One of the gratifying things about reviewing movies is the massive variety of styles and genres that filmmakers can explore. For example, a pair of the more noteworthy and watchabl... Read More
The Flemish baroque master painter Peter Paul Rubens spent pivotal years, between 1609 and 1621, in Antwerp, during which time, he refined what would become his trademark style. Th... Read More
Sound the trumpets: after numerous delays, preview dinners, and early delivery on Caviar, you can finally visit Noosh (2001 Fillmore Street) firsthand for dinner (daytime hours are... Read More
We talk a lot about San Francisco’s heart and soul — how it’s being crushed by speculation, erased by gentrification, or hurt by those who don’t understand it. How it conti... Read More
About a year ago, my son and I were walking down Chestnut Street when we saw a man in obvious distress rummaging through garbage cans with his pants at his knees. Sadly, this story... Read More
1,800: Number of U.S. newspapers that have closed in the past 15 years . . . 45: percentage decline in newsroom jobs over past 15 years . . . nearly 70 percent: vacancy in San Fra... Read More
I travel a lot. No surprise there, since I write a column called “The Coastal Commuter.” One of the various things that I’ve learned on my journeys is that you’ll run int... Read More
When it’s warm desert air you crave, there’s no better place than Scottsdale. Formerly citrus groves and cotton fields, now it’s a mix of modern and Old West adjacent to Phoe... Read More
“Shared scooters/bikes are an exciting part of the future of urban mobility . . . If we’re serious about reducing congestion, as we should be, we need to make it easy for peopl... Read More
This month SFAI will exhibit a curated selection of original Andy Warhol Polaroid photographs, gelatin silver prints, and screen prints gifted by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the... Read More
March is National Nutrition Month — a great time to assess your personal nutrition plan and gain an understanding of the importance of nutrition in your life. Hippocrates said, �... Read More
It’s fair to assume that most wired-in people have at least one or two favorite primetime television shows that demand a weekly watch. I’ve heard the phrase “appointment TV�... Read More
The year was 1997. a French software engineer, Philippe Kahn, had become a father. Using a cobbled-together device consisting of his mobile phone, a digital camera, and a linked o... Read More
One of the reasons I voted to elect my colleague Supervisor Norman Yee president of the Board of Supervisors two months ago was his experience and ability to cobble together a coa... Read More
Last month, I stood a few hundred feet from the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue staring at a spot that had been engulfed in a 50-foot high fireball a couple of h... Read More