By Joel WilliamsPublished: November, 2006 The historic pub has a beautiful bar, one with a solid mahogany plank that runs the entire length of the bar, featuring flame mahogany columns against beveled glass mirrors. Overhead is a 1916 Pukka Walla fan, an enormous rotating contraption powered by a small motor via leather belts that looks […]
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Thaddeus’ Ruminations
Published: November, 2006 A beet in the field does not look like a beet at all. Just the very top of the root shows, which makes judging the size difficult. And then, there are the leaves that stretch out from the root, which, like battle flags, show the signs of their fight. The population of […]
Around the Bay
Published: November, 2006 1 – 5 Under the Big Top Be mesmerized by the Universoul Circus acts with soul – a circus of hip-hop musicals, vaudeville and animal acts. See trapeze artists, stilt walkers, acrobats and Ameera Diamond Elephant Trainer. Find the blue and gold circus tent just across from the Oakland Coliseum, at 5601 […]
History of Hansen Sails
Performance Windsails Return to Bay Roots By Jane MorsonPublished: October, 2006 In 1982, Bill Hansen, a UC Berkeley research physicist, pilot and dedicated sailboat-racing champion, embraced the sport as an escape from the rigors of yacht sailing. Hansen’s interest was sails and rigs and, with a lifelong technical knowledge of aerodynamics, he challenged the conventional […]
ON OUR COVER
Beauty, Amanda Abreau, screams as her seacreature beast, Bryan Johnson, gets a little too close. Shot on location on the docks of the Hanjin Terminal in Oakland. See page 19. Photo by Loren Earle-Cruikshanks. www.lecphoto.com
October Waterfront Activities
Published: October, 2006 Oct. 1 9:30AM – 5PM – Tule Elk Trip in Tomales Bay, Sea Trek Kayaking Center, 415-488-1000, www.seatrekkayak.com Join Sea Trek’s Michael Morgan and gain an intimate glimpse into the world of the Tule Elk. Michael’s 2000+ hours living, breathing and studying the elk will educate and entertain you on this guided […]
On the Cover
Published: October, 2006 Photos by Loren Earle-Cruikshanks. www.lecphoto.com
South-Enders Enduring Cold Currents Since 19th Century
By Scott HargisPublished: October, 2006 Hooper, an athletic, graying man with a mock seriousness about him, explains the details of the swim about to take place, frequently referencing the map. The map’s focal point is the stretch of shoreline from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate, and includes Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Southern Marin […]
Halloween Events
Published: October, 2006 San Francisco House of Toxic Horrors Crissy Field Center’s first annual haunted house. Adults and youth (9 years and up) are invited to come and encounter sludgy, smoggy ghosts and goblins in a crazy, cool maze of enviro-horror. Hosted by interns of the Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders program. Crissy Field, 603 Mason […]
Late Night Characters Pitch New Nocturnal Bus Service
Published: October, 2006 Five Bay Area transit systems — Muni, AC Transit, County Connection, SamTrans and the Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority (WHEELS) — collaborated this spring to launch the service. Now riders can travel 24 hours a day by bus throughout San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, and as far north as Richmond, as far east […]