By Mary Swift-Swan Published: February, 2004 January celebrated the setting in place of the final beam on top of Crescent Heights, the newest Bay Area option in elegant living. THE METROPOLITAN is a two-tower, multistory luxury condominium complex on Rincon Hill. Finishing the structural portion of the construction phase of the second tower brought all […]
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Romantic Date Ideas
Published: February, 2004 Harlequin Dates 1. Spend the day sailing on the Bay. 2. Enjoy a candlelit dinner at a romantic restaurant. 3. Find a quite bistro with great coffees and desserts. 4. Go for a gondola ride in the center of Oakland, on Lake Merritt. 5. Go winetasting by bike in the wine country […]
Romance Around the Bay
Published: February, 2004 In the San Francisco Bay Area, there are so many beautiful places to see, stay, and dine. There is so much music, art, and great wine that a wonderful way to experience the many treasures is to stay at a quaint hotel in the heart of where you want to explore. How […]
HerringElusive Gold
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: February, 2004 The herring catch finally heated up in January after a very slow December. November through March, herring spawn in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco herring have a golden roe that is sought after by sushi lovers world-wide. That discovery upped the fish’s popularity and price. With the reduction in […]
Port of Call—Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
By Drake Nanda Published: January, 2004 Some ports are just too good to pass up. Strategic location, access to cheap raw materials, cheap labor, convenient offshore quasi-territory from which to conduct quasi-legal activities—all reasons which have contributed to regular takeovers of important harbors by stronger nation states. True, the world used to be terribly brutish, […]
Sausalito, the 21st Region of Italy!
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: January, 2004 Poggio, a year in the making, has opened its doors filling the ground floor under Casa Madrona Hotel and Spa. The reinvention of the Village Fair of old Sausalito’s art colony is finally complete with coherent style and grace and a bit of Tuscan flare. The last of the […]
High Tech Comes to the High Seas:
Published: January, 2004 Back in the days of Bay Area native son and writer Jack London (1876-1916), ferries unable to navigate the fog routinely collided with other vessels and the shore. It’s no wonder these collisions occurred when fog navigation meant nothing more than keeping a close watch and sounding a whistle. After World War […]
Mixed Business
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: January, 2004 Very good looking chicken pot pies caught our eye through the window of a small store in The Rocks section of Sydney, Australia. Irresistible Force met Immovable Object: We went in the store. Surprise, surprise! Once inside, we found it to be part newsstand, part hardware, […]
RM-2 Needs Y-O-U
Tell all Your Friends to Support Bridge Toll Increase Published: January, 2004 In just eight weeks, Bay Area voters will vote on Regional Measure Two (RM-2), which, if passed, will raise tolls on the Bay Bridge and other state bridges by $1. It’s way too little–tolls should be more like the $7 levied in […]
Synchronet Marine Delivers First of Its KindTransportation Technology to Port of Oakland Users
Published: January, 2004 SynchroNet Marine Inc., a premier maritime technology service provider, and the Port of Oakland announced Phase II of the SynchroMet™ service. Phase II integrates ocean carriers with motor carriers through a virtual container yard (VCY) to perform mutually beneficial street turns, to reduce costs and ease port congestion. SynchroMet links community members […]