Begging for answers to the disparity between classes

A couple of evenings ago, something struck me hard while walking through my ostensibly upscale neighborhood in San Francisco — and I’m lucky it wasn’t a blunt object.... Read More

Sports Corner

The curse of Candlestick?

Should San Francisco fans keep mourning the moving of their team or keep hoping for a better season?

By Steve Hermanos

Like a jilted spouse whose significant other abandoned us for a South Bay Sugar Daddy or Sugar Momma, we sat on our stools in San Francisco bars this football season, taking a modi... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Charming St. Helena is wine country at its best

By Patty Burness

February is the perfect time to visit wine country — no crowds, no hot weather, and no traffic. Usually bustling with tourists and cars inching along Main Street, St. Helena̵... Read More

Coastal Commuter

At the Pan-Pacific buffet

By Michael Snyder

So a kid from the East Coast megalopolis moves out to California after college, and shortly thereafter, he learns that Asian cuisine is considerably different from the gooey, over-... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Beautiful Bodega Bay

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By Patty Burness

Once you’re beyond Highway 101 and headed west to Bodega Bay, the drive is through open farm and ranch land, orchards, and vineyards — serenity in every direction. Then it&... Read More

Coastal Commuter

A little resolve

By Michael Snyder

I’ve always been amused by the concept of New Year’s resolutions. That whole charade where people use the turn of the calendar as an excuse or a line in the metaphorica... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Sausalito: A slice of Italy

By Patty Burness

If you’ve visited Italy’s Amalfi Coast, you know the azure sea, meandering coastline, and picturesque fishing villages. We have our own slice of Italian heaven in Sausa... Read More

Coastal Commuter

A Question of Auto or Not

By Michael Snyder

Since deciding that my career and personal endeavors would be enhanced by sharing my time between San Francisco and Los Angeles, my life has been much more auto-centric than itR... Read More

Sports Corner

Nice guys finish first

By Steve Hermanos

Madison Bumgarner asked a cop if he could mount a horse and ride up Market Street, where confetti canons were set to blast black, orange, white strips of paper, and all the while r... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Time for downtown Napa

By Patty Burness

If you’re in the mood for a wine country getaway that doesn’t require you to drive after you’ve arrived, then downtown Napa is the place — just stash your keys ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Eatsgiving

By Michael Snyder

The holidays are growing closer, which means that many of us will be growing larger, because holiday time is traditionally feasting time. Who among us would turn down a good meal �... Read More

Sports Corner

Giants highs

By Steve Hermanos

With San Franciscans relishing our third Giants World Series championship in five years, I wanted to share the following baseball poem that reminds us of the personal heroics, unli... Read More

Sports Corner

Wicked seesaws for the Giants & A’s

By Steve Hermanos

Let’s look at the bright side: As of this writing, the Giants will make the playoffs. They’d play Pittsburgh in a one-game playoff game at our ballpark by McCovey Cove ... Read More

Coastal Commuter

To the memory of lost friends

By Michael Snyder

October is here, when thoughts of ghosts and the afterlife are among the pillars of a very popular and fun-filled celebration that’s especially omnipresent in San Francisco. ... Read More

Weekend Traveler

The allure of Oregon

By Patty Burness

Oregon has it all: Mountains, forests, rivers, valleys and, best of all, no traffic like the Bay Area. In about five hours, my husband and I drove from San Francisco and reached so... Read More

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