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By Captain RayPublished: September, 2008 But do you realize how many commonly used expressions come from the sea? It could be said that we all talk like pirates all the time. The origins of some phases, such as a wide berth or a little leeway, are quite obvious, while others are much more obscure. Here […]
Published: September, 2008 The public is invited to bring unwanted household medications for safe disposal to 420 Water Street in Jack London Square on Sunday, September 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more than 20 years, the San Francisco Estuary Project and its partners have worked together to protect and restore the San […]
By Joel WilliamsPublished: September, 2008 Its uniqueness, however, stems from something it doesn’t do—that is, it doesn’t make more than one style of beer. The entire brewery, and it’s a big one, is set up to make the flagship Trumer Pils, and that’s it! Maybe we should go back a little bit in time to […]
By Bill PicturePublished: September, 2008 The event is expected to draw 14,000 people and will feature former Vice President Al Gore as keynote speaker. I think people are inspired to think green but don’t yet fully grasp the extent of the possibility, says Karen Jackson, program director for the event. While the focus of previous […]
By weekendsherpa.comPublished: September, 2008 With its small town charms and the natural beauty of redwood forests, blue-green bays, and rocky headlands, Mendocino is an ideal backdrop for your next great escape. Mendo Stroll Downtown Delights: Overlooking the ocean, with white picket fences, tidy gardens, wide sidewalks, and wooden water towers, Mendocino mixes a starched […]
By Joel WilliamsPublished: September, 2008 Marketed as an electric, self-balancing, personal-transportation device, I’ve always wondered what a Segway was like to drive, although I sympathized with the people who say it’s a lazy way to avoid moving your feet. After recently taking a two-hour tour of Angel Island on one, however, I think they are […]
Published: September, 2008 Participants will take sailing lessons and raise funds in honor of those whose lives have been affected by blood cancers. Fifteen participants will go through the US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification course at Club Nautique; each fundraiser will be responsible for raising a minimum of $3,900 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. That’s a minimum total of […]
Published: September, 2008 Every Wed. 6PM – 8PM – Wednesday Night Sail, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocsc.com Set sail aboard one of our larger yachts skippered by a professional OCSC skipper and enjoy a relaxing sunset out on the Bay. You can soak in the beauty of the evening while not lifting a finger; or pitch in and take […]
By Paul DuclosPublished: September, 2008 APL was a sponsor of the Festival of Sail, a five-day tribute to the age of sailing ships organized by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association at the end of July. Hundreds of thousands of visitors jammed the city waterfront to inspect a dozen majestic tall ships including the […]
By Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper and Program DirectorPublished: September, 2008 The number of derelict boats is so extreme in the eastern reaches of the Bay that a recent Contra Costa County report indicated that the removal of 300 vessels in the past 20 years has hardly put a dent in the aquatic junkyards. As more and […]