Attention holiday shoppers! It’s that time of year. You’re pouring over gift catalogs and swarming the malls. What to buy for whom? The catalogs tell you they’re ... Read More
So as another year ends , I’m shocked we’ve lived here three years already! It’s either street physics that the older we get, the more quickly time passes, becaus... Read More
It’s difficult to believe that the New Year is almost upon us. For this month’s article, I want to provide a “Year in Review” of the major legislative actio... Read More
In Leonard Bernstein’s 1956 musical of Voltaire’s Candide, the foolish Cunégonde sings from the top of her soprano range, “Glitter and Be Gay,” about how ... Read More
Back in May, after more than two years of negotiations, I announced the establishment of a generous gift from Google to provide free Wi-Fi to 31 parks, plazas, and open spaces acro... Read More
When Sean Penn intercedes to save a North Beach landmark, I sit up and take notice. One assumes Penn has more pressing things to do — like going to bat for UNESCO’s Haitian... Read More
Bubble III The Commonwealth Club’s opinions as reported in the article “Mid-Year Economic Forecast” (Business & Finance, September 2013, page 13) presented a ... Read More
Peter and I never met a museum we didn’t like. We had memberships to all of them in New York City, so, of course, when we moved to San Francisco, we joined as many as we coul... Read More
We have an opportunity this November to solve one of San Francisco’s last structural financial issues through the passage of Proposition A, a charter amendment I introduced t... Read More
I am not an amusement park ride kind of gal. Even the Mad Hatter’s Tea Cup ride at Disney World makes me nauseated. Roller coasters, parachute jumps and Haunted Mansion eleva... 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
I’ve been strolling the neighborhood lately, humming (to the tune of “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”): Summer’s bustin’ out all over, All over th... Read More
Good news! You don't have to look that way! If you're growing old waiting for your antiwrinkle cream to kick in, turn back the clock with Dr. Fred's revolutionary anti-aging silver bullet wrinkle corrector, Vaseline.... Read More
After Mayor Ed Lee presented his proposed balanced budget on May 31 of this year, the Budget and Finance Committee, which I chair, spent the month of June reviewing the mayor’... Read More
We are a musical theater family. With the show biz history filling our Victorian, you’d think that it would be doing the time step on its foundation. I’ve performed in ... Read More