Lee’s Affordable Housing Plans Firm Up

Mayor Edwin Lee’s working group for housing is considering a number of policy changes to boost affordable housing, according to a report by the San Francisco Business Times&#... Read More

Real Estate Today

Some things to know about condo loans

By Carole Isaacs

According to the San Francisco MLS, the median sales price for all types of San Francisco property combined the past year through August was up 13.1 percent. As usual, this number ... Read More

Home & Garden

The well-equipped kitchen

By Julia Strzesieski

Cooking at home hasn’t been in vogue the way it is today since the 1950s, due in part to the proliferation of food shows on television, strong local food scenes, and the down... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Keeping your family healthy

By Liz Farrell

With all the wonderful “summer” weather we have had recently, it is hard to imagine that flu season is upon us. Getting sick or having sick kids is definitely no fun �... Read More

Wellness

The pros and cons of coffee

By Thalia Farshchian

Coffee is something San Francisco holds near and dear to its heart. Its many boutique coffee shops make the ritual of coffee drinking a true pleasure. One of the most common questi... Read More

The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, by Walter Isaacson (hardcover) Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She&... Read More

Movie Reviews

Foodie films on the menu

By Michael Snyder

Contrary to what a rabid football fan might tell you, the focal point of the Thanksgiving celebration is the big dinner when family and friends gather to share in the abundance on ... Read More

Back Story

Hard times but good times: S.F. in the Great Depression

By Ernest Beyl

Boom and bust is not unknown to San Franciscans. The bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000 was a shock to me. I suppose it shouldn’t have been. Remember those Super Bowl ads... Read More

Wine World

Thanksgiving Wines

To make the turkey dinner perfect, find the right complementary wine

By Lynette Majer

The traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey and all its accompaniments makes for interesting, if not challenging, wine pairings. The lean turkey breast meat suggests something whit... Read More

New & Notable

Le Marais expands from bakery to full-fledged French bistro

By Julie Mitchell

French ex-pat Patrick Ascaso fulfilled his dream of opening a truly Parisian-style bakery in the Marina with the launching of Le Marais Bakery on Chestnut Street in July 2013. In S... Read More

The Tablehopper

Traci Des Jardins opens Arguello; Melissa Perello potentially opening new Pacific Heights project

By Marcia Gagliardi

PRESIDIO/MARINA Local talent Traci Des Jardins has been busy with the opening of her new restaurant — with the Presidio Trust and with support from Bon Appétit Management Compan... Read More

North Beach Journal

Pasta and Puccini, Angela’s street party, Marcia’s neighborhood summertime

By Ernest Beyl

There’s a sign over the bar at Original Joe’s in North Beach: “It’s better to live rich than to die rich.” I concur with that sentiment, and here are ... Read More

Northsider

More cupcakes, fewer donuts: It’s nearly holiday shopping season on the Northside

By John Zipperer

YEAR OF THE CUPCAKE Pottery and bronze are the traditional gifts for eighth anniversaries, but this year, people might consider substituting cupcakes. For the eighth anniversary of... Read More

Police Blotter

Avoid victimization during online shopping mayhem

In mid-October, the U.S. government warned American businesses that cyber criminals apparently backed by the Chinese government were launching attacks against them. That’s th... Read More

The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 18: Today I stop guessing (and give you my heart)

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

The morning of Skylar's elbow dysplasia surgery, I was second-guessing myself. "Am I doing the right thing?" I asked Steve as we loaded Sky and Blue into the car for the drive to Mill Valley.... Read More

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