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By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 When winter’s grip loosens in the sunshine of spring, vegetables and lighter dishes never tasted so good. Clothes never fit so tight either. So how to get back in shape yet feed the family something really good? A quick medley of vegetables and chicken, accompanied by a light salad, […]
Bay Crossings Staff Report Published: March, 2004 Bay Crossings performed an assessment of all Interstate Highway toll bridges to find out what others are paying to cross. As a result, we came up with two measurements: the average toll cost and the average toll cost per mile. And since anyone can lie with statistics, we […]
By Guy Span, S.D. Published: March, 2004 What is it we all hate about phone trees? These ugly and time-consuming automated frustration systems have proliferated into every corner of business life, replacing live and randomly helpful people. Were they just designed by the congenitally stupid or worse, was it done on purpose? This curmudgeon occasionally […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 The Tiburon Peninsula reaches out into the Bay forming the Marin side of Raccoon Straits across from Angel Island. On average, it takes 20 minutes from Highway 101 along Tiburon Boulevard in Southern Marin to reach the center of this quiet historic town. It only takes 17 minutes on […]
Published: March, 2004 Many tenants at the Alameda Point former navy base are behind in their rent owing the city some $900,000. The biggest deadbeat is the USS Hornet that owes some $370,000 for its $8,500 a month berth with parking. That puts the Hornet some 3.6 years behind on its rent. But the city […]
By Mary Swift Swan Published: March, 2004 The beginning of spring is a beautiful time of the year. It is fun to get out just to see the show from late February to May. Some flowers bloom for a few days others up to six weeks but then another bursts into a blaze of color. […]
Published: March, 2004 On Thursday, January 29, 2004, Sabrina Hernandez took the oath of office joining the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District). Hernandez is a newly appointed director representing the City and County of San Francisco and fills the seat left vacant by former director Robert McDonnell […]
By Amy Kemper, Owner/Manager of Fitness In Tiburon Published: March, 2004 How lucky people of the Bay Area and visitors are to have such easy access to the beautiful town of Tiburon! By ferry it only takes 17 minutes to get from San Francisco to Tiburon with its plethora of panoramic views and array of […]
By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer Published: March, 2004 Mr. Bill Samuels, Jr. President, Maker’s Mark Distillery Loretto, Kentucky Dear Mr. Samuels: We met briefly a couple of years ago when you hosted a Maker’s Mark event here in San Francisco at the Waterfront restaurant on the Embarcadero. It was a dark and stormy night […]
By Mary Swift-Swan Published: March, 2004 Michael Heckmann is an architect and planner located in Tiburon. Michael has worked in Tiburon for the last two plus decades and seen start-to-finish many fine homes that line the hills and waters’ edge in this unique and quiet community. Michael was delightful to interview for Bay Crossings Waterfront […]