filmmaking and getting a graduate degree in landscape architecture, she worked in a landscape architecture office in San Francisco. A traveling fellowship took her to the Netherlands to study the history of land reclamation. […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: June, 2004 At the north edge of San Francisco Bay are miles of wine country. To the northeast lies Napa, and to the northwest lies Sonoma County. Sonoma County includes towns with the names of known wines like Glen Ellen, Kenwood, Windsor, and more. The county is filled with many outstanding […]
Published: June, 2004 Everyone in the industry is aware of the huge service meltdown suffered by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) after it acquired its San Francisco-based competitor, Southern Pacific (SP). This acquisition came shortly after UP bought the smaller Chicago Northwestern Railway and promptly suffered service disruptions. UP sincerely promised the regulators that there […]
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: June, 2004 A growing number of observers are now predicting $3.00 a gallon gas prices for California (and that’s for regular). In turn, ferry operators and agencies will be faced with higher fuel bills as these prices spill over to non-road use diesel fuel, as used in most ferries. BART […]
Published: June, 2004 Bay Crossings welcomes Jim Swindler, the newly settled Director of Operations for Golden Gate Transportation’s Ferry Division. Jim came to the San Francisco area in late October in answer to a national search to fill the very large shoes of Dave Clark, who passed away from cancer last year. Jim left a […]
By Guy Span Published: June, 2004 Due out of dry dock here in San Francisco on June 7th is an American passenger ship, the Pride of Aloha. Formerly the Norwegian Sky, she becomes nationalized at a quiet ceremony on the 7th, after which she is scheduled to Pier 35 the same day to take on […]
By Mccabe Coolidge Published: June, 2004 The tide is coming in, swirling movement in coastal waters lapping on shore as gull and egret sun themselves. The cormorant slowly unfolds her wings, standing on an abandoned dock on the lee side of this island, is drying her feathers. Into this quiet repose comes a splash, a […]
Published: June, 2004 The 150’ San Francisco Spirit is an elegant lady. She is berthed at Pier 9 along the Embarcadero just 5 piers west of the Ferry Building. The San Francisco Spirit and her 100-foot little sister, the California Spirit berthed at Pier 39, are primarily used for Corporate and private events arranged by […]