By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 If it’s wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for it…It doesn’t matter if it’s wild to anyone else: if it’s what makes your heart sing, if it’s what makes your days soar like a hawk in the summertime, focus on it…If it’s […]
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Golden Gate Bridge Board of Directors Elect New Officers
Published: February, 2003 On Friday, December 13, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District elected Stanley Smith, Jr. as its 36th president. Maureen Middlebrook was elected first vice president and Maryanne Harrison was elected second vice president. They will each serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2003. […]
Rescue at Sea (or the Estuary, anyway)
Published: February, 2003 Horseplay aboard the Alameda/Oakland ferry Encinal would almost certainly have led to tragedy except for the alert response of regular rider Sheila James (center) and crewmembers (left to rigtht) Lead Deckhand Patrick Robles, Captain Andrew C. Miller, Brad Kopp, and Donald Berti. Ms. James was enjoying the view from the upper deck […]
Waterfront Mysteries
Published: February, 2003 Just a mile or so out of Alameda, you’ll find it…..there on Doolittle Drive, just before you get to Swan Way. It’s been there for years and years, or at least for the 27 years that I’ve lived here, but its origins have always been a mystery. My kids used to make […]
Bay CrossingsBoating Calendar
Published: February, 2003 Feb. 1-2 Last two days of the new NCMA Boat Show at the Alameda Fairgrounds. San Francisco Bay Master Mariners Benevolent Association Calendar March 22, 2003 Spring Potluck – Membership Drive Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club Cutting Blvd. in Richmond John Tucker, (510) 215-6620 May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. […]
Web-Based Transit Trip-Planner Serves Up Two-Millionth Itinerary
Published: February, 2003 Only a year and a half after its launch, the online transit trip-planner operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has reached another major milestone: It has provided Bay Area travelers with two million personalized public transit itineraries. The milestone was reached on Dec. 29, 2002, only six months after the first […]
Jack’s Bistro
Published: February, 2003 Jack’s Bistro is located in the center of Jack London Square in Oakland, California, adjacent to the Waterfront Plaza Hotel. Almost every table has a view of either the Square or waterway activity. There is a patio for dining outside, weather permitting. Diners are entertained most nights with music from the piano […]
Bay CrossingsPoetry
Leaving For War By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 flags, banners, red magic markered white sheets "Goodbye Clay, Love, Mary Beth, Gary and Sue" "Come back soon Bobby! Joyce and Ronnie" up and down the street leading to Morehead Ports out front a gray military destroyer slinks into inlet ready to pick up […]
Very Beautiful Ferry Building on Cusp of Opening
Published: February, 2003 Drawings and images of San Francisco’s meticulously restored Ferry Building. This extraordinary structure, designed like a jewel and built like a giant, symbolizes a glorious past and beckons an exciting future for the Bay Area. Fifty million people a year crossed through its vaulted corridors before misguided policymakers ripped up a regional […]
Celtic Concert Series in Benicia
Published: February, 2003 On Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m. at the Clocktower in Benicia (1187 Washington Street), the Benicia Historical Museum will present its second concert in their Celtic Concert Series 2003 featuring the Black Irish Band. The program will include music from the band’s new Maritime classics CD Into the Arms of the […]