Published: June, 2003 Learning to sail teaches independent and inter-dependent skills. Whether sailing alone or as a team, there is an opportunity to understand different dimensions of the world around us–wind, water, and land are all interrelated in a way that makes a difference to sailors. A sailor has to look for wind and also […]
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Taste of Oakland-Sumptuous Success
Published: June, 2003 The Taste of Oakland was a downtown event. A truly diverse group of restaurants were joined by local bakeries and catering companies. For libations, Rosenblum Winery, Brothers and Pacific Breweries, Shakers American Vodka, and Wyders Hard Cider kept glasses full. Music flowed, keeping the crowd moving around the tables and displays of […]
Whither the Golden Gate Ferry?
Published: June, 2003 When the economy turns sour and heads into a downturn such as we are now experiencing, the effects are widespread. Fewer jobs mean fewer commuters, and fewer commuters spell economic trouble for the entire transit industry: buses, trains, and ferries. Even in normal economic times, the fare box rarely pays much more […]
Learning Day and Night
Published: June, 2003 Across from St.Patrick’s Church, at 920 Peralta (at 10th), is a new community center for West Oakland that is making a difference. Pastor Burns lead the effort to save the old abandoned building that in 1876 was a convent. His brother, Washington Burns ,aided in making that a reality. The center is […]
Heartburn
Published: June, 2003 Zealot readers of Bay Crossings will recall our story detailing the bizarre way funding for the Water Transit Authority came to be ("Sausaged," October 2000). The ordeal continues as plans for a comprehensive regional ferry system continue to wend a tortured path through the Alice in Wonderland-like California political process. Next up: […]
Bay Crossings Cusine
Published: June, 2003 Forbes Island is a unique restaurant, even among San Francisco’s 3,000 fine restaurants, and it is reported to be the only floating island in the world. Forbes Island Restaurant actually has an engine and can be driven. Orignally, the Island was a 50’ x 100’ barge that Forbes Thor Kiddoo converted into […]
The Liberty Ship that Could, Can and Will
Published: June, 2003 The above is an adaptation by Bay Crossings’ Art Director Francisco Arreola of one part of a dramatic triptych hanging in the grand hiring hall of the Sailors’ Union headquarters at First and Harrison Streets in San Francisco. It depicts a heroic battle between the Liberty ship SS Stephen Hopkins and German […]
Waterfront Living
Published: June, 2003 The Towers, also known as One Embarcadero South, was built as an apartment complex. Now under new ownership and management, it is reinventing its quality and way of life into a luxury living homeowners resort-like complex with great success. The Towers has been sequentially undergoing extensive remodeling as rented units end their […]
On the Cover
Published: June, 2003 The lovely Blanca Sapetto, a talented gymnast turned modern vaudevillian performing the role of Sapetto in the long-running hit Teatro Zinzanni, graces our cover. Teatro Zinzanni is a frivolous funfest melding breathtakingly talented vaudevillians from around the world with a remarkably good dining experience. Teatro Zinzanni revives a long tradition of colorful […]
The Deck is Readied Admiral Horatio!
Published: June, 2003 Acelebration highlighting the opening of Horatio’s summer outdoor deck was held on May 16th from 4-7pm. The sun came out on cue, providing a bright and cheery setting; a preview of summer days to come. Horatio’s Restaurant is located at the harbor’s edge of San Leandro Marina. Carol Henry-Golphin, marketing director for […]