Postcards from SF

Fabulous Sports Cars and a Taste of Italy in #SF

Motorists rev up your engines as the California Mille heads to the open road.  A spirited 4-day 1,000 mile journey down some of the best scenic back roads Northern California has to offer is about to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 29th. Co-Director David Swig set the pace …

Brilliant Easter in #SanFrancisco

From men racing trikes in Potrero Hill to dancing in the rain in Dolores Park — San Francisco delivered a brilliant Easter set to the tunes of the TrashKan Marchink Band. Related articles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Perform a Trash Exorcism on Dolores Park for Easter Easter Egg Hunts, …

Lombard Love Affair

The Sunday Drive is always in vogue in San Francisco and one favorite path is also sure to feed the ego.  The famous crooked road of Lombard Street is elegantly paved in brick, set against pristine real estate, only has a speed limit of 5 mph to show off your …

Peter Coyote at 71 — Reflections of the World We Imagined

As Actor and Activist Peter Coyote enters his seventh decade, he looks back on the movements of the 60′s and the impact made by groups like “The Diggers” of which he was a integral part.  During the Summer of Love, they stood for social, cultural and political change — only …

Shrewd, Spirited and Social Sutro Sam

No one knows where Sutro Sam came from, but he’s living up to the legacy of his adopted space. The River Otter who somehow landed in the ruins of Sutro Baths late last year, is as much of a marvel as the baths itself.  This one-time spectacle of 19th century …

Theater Community Honors Victims in San Francisco

The Connecticut school tragedy truly impacts the nation.  The theater community is just one sector wanting to express their support to the families of the victims.  I was so touched Tuesday night when I came upon the cast and crew of the hit musical, “The Book of Mormon” standing outside …

SF Holiday Shopping – Local, Social, Imaginative

San Francisco custom made gifts are the buzz this holiday season, as independent marketplaces sprout up across the city.  This weekend SFMade‘s Holiday Gift Fair, the Lower Haight Holiday Art walk, Remodelista Holiday Market, the Crucible’s Holiday Gifty Fair and Hayes Valley Holiday Block Party are just a few venues where shoppers can …

Cable Car Renaissance in San Francisco

Rick Laubscher is a 4th generation San Franciscan (and Silver Spur award winner) with a passion for trolleys, cable cars, street cars and all things transit. He is a powerful presence in our transportation community and his slogan — “Keeping the Past Present in the Future” – is well received. …

SF Giants Fans Go Wild after 2012 World Series Win

A walk in the Orange Rain

San Francisco is running down a dream.  As the SF Giants prep for game two of the World Series, the city is an even more amazing place to wake up to this morning.  As author Drew Hoolhorst so aptly reported in the Bold Italic — in 2010 we found out …

San Francisco Street Dance and what you might find on the Trolley

From Union Square, to Golden Gate Park, to Fisherman’s Wharf, you never know where you’ll find street dance in San Francisco.  But every October, there’s a unique experience to board a trolley and uncover some truly original performances. Trolley Dances is in it’s 9th year and some of the finest performers in …

San Francisco’s Neon Cowboy steals the spotlight in SoMa

San Francisco is best appreciated when you let fate be your compass. On a Sunday morning during the peak of Oracle OpenWorld, I was returning from a run when I stumbled on the massive Chevys Fresh Mex sign being lowered onto the street at 3rd and Howard in SoMa. The …

America’s Cup on the Bay connects with Ping Pong in Chinatown

Table tennis and competitive sailing really aren’t strange bedfellows. Both are made up of team spirit, enthusiasm, cultural bonding and can easily go down big on the same day as a spectator sport in San Francisco. Just as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee celebrated the second annual Chinatown Sunday Streets …

The Eternal Flame of San Francisco’s Beat Generation

The title of Allen Ginsberg’s noted poem – once considered too obscene by authorities to sell at City Lights – is now celebrated on baby onesies in the window of the famed bookstore in San Francisco’s North Beach. Some 57 years after the beat scene dawned, the era is remembered …

Woody Allen blends into the beat of San Francisco

Woody Allen is filming in San Francisco after a 40-year hiatus and Twitter is lighting up daily with crew sightings.  I had the good fortune of catching up with them on Saturday as they set up shop for another day of shooting at 14th and Van Ness in the Mission …