By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 Spring reaches full bloom in the month of May. Flowers are everywhere. The air smells so sweet and clean it kisses the lips like clear cool water or fine wine. Plants everywhere are growing with a burst of green. Rose blooms are at their peak of perfection. Wines aged […]
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By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: May, 2004 We did attend the April 17, 2004 Passport event in the Santa Cruz Mountains written about in last month’s issue. From the sound of things, a number of readers went down to enjoy the day, too. “New people from the North,” we were told. With 61 […]
Port of San Francisco Awarded $5 Million for Illinois Street Bridge Transportation Project
Published: May, 2004 The Illinois Street Intermodal Bridge Improvement Project will provide a 0.66-mile direct freight rail, vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle access route across Islais Creek between the Port’s largest cargo terminals, Pier 80 and Piers 94-96, replacing the current circuitous inefficient 3.3-mile freight route. These terminals also serve as berthing facilities for the U.S. […]
May Wine Festivals
Published: May, 2004 America’s Original Wine Festival” at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California is presented by the NRAEF. The nation’s oldest wine festival will include wine tastings, educational seminars, winemaker events, cooking demonstrations by leading chefs, a live auction, and the America’s Best Wine Lists Awards. It features more than 120 wineries […]
Children’s Fairyland
Published: May, 2004 SUMMER CAMP 2004 is a place to create, imagine, play, and learn. Children’s Fairyland Performing Arts Camp combines both theatre and circus into each week for kids. Enrollment is open in May. Kids ages 5-10 can enroll in any of the 8 one-week sessions. Each session combines theatre and circus, every week! […]
Wine-On-A-Rope
Published: May, 2004 Designed to Meet the Challenge of Doing it All – Without Dropping Your Glass, Wine-On-A-Rope is a fabric wineglass holder with a cord, which is worn around your neck. This enables the user hands-free enjoyment! The Wineglass Holders come in a variety of fabrics, with the same basic design of a tie-up […]
Destination Sausalito
Published: May, 2004 Sausalito The Miwok Indians lived along the shores of San Francisco Bay for centuries in fishing camps and permanent villages. After many years of searching, San Francisco Bay was “discovered” by Francisco Ayala. Ayala chose for his anchorage a spot with a great view on the northern shoreline of San Francisco Bay. […]
Economic Press Produces an Excellent Vintage
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: May, 2004 John Hart of Tiburon moved to Santa Rosa with his wife Desire 13 years ago. Surrounded by wineries, they were inspired to start making wines as a hobby. Hart’s Desire Winery evolved when they leased 40 acres of vineyards in Alexander Valley, planted primarilywith zinfandel grapes. Over time, the […]
Good Show – 9th Pacific Sail Expo signals time to move on.
By Cynthia Goss Published: May, 2004 Strong sales and strong attendance marked the 9th annual Pacific SAIL EXPO (PSE), the largest sailboat show on the West Coast that concluded Sunday, April 18 at Oakland’s Jack London Square. Over13,000 people attended the five-day event, which represents a 7% increase over last year’s attendance. This crowd also […]
May & June Children’s Events at Book Passage at The Ferry Building
Published: May, 2004 Sun., May 16, 11:30 a.m. Mark Siegel reads from Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Adventure. Inspired by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, and classic comic books, this story is told in a series of witty song lyrics, performed by a canine cast of characters in a series of dramatic spreads. Siegel is […]