Eugene, Oregon: Make it your next destination

Oregon has it all: Mountains, forests, rivers, spirited cities and towns and best of all, no traffic compared to the Bay Area. After a quick flight to Eugene (about an hour), my hu... Read More

Coastal Commuter

Thankful for what I don’t have

By Michael Snyder

There’s a classic, soulful slice of early-’70s R&B with the optimistic title “Be Thankful for What You Got,” written and first performed by a cool cat named... Read More

Real Estate Reporter

The speed of housing

By John Zipperer

THE VALUE OF TIME On Oct. 11, Mayor London Breed created a new position, the director of housing delivery, to speed up the permitting time for new housing. The director will manage... Read More

MomSense

Cooking with kids

By Liz Farrell

Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, and for many that means the frenzy of grocery shopping, recipe hunting, and hours in the kitchen. One way to ease the seasonal stress i... Read More

Marination

A new room for innovation

By Kevin Frazier

The setting of start-up stories may soon shift from the garage to the kitchen, thanks to a new California law. Garage-based innovation has long been a seed of entrepreneurship and ... Read More

A & E

Second Look, Twice at the Museum of African Diaspora

By Anthony Torres

Now on view at the Museum of the African Diaspora is Second Look, Twice: Selections from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibition features t... Read More

Films

More foodie films on the menu

Films to whet your appetite

By Michael Snyder

The cinema subgenre of foodie movies may be an acquired taste (sorry), but it’s sizeable and engaging enough that I actually wrote an entire column about it in November 2014. Now... Read More

Wine World

Special wines for special occasions

By Lynette Majer

Every month, my husband attends a luncheon (guys-only, but I digress) in various Sonoma County locales, from private homes to event spaces. Everyone brings a bottle of wine, and al... Read More

Recipes

Crab arancini an ideal holiday appetizer

Fried rice ball filled with crab and cream cheese

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

As for many Italian Americans, my childhood Thanksgiving and Christmas Eves were all about seafood. Christmas brought the traditional Sicilian Feast of the Seven Fishes, while Than... Read More

Special Places

In my mind, Terzo is tops

By Julie Mitchell

Guess what?” I asked my friend. “I’m going to take you to my favorite restaurant in the city. And I know you’re gonna love it!” I can’t remember exactly when I first ... Read More

The Tablehopper

Two big closures on Russian Hill and what is moving in

By Marcia Gagliardi

FILLMORE Congrats to Jay Foster, Matthew Washington, and Erin Traylor for getting Isla Vida Afro-Caribbean Grill (1325 Fillmore Street) open in record time. Boom. Isla Vida is serv... Read More

Supervisor's Report

The future of our neighborhoods

By Catherine Stefani

San Francisco is an amazing city, and I love it. Nowhere in the world can match the character of our neighborhoods, beautiful open spaces, and cultural diversity. For almost two de... Read More

Commentary

A real plan to reduce street homelessness

By Nick Josefowitz

San Francisco has the highest rate of street homelessness in the country, but this reality is not an inevitable consequence of high housing prices, widening inequality, or deinstit... Read More

News Briefs

November facts and figures

By John Zipperer

1,000: number of new shelter beds for homeless people Mayor London Breed announced would be opened by 2020 . . . 1045: the number of the state senate bill that Gov. Jerry Brown sig... Read More

News Briefs

Losing number

By John Zipperer

The San Francisco area has the worst roads in the entire country, according to “Bumpy Road Ahead,” a new report on roadways by TRIP, a transportation research group based in Wa... Read More

Issue November 2018