If snoring persists, call your plumber!

Dear Dr. Fred: The other night, I dreamt a tugboat was lodged on our roof signaling for help. That’s how it goes, sleeping with Thunder Mug – toots, then growls and moa... Read More

Enter Stage Left

The new wiggle in my walk

By Evalyn Baron

I wake up at my usual writing hour of 6 a.m., make a pot of French press, add rich cream bought from the wondrous Haight Street Market, then go outside to pick up The New York Time... Read More

Real Estate Today

Concrete ideas for increasing the value of your home

By Carole Isaacs

On daily walks around my Cow Hollow neighborhood, I have watched a renovation project creep slowly forward over the past year. Several months back, when yet another concrete truck ... Read More

Market Maker

Five questions with Dibachi

By Faye Dibachi

What types of properties do you think will be hottest in the Marina in the next 12 months and why? The market is sizzling and turnkey properties tend to have the most interest. Wit... Read More

Dollars & Sense

Is wedding insurance a worthwhile investment?

By Jason Alderman

Disastrous wedding mishaps have long been a comedy staple, probably because so many of us can relate. What bride- or groom-to-be hasn’t had nightmares about hurricane-force w... Read More

The Wild Wild Web

Did Yelp lie to the SEC?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Prior to their recent IPO, Yelp was questioned by attorneys at the Securities and Exchange Commission on whether employees should be allowed to write reviews about advertisers, ask... Read More

A & E

Has public art become endangered?

By Sharon Anderson

The Scream sold at Sotheby’s on May 2, 2012 for $120 million, the highest amount received for any auctioned piece in the history of art. Early estimates predicted that this 1... Read More

Alcatraz ferry from Fort Mason?

Prime waterfront also object of new design competition

By Cindy Beckman

The National Park Service (NPS), which controls operations at both the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Alcatraz Island, may consider connecting the two by ferry. Planning ... Read More

Marina Times honored during Small Business Week

On May 15, Mark Farrell and the S.F. Board of Supervisors presented the Marina Times with a Certificate of Honor, recognizing an exceptional small business from District 2. The awa... Read More

Doyle’s legacy goes farther than his drive

By John Zipperer

More than 90,000 people have driven over Doyle Drive daily, yet few are likely to know why the elevated roadway carried that name. There are a number of things in the Bay Area name... Read More

Swans star in encore performance at Palace of Fine Arts

By Cindy Beckman

Last year, Marina neighbors celebrated the arrival of the first offspring from Blanche and Blue Boy, the newest swan couple to take up residence on the Palace of Fine Arts lagoon. ... Read More

Finance

Deficits do matter

By Alan Silverman

In late 2002, Vice President Cheney was holding a meeting with then Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill to discuss another round of tax cuts. O’Neill was concerned that the... Read More

Jasmine Blue's Tails of the Dog Park

Chapter 51: The final chapter … for now: ‘Fibrosarcomas are nasty suckers,’ the vet had told me

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When Jazzy was diagnosed with a malignant fibrosarcoma tumor at age four, Dr. Alain Theon, chief of oncology at UC Davis, told me that she had three to six months to live. I was in... Read More

Sports Corner

League baseball without the major headaches

By Steve Hermanos

Want to watch professional baseball on a warm summer evening? Would you like $10 seats and free parking? Want to match the driving time that it takes to go from the Marina Green to... Read More

On and Off Chestnut

Chestnut is heating up

By Jim Maxwell

Between school letting out for summer, tourism picking up a tick, and the recent crowds here for the Golden Gate Bridge birthday celebration – not to mention the dazzling fir... Read More

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