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By Mary Swift-Swan Published: October, 2004 With the air turning crisp and the leaves beginning to fall, Chef Fabrice Foinels and Director of Food and Beverage Operations, Abbas Mahallati, welcome their Jack London Square neighbors and ferry riders to the new season with an array of new North Western Mediterranean Mezza and Tapas choices. The […]

Published: October, 2004 Many travel by ferry to Tiburon to take a quick look around and have lunch while enjoying the Million Dollar views. One can’t but notice from the moment they get off the ferry there are many restaurants to choose from all within walking distance to the docks. The town buildings are so […]

Published: October, 2004 “The Port has worked diligently with the Department of Homeland Security to improve the security of our Port,” said Monique Moyer, Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco. “As an urban port with a wide array of industries and activities makes this effort an incredible challenge, but knowing that these devices […]

Published: October, 2004 Ed Zelinsky was a very kind man and was considered a visionary and major moving force in the community of Tiburon. Any committee with Ed on it was going to make a difference in the small southern Marin town on the edge of the Bay. It was Ed who dressed up the […]

Published: October, 2004 Alameda Cuts Service Alameda Oakland Ferry is dropping its seasonal morning run, the 7:40 am from Oakland and 7:50 am from Alameda to San Francisco effective Friday, October 1st, 2004. This service is expected to be restored next spring and this cancellation is an annual event. Vallejo Responds To Increased MUNI Costs […]

Published: October, 2004 There is a peculiar and disquieting sound on certain summer days that 101 produces just north of Whipple at about 8:30 AM when the traffic is stalled out. When things are well beyond slow and annoying and have established themselves at parking lot still. When things are so thick that everyone has […]

By Guy Span  Published: October, 2004 Not long ago, your curmudgeon got the chance to take the train to Portland, OR from the Oakland station in Jack London Square. The departure is 9:40 pm, which affords time to visit the lounge car and spend the next hour looking at Bay views as the train winds […]

Published: October, 2004 Phyllis and Barry Rogers purchased the Chalk Hill winery Chateau Felice in 1997. A new wine from Chateau Felice being released is “Tall Woman Likes Red.” This big bold beautiful red wine was an inspiration from Phyllis, who took a picture of a her shadow in a cleared field that made her […]

Published: October, 2004 Over the last 6 months I have setup a new art studio at Hunter’s Point Shipyard. The up coming Fall Open Studios has been the cause for beating a path along Third Street to the old Naval Base with great regularity. All the artists out on “The Point” are working diligently in […]