The Marina Times Real Estate Market Report: January 2014

Crime on the beat

By From the Officers of Northern Station

The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Compstat, there is a link to... Read More

News Briefs

Crissy Field Falls Fallow

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

If you’ve been following the story of a future mid-Crissy Field development at the Presidio, you know that from 18 proposals, the Presidio Trust narrowed the finalists to three: ... Read More

News Briefs

Housing Problems Start Here

By Editor

Larkin Street Youth Services says “the best way to end homelessness in San Francisco in the next 10 years is by bringing youth to the forefront and supporting solutions that addr... Read More

News Briefs

Knockout Attack?

By Editor

A local artist contacted the Marina Times to report that she had been the victim of an apparent knockout attack in San Francisco earlier this year. While walking to work on Brann... Read More

The Best of Books

What You’re Reading

By Compiled by Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. best-seller list 1. City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff 2. Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters 3. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt 4. This is San Francisco, by Mi... Read More

Enter Stage Left

My love sonnet to San Francisco winter (and the not-so-secret garden)

By Evalyn Baron

In homage to San Francisco winter 2014, I needed to sonnet-ize: It’s all too true: into my brain did float Small-minded thoughts, as winter’s snowy ice Did frost the East, I co... Read More

In the Spirit

Barman Dustin Sullivan

By Garrick Ramirez

I love a good cocktail. Waxed mustaches, overwrought ingredients and subsequent Portlandia parodies have done nothing to dissuade me from the city’s current cocktail craze. The ... Read More

Sky’s Buys

Ask the Meatman: smoked beef bones, shanks and tendons

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

If your dog loves treats with a smoky flavor like Skylar does, it won’t be able to resist these. Ask the Meatman owner Craig Meyer uses only bones, shanks, and tendons from beef ... Read More

Cathouse

Your cat questions answered

By John Zipperer

This month, in re-sponse to numerous requests, we answer your cat behavioral questions. Luckily for cat owners, the answer is usually the same. Dear Cathouse: My cat, Fooshes, lik... Read More

Pit of the Month

Adopt an angel

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Angel’s name says it all — she’s truly a sweetheart of a dog. She is 1 year, 7 months old, a mix of Staffordshire terrier and possibly border collie (which would make a lot o... Read More

Yapping

Janet Song: California Pit Bull Rescue

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

How did you get involved with rescue and how long have you been doing it? I accidentally became a pit bull guardian and realized that all of the myths I had believed were untrue. I... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

‘Mom-Preneurs’

Jamie Mamikunian, owner, Stroller Spa

By Liz Farrell

In the last few years, there has been an emergence of mom entrepreneurs, or “mom-preneurs.” There is even a group called S.F. Mom Entrepreneurs that meets regularly to support ... Read More

Wellness

Why good digestion is good for you

By Thalia Farshchian

The old saying, “you are what you eat,” is true, but it is arguable that you are actually what you absorb. Eating a healthful diet is imperative to disease prevention, but how ... Read More

Real Estate

Buying or selling real estate: why do you need a real estate agent?

By Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg

I get this question from time to time: “Why do we need a real estate agent?” The answer, put simply, is that transactions and compliance with regulations are becoming more and... Read More

Issue March 2014