Ready to wear your new back-to-school outfit? You have many new restaurants to check out. One of the biggies will be Gianpaolo Paterlini’s 1760 (1760 Polk Street); the team h... Read More
I’m a patron of Buster’s, the North Beach cheese steak joint on Columbus and Vallejo. It’s my go-to place when I crave a cheese steak, a burger, or a hot dog. I... Read More
One of the few pitfalls of residing in Los Angeles for months at a time is the constant barrage of Dodger Blue that I have to endure throughout baseball season. A significant impet... Read More
If you follow Facebook feeds for any length of time, sooner or later you will read some inane political debate on the Facebook page of one of your friends or contacts. A couple mon... Read More
Hero worship comes naturally to me — perhaps because I’m nonheroic. But I’m a late bloomer so I still have a chance. Here are three of my North Beach heroes, past and... Read More
The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Compstat, there is a link to... Read More
We are winding down on our event season and gearing up for the return to school for our students. As our students return to classes, I ask that you be particularly aware of the chi... Read More
Keep The Arboretum Free Recipe for Theft of the Commons. Serves class interests of a few thousand. Hire well-connected lobbyist Sam Lauter. Pay him hundreds of thousands for years.... Read More
If you’re looking for a family-friendly event in the neighborhood, look no further than the third annual Marina Family Fest, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29. Once again collab... Read More
Like Kinch, who combines respect for ingredients with an unmatched innate culinary creativity at Manresa, Scott, who pioneered today's gourmet sandwich craze at Myth Café, and Huff, who blended his laid-back surfer style and strong Japanese influences to coax incredible depths of flavors from deceptively simple dishes, Michael Rotondo, the new chef at Parallel 37 in the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, is a gifted cook with unique talent and style — something that, in a town known for its restaurants, is surprisingly rare.... Read More
On July 9, 1846, Commodore John D. Sloat, commander-in-chief of United States Naval Forces in the Pacific, arrived at what would later be called San Francisco aboard his sloop of w... Read More
When your team wins a World Series one year, and then the next year it loses a lot more games than it wins, the question presents itself: what happened? In the tradition of those w... Read More
In late July, The Commonwealth Club hosted a mid-year economic review. Here the panelists discuss whether they think the current slow-growth will persist in the short-term. Michael... Read More