Published: January, 2005 New Year’s Eve, 1998 Fruittar, Chile Here is a picture for you: A good-looking man is sitting in a chair on a balcony located on the second story of a hotel that overlooks a lake. He has a glass of Torres cava* (champagne) in his hand and he is staring into the […]
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Help Save the Palace
Published: December, 2004 Under the direction of Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Department of Parks and Recreation in San Francisco and the nonprofit Maybeck Foundation are partnering to restore the beloved Palace of Fine Arts and Walter S. Johnson Park. The Palace rotunda and colonnades were designed by architect Bernard Maybeck and built for the 1918 […]
Cool Places to Shop on the Eastern Waterfront
Published: December, 2004 It was only November 1st when I saw boxes stacked willy-nilly outside the store Embellish on Brannan Street. Printed on the boxes was the classic holiday statement, “It’s beginning to feel a lot like…” The brain fills in the blank automatically. As a veteran of Holiday Gift Guides, I was armed and […]
Hidive Restaurant, It’s Only a Step Away
Published: December, 2004 Locals often talk about new business development in the South of Market area in the abstract, as if it were actually in a completely different city than San Francisco. So insulated are we in our isolated trips to a baseball game at SBC Park—or the ever-less-frequent night out at a techno-music club—from […]
MTC Trip Planner Unfriendly to Alameda’s Ferries
Published: December, 2004 MTC operates on its web site the “511 Taketransit Trip Planner” that is highly unfriendly to the both Harbor Bay and the Alameda Oakland Ferry. Essentially this web page allows the user to input their location (street number and name or two cross streets) and town of origin and the same information […]
Get Down at the Hidive
Published: December, 2004 Dennis Anderson is an internationally known photographer who has made his living with his camera for three decades. His fine art photography is in the permanent collection of both the San Francisco and New York Museums of Modern Art and appears regularly in magazines such as Architectural Digest, Oceans Magazine, and Resorts […]
MTC Honors Excellence in Motion at 26th Awards Ceremony
Published: December, 2004 Our hope is that the innovative ideas and techniques generated by this year’s winners will spark similar efforts around the region,” said MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger. The Grand Award this year goes to Caltrain’s new Baby Bullet train service, which began in June 2004 and slashes Peninsula commute times by making […]
Bay CrossingsCommunity Calendar
Published: December, 2004 HOLIDAY EVENTS Artists at Hunter’s Point Shipyard Holiday Show Dec. 5, 11am-6pm End of Innes Street Give the gift of art. Over 25 artists are participating in this informal holiday fair by opening their studios by invitation only. Participating artists from other buildings will be setting up in the gallery in Building […]
Cool Places to Shop on the Waterfront…throughout the issue
Published: December, 2004 Christmas and Hanukah are the best known annual holidays in December. Plus, kids of all ages the world over are sending out their lists for Santa Claus to grant their wishes. Shopping after work and on weekends for family and friends, clients and suppliers, and the household pets can be a daunting […]
No Flu Shot? Could be No Worries, Mate!
Published: December, 2004 Tea Tree oil is a multiple use product used in nearly every household Down Under. According to Richard Maguire, who was raised in Australia where the trees grow, it is used in a variety of ways, from helping a cut quickly heal, to clearing a stuffy head, to keeping circulating air systems […]