By Bodo Eichler & Mary Swift-Swan Published: September, 2003 Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant is a certified lighthouse set in a quaint Victorian village at 51 Embarcadero Cove, just off the 16th Street exit, a few miles east of Jack London Square in Oakland. Patrons can enjoy the quiet pleasant dining room fully surrounded by a marina […]
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Real Men Can Drink Rose!!!
Published: September, 2003 As Fall approaches, along withthe Bay Area’s warmest time of the year, a Mediterranean outdoor lifestyle flourishes as does the California penchant for light and refreshing food and drink. For those fond of wine, it is the prime time to enjoy the pleasures of quality Roses. Long disdained by wine snobs as […]
Transportation 2030: MTC Wants Your Good Ideas
By Brenda Kahn Published: September, 2003 It doesn’t have the pizzazz of TV’s "Star Search," but the Project Search sponsored by the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) nonetheless is worth tuning in to. As part of the public participation process for its Transportation 2030 Plan, MTC is inviting residents to submit creative ideas […]
I Lunch for a Living
Published: August, 2003 BC: What is the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group? CG: The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group is a trade association of [about 180] high-tech, biomedical, and related employers in Silicon Valley who work on issues that impact, not only the economic health of their companies and the region, but also the quality of life […]
Your Tax Pennies at Work:
Published: August, 2003 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) expects the number of Bay Area ferry riders to triple over the next fifteen years. The WTA’s plan calls for adding seven new ferry routes and expanding the six already successful ferry routes at a total cost of $646 million, including capital and […]
Inside The Towers
Published: August, 2003 The Towers premium home collection offers luxury waterfront living and resort ambience in one of San Francisco’s more sought-after locations. There are approximately 45 new homes currently available, including 15 on the top level with stunning views. The Towers management has completely transformed the Embarcadero One South apartments into modern luxury homes. […]
Ferry Food Fight
Published: August, 2003 Sometimes no extra commentary is needed whatsoever: consider this exchange. Maria Lombardo, Deputy Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, took the initiative to write the Golden Gate Transit Bus District with her rather unflattering thoughts about ferries. It prompted the read-only-wearing-asbestos-gloves response that follows from Marina V. (and don’t you […]
Bay Crossings On the Cover
Published: August, 2003 No need to get down no need to get low In the flow Rastaman that speaketh love is what he preacheth In the flow Politicans fighting to stop I from lighting But in harmony we’ll smoke the tree In the flow, in the flow What they really fighting is INITY Love for […]
The Marine Transportation Security Act
Published: August, 2003 Will ferry passengers be faced with long lines at security check points, be required to pass through metal screening machines, need to have an up-to-date passport, be forced to remove their shoes and who knows what else, be asked to pledge allegiance to the commander-in-chief, and, failing all of that, be taken […]
Bay Crossings Journal
Published: August, 2003 In my kayak, I follow the movement of shrimp boats going up the estuary against the current, the sprightly spray bouncing off their white wooden bows. There is another movement; the uplifting of tears circumnavigating my eyelids. For years these unsolicited tears have surfaced, usually when I am alone near or on […]