Published: March, 2005 We have talked off and on about writing about beer. But when it comes down to doing it, the size and scope of the subject is formidable. It has been around a long, long time and almost every country in the world makes it. Line up ten people about their favorite beer […]
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Port of San Francisco Hosts Cruise Symposium
Published: March, 2005 With the City’s cruise business at record levels, the Port of San Francisco co-hosted a symposium aimed at building relationships between the City’s visitor industry and the cruise lines calling San Francisco. Over two hundred people, representing more than a hundred Bay Area businesses, attended the event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel […]
Tall Ships Unearthed
By Steve Priske Published: March, 2005 If one follows the axiom that, “the last built of a thing is generally the best built of a thing,” then the finest tall ships ever built may have been built on the West Coast, and were home-ported at San Francisco.History books tell us that in 1849, when the […]
Alameda’s Westside Renaissance
Published: March, 2005 Progress began when Sherry Stieg became the executive director of West Alameda Business Association (WABA) in 2003. The WABA redesign of Webster Street began in1996, addressing changing needs and updating the look of Webster Street in the wake of the Navy’s departure. “It hit a wall and became stalled,” said the former […]
By the Ways
Published: March, 2005 Ever watched steaming oak ribs inserted into the spine of an old wooden boat? Or witnessed the pouring of molten bronze into a sand mold? These are just a few of the traditional processes that are employed by the skilled shipwrights here on the Sausalito waterfront. But there is more to it […]
WTA Looks South
Published: March, 2005 On February 8, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) hosted transit managers from South San Francisco and Brisbane to lunch at Dominic’s at the Oyster Point banquet facility in South San Francisco. Nearly fifty guests, spanning small businesses to corporations, policy-makers, and city planners, including representatives from biotech and […]
b.a.y. fund is Red Hot
Published: March, 2005 The Red Hot Ball on Friday, February 25, was a first-class hit in its fourth year, raising more than $40,000 to benefit the children of the b.a.y. fund, as well as their summer enrichment program. The Red Hot Hip Hop, which occurred two hours prior to the ball, allowed the children of […]
Bay Crossings Editorial
Published: March, 2005 In your backyard–or your mom’s or a friend’s–maybe there’s a small apple tree and a sandbox, a couple of robins pulling at worms: the typical mini-haven of the individual family. But imagine one day waking up to find a house-sized semi squatting there, squishing the swing set as the huge motor surges […]
Bay Crossings Cuisine
Published: March, 2005 On the west side of Alameda, on the eastern corner of Central, is The New Zealander, Webster Street’s newest restaurant, bringing a bit of down-under to the Bay Area. The building was built in 1879, and became Croll’s in 1885. Windows facing Webster and Central give it an open feeling. Maori and […]
Flyway Festival
Published: February, 2005 9th Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival Migration Celebration Featuring “Falcon’s Court” Birds of Prey Show The 9th Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival takes place Friday through Sunday, January 21-23, 2005, on Mare Island in Vallejo. The San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival celebrates the annual migration along the Pacific Flyway of […]