Published: April, 2004 Get Back on the Bay! Throughout this issue, Senior Editor Mary Swift provides a variety of tips and insights as San Francisco Bay gets ready for its traditional April opening ceremonies. There are schedules of boating events, take a ride as we tow a boat, meet Captain Sharkie, don’t miss Pacific Sail […]
Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT
Bay Crossings Boating Calendar
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: April, 2004 1st Benicia Breaks out the Beer First club to start 2004 “Beer Can Race” on weekday evenings. For a full list of participating clubs, see www.baycrossings.com. 2nd Celebrations on the Bay “April Fools” and “TGIF.” Live music, appetizers, three hours of fun. 8-11 p.m., boarding at Jack London Square […]
Get Back on the Bay!
Published: April, 2004 Get Back on the Bay! Throughout this issue, Senior Editor Mary Swift provides a variety of tips and insights as San Francisco Bay gets ready for its traditional April opening ceremonies. There are schedules of boating events, take a ride as we tow a boat, meet Captain Sharkie, don’t miss Pacific Sail […]
Bay Crossings Afloat
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: April, 2004 The engine cannot start. It is 2 a.m. with no other boats around. A weak 1-3 knot breeze is all we have to sail in to hold our position against a quickly building ebb current in nearly 300 feet of water outside the Gate. The rushing waters are already […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bay CrossingsGardens
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. […]
Bay CrossingsWaterfront Living
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 […]
Wonderful World of Bay Crossings
Published: March, 2004 The Bay Crossings family hosted two events at our new Ferry Building home. The first was put on by the Water Transit Authority and involved ferrying in – literally – hundreds of dignitaries from the Peninsula as a foretaste of ferry service to come. The second was a “family and friends” bash, […]