Published: February, 2003 Those observers of the contemporary scene can daily witness the slow and somewhat agonizing decline of the Port of San Francisco. Politicians and muckraking reporters like Warren Hinkle like to blame Port officials for the present lack of shipping and maritime use, but of course they're wrong. The reason they are wrong […]
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Jack’s Bistro
Published: February, 2003 Jack’s Bistro is located in the center of Jack London Square in Oakland, California, adjacent to the Waterfront Plaza Hotel. Almost every table has a view of either the Square or waterway activity. There is a patio for dining outside, weather permitting. Diners are entertained most nights with music from the piano […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: February, 2003 Be Nice to Those Pesky Environmentalists Dear Editor: I wanted to let you know that while I enjoy your magazine, I took offense to the tone of your blurb New York’s Turn to Cope With Ferry Environmentalists. The wording of the paragraph seemed to say, "Don’t bother with worrying about the environment, […]
Time for Ferry Riders to Seek Marin County Sales Tax Dollars
Published: February, 2003 Good for the Golden Gate Bridge District for standing up to the "transit Taliban," those mindless anti-tax blowhards, and imposing a $5 toll. But Bridge District number crunchers are still staring at over $400 million in red ink. Cuts in buses and ferry routes ranging from 20-40 percent, are being serious considered. […]
Real Patriots Raise Taxes
Published: February, 2003 If threats to national security are serious enough to trample on bedrock American principles of freedom and privacy, where is the sense in not limiting the use of gasoline, the product that so entangles us with the Middle East? Together with higher bridge tolls, gas taxes alone can realistically discourage single passenger […]
Bay CrossingsJournal
By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 If it’s wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for it…It doesn’t matter if it’s wild to anyone else: if it’s what makes your heart sing, if it’s what makes your days soar like a hawk in the summertime, focus on it…If it’s […]
Bay CrossingsBoating Calendar
Published: February, 2003 Feb. 1-2 Last two days of the new NCMA Boat Show at the Alameda Fairgrounds. San Francisco Bay Master Mariners Benevolent Association Calendar March 22, 2003 Spring Potluck – Membership Drive Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club Cutting Blvd. in Richmond John Tucker, (510) 215-6620 May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. […]
Bay CrossingsPoetry
Leaving For War By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 flags, banners, red magic markered white sheets "Goodbye Clay, Love, Mary Beth, Gary and Sue" "Come back soon Bobby! Joyce and Ronnie" up and down the street leading to Morehead Ports out front a gray military destroyer slinks into inlet ready to pick up […]
Port of Call: Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
By Michael Leo Published: February, 2003 In Homer’s day (the ancient hero, not the cartoon dunce), Kyrenia was an important hub for water transportation in the eastern Mediterranean. Although a commute for the Phoenician Ferry Service a thousand years ago was measured in weeks not minutes, plying local waters for the purpose of gaining money […]
Bay Crossings Community Calendar
Published: February, 2003 2/2 and 2/4 7:30 pm Marin Symphony Stradivarius First and Beethoven’s Fifth It’s a double debut when concertmaster Jeremy Constant performs the soul-stirring Sibelius Violin Concerto on a priceless 302-year-old Stradivarius violin. Marin Symphony’s music director Alistair Neale begins the evening with San Francisco composer David Carlson’s lushly romantic "Twilight Night." Marin […]