Laid-back Lake County

After attending several Lake County wine tastings, I decided it was time to visit. I picked up a wine-lover friend in St. Helena, and we headed through Robert Louis Stevenson State... Read More

Enter Stage Left

I sing the buses electric!

By Evalyn Baron

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

Weekend Traveler

Going modern in historic St. Helena

By Garrick Ramirez

A trip to Napa Valley often means jaunts through a variety of towns as I sip and dine throughout the region. But a recent trip to St. Helena changed that. I stayed put and enjoyed ... Read More

Real Estate

Oh, just give me a home. Or not.

By John Zipperer

One of the few initiatives of President George W. Bush’s administration that tried to honestly help people who were not already well off was its push to increase homeownershi... Read More

Real Estate Today

Nimbys vs. newbies

By Carole Isaacs

The San Francisco sky-line is changing at a faster pace than any other time since the 1906 earthquake. Considering that there are now 40, yes 40, new buildings under construction, ... Read More

Real Estate

Take advantage of your buying power

By Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg

If you’re like most people, when purchasing a home you think about your monthly payments rather than a certain mortgage amount. You arrive at a payment amount that you can af... Read More

Real Estate

A sizzling market

By Carrie Buchanan Goodman & Lisa Miller

The one thing that we understand above everything else right now is that this market can be frustrating. It’s frustrating for buyers, because they are getting outbid on multi... Read More

The Mystery Housebuyer

What Egypt can teach us

By anonymous

A year or so ago, HGTV’s House Hunters program was under fire for manipulating the homebuying stories it portrays. The reality show, critics cried, did not portray reality. B... Read More

Home & Garden

Planting fall bulbs for spring bloom

By Julia Strzesieski

Autumn is the time to plant fall bulbs that bloom in spring and early summer — including daffodils, tulips, freesias, and hyacinths — and summer bloomers such as iris. SELECTIN... Read More

Caring For Our Kids

Food allergies: What every parent needs to know

By Liz Farrell

My five-year-old son has been telling us since he was three years old that he was allergic to peanuts. He hated the smell, and he couldn’t tolerate being in the same vicinity... Read More

Wellness

Functional fitness helps everyone perform better

By Julie Mitchell

We all know that athletes do specialized workouts to help them perform better in their individual sports. The rest of us tend to work out to stay fit, manage stress, and maintain o... Read More

Movie Reviews

‘The World’s End’

By Michael Snyder

As an avowed Anglophile and a major devotee of that peculiarly British brand of comedy couched in discomfort (e.g., Channel 4’s sitcoms Peep Show and Fresh Meat; anything inv... Read More

The Best of Books

What you’re reading (September 2013)

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list

By Sandy Mullin

The Cuckoo’s Calling, by Robert Galbraith Zealot, by Reza Aslan William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian Doescher This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus, Plenty ... Read More

Book Notes

Duchamp revisited in book of interviews by Calvin Tomkins

By Sharon Anderson

“I don’t believe in art. I believe in the artist.” — Marcel Duchamp When he first met Marcel Duchamp in 1959, Calvin Tomkins was not the famous art critic he wo... Read More

@Nite

Home is where McCartney is

By Maryann LoRusso

I moved to San Francisco a decade ago, and it’s taken me almost that long to start calling it my city. But after attending my first Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gat... Read More

Issue September 2013