What people are reading (March 2013)

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list TENTH OF DECEMBER: STORIES, by George Saunders GONE GIRL: A NOVEL, by Gillian Flynn MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor TO SELL IS HUMAN: TH... Read More

News

The Presidio Reaches Financial Independence

The Presidio Trust, the federal agency in charge of the Presidio of San Francisco, has achieved financial self-sufficiency, no longer requiring taxpayer money to operate. Under the... Read More

News

CCSF Fort Mason Art Campus Recommended For Closure

Before his resignation, chancellor of City College of San Francisco Don Griffin recommended closure of the CCSF Fort Mason Art Campus in the Marina, and the CCSF Board of Trustees ... Read More

News

Polk Street Fight

Merchants and residents have formed the Save Polk Street Coalition to fight a city plan to replace 20 blocks of on-street parking with new bike lanes. The coalition is meeting on M... Read More

News

Pot Club Backs Out

As reported here last month, Golden Gate Wellness, the nonprofit entity that purchased the building at 2414 Lombard Street, is backing out of plans to open and operate a medical ma... Read More

Jasmine Blue's Tails of the Dog Park

Chapter 58: Coming home, Part 2

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Still far away From where I belong But it’s always darkest Before the dawn … I’m coming home, I’m coming home Tell the world I’m coming home Let the r... Read More

Real Estate Today

Foreclosures: Dream or opportunity

By Carole Isaacs

San Francisco has never been a hot market for foreclosures and has become less so as a result of low interest rates, booming tech industry, and the improvement in the housing marke... Read More

The Mystery Housebuyer

It’s already time to deploy the agent

By anonymous

Here’s a true story. Recently Judi found herself deciding to exchange her large ranch-style home for a smaller, easier to maintain condominium. She didn’t know how soon... Read More

Home & Garden

21 essential tools for everyday home repair

By Julia Strzesieski

Even if you don’t consider yourself handy around the house, if you have these everyday tools in your toolbox, you should be able to tackle most basic fixes and projects. Save... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Picking a preschool: Navigating the application process

By Liz Farrell

It’s that time of year again when you can spot the worried looks on parents’ faces as they wait to hear about preschool acceptances. Deciding on a preschool should be e... Read More

Wellness

Making peace with fat

By Thalia Farshchian

Americans have shunned fat in their diet, blaming it as the culprit for our obesity and heart disease. Unfortunately, these epidemics are still poorly managed, and research shows t... Read More

A & E

Nightlife venues moonlight as art galleries

Art rocks

By Maryann LoRusso

It is a typical Friday night at the 111 Minna Gallery in SoMA. Hipsters crowd the dance floor, drinks in hand, scanning the room for something or someone interesting. A few gazes l... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Happily ever after

Forever Friends

By Evalyn Baron

Smashing all precedent, I kept a secret and managed to produce a January surprise party for my husband’s 40th birthday. The friend who facilitated that surprise is the man wh... Read More

Dining

Angostura bitters: The herbal tonic with the oversized label

By Iris Rowlee

Angostura bitters has been around for nearly two centuries – you’ll find a bottle in any bar and probably in your own refrigerator. Its oversized blue-and-white label c... Read More

The Tablehopper

An address you’ll want to remember: 1760 Polk

The place for a midweek break

By Marcia Gagliardi

After pestering co-owner Giancarlo Paterlini of Acquerello for weeks about gossip surrounding a second project, I can finally release the details. The Acquerello team (co-owners G... Read More

Issue March 2013