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Published: September, 2003 Sometimes you can be sorry you did not pay so much attention to grade school subjects that explained why particular foods and beverages were developed in geographic locales and became national cuisines of certain areas. It is the old equation of soil, climate, natural resources, and skill. So it makes all the […]

Published: September, 2003 I furled the jib While you tied the boat to the dock, That stray lock of hair Blowing loose in the breeze. You looked at me with that smile; You know, the one where Your lip is just slightly curled upward And your nose wrinkles so that Your freckles stand out. And […]

By Bodo Eichler & Mary Swift-Swan  Published: September, 2003 Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant is a certified lighthouse set in a quaint Victorian village at 51 Embarcadero Cove, just off the 16th Street exit, a few miles east of Jack London Square in Oakland. Patrons can enjoy the quiet pleasant dining room fully surrounded by a marina […]

Published: September, 2003 Petaluma Dick Wrenn, (510) 654-7704 Oct. 4, 2003 WoodenBoat / MMBA Offshore Cruise Drake’s Bay Bob Rogers (415) 381-3498 Oct. 18, 2003 Jessica Cup Regatta St. Francis Yacht Club Terry Klaus, (415) 364-1656 For more information, call (415) 364-1656, e-mail mastermariners@hotmail.com or visit www.mastermariners.org.

Published: September, 2003 As Fall approaches, along withthe Bay Area’s warmest time of the year, a Mediterranean outdoor lifestyle flourishes as does the California penchant for light and refreshing food and drink. For those fond of wine, it is the prime time to enjoy the pleasures of quality Roses. Long disdained by wine snobs as […]

Published: September, 2003 Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant is a certified lighthouse set in a quaint Victorian village at 51 Embarcadero Cove, just off the 16th Street exit, a few miles east of Jack London Square in Oakland. Patrons can enjoy the quiet pleasant dining room fully surrounded by a marina on the first level, or the […]

By Brenda Kahn  Published: September, 2003   It doesn’t have the pizzazz of TV’s "Star Search," but the Project Search sponsored by the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) nonetheless is worth tuning in to. As part of the public participation process for its Transportation 2030 Plan, MTC is inviting residents to submit creative ideas […]

Published: September, 2003   Let’s play a waterfront game called Good Idea/Bad Idea. The concept is simple; a situation is presented and you, the reader, get to make the call. In certain situations, this not-so-portentous port-obsessed author will help with a questioning hint. For example, the managers of the Port of San Francisco might say, […]

Published: September, 2003 If you’re a Bay Area native who’s looking for a pleasant afternoon adventure for yourself or you want to show off for out-of-town guests, a trip between San Francisco and Sausalito just might fit the bill. As Rob Franco, Director of Sausalito’s Chamber of Commerce said, "Come here with an objective in […]