We may not be dancing in the streets this week, but the SF Giants World Series win can still be felt everywhere you go. There’s just a certain sparkle in the eyes of everyone. This morning I was doing laundry with a neighbor and we were showing off our Giants T-shirts. She watched the final…
The fan truck that was all the rage this Giants season didn’t get to strut her stuff in the victory parade — much to the disappointment of followers. “Nellie” as her fans call her, is a ’55 Chevy pickup that is decked out bumper to bumper in Giants colors, flags and paraphernalia. Before the parade…
Nature, wildlife and rails are the backdrop and inspiration behind an amazing dance journey down San Francisco’s backroads. “Trolley Dances” is a mix of artful performances designed to both delight and inspire. San Francisco’s MUNI escorts the curious down hidden paths into a mystical musical awakening. There’s even a political statement or two along the…
Celbrate Italia – The Italian Heritage Parade is a buffet of beauty — and it’s been a celebration of wine, song, chefs and fraternal organizations for going on 150 years (back when the average lunch was 25 cents). What other parade would you catch a pepperoni roll flying through the air in lieu of bubble gum?…
Imaginations ran wild this year with San Francisco as the theme of the LEAP Sandcastle Contest (now 27 years strong). Architects pair up with kids to build extraordinary designs and the creativity kicks up as high as the waves down at Ocean Beach. Future innovators are born here. But what really impressed me is the…
San Francisco is always a celebration — and this is just a taste of what one weekend day can bring. Blues, kazoos, artful dance, rising musicians, even an event that brings out 400,000 to showcase leather-clad accessories — it’s all a brilliant blend of all that makes the city shine. This day brought me to…
With the sky as their canvas, professional kite fliers take to the Marina Green for The Family Day Kite Festival. There’s the Teddy Bear with his honey pot, a giant octopus, a whale, giant frogs – it’s one spectacular display of color. There’s something so peaceful about watching the giant figures dance on the horizon…
The Autumn Moon Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It’s a time to celebrate and remember the lore of Chang E – the mythical Moon Goddess of Immortality. But the moon shines upon everyone. From moon cakes to ribbon dances, it’s a colorful array of rich…
BAADS is just too cool a name and their signature Pirate logo hat is a must have in San Francisco. BAADS stands for the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors. When I first discovered this amazing organization and their mission, I couldn’t wait to come out with a video camera. The Saturday Dinghy program…
Every August 1st in San Francisco’s Excelsior District fans celebrate the sounds of their hero – Jerry Garcia – with music, tie-dyed t-shirts, posters, peace signs and endless paraphernalia to mark his birthday (this would have been his 68th). But what makes it special to buy your hippie gear here is that it goes to…
Nearly five years after his street flair scored him a bit part in the Will Smith flick, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” street musician Larry Hunt is at risk of losing his space on Market Street. Some merchants don’t care that he once played the big screen, hob-nobbed with Hollywood or became a celeb online; they…
43 years after the summer of love, the Drum Circle is alive and well on San Francisco’s ‘Hippie Hill’. In Golden Gate Park near the Haight, it’s a scene right out of the 60’s when the mantra was good view, good vibes and good drugs. You can’t help but conjure up images of a Robert…
It’s the stuff dreams are made of — A teacher, a youth group and a financially-strapped city department didn’t let a zero budget stop them from finding a way to bring World Cup Soccer to the square — they went knocking on doors for corporate donations. The result is a jumbo screen outside City Hall…
You can hear the loud echo of a hollow drum as the tour bus makes a pit stop in front of San Francisco City Hall. Someone else has knocked on a massive statue with three heads and six arms to find out what it’s made of – copper. The sculpture appeared almost overnight and passers-by…
Postcards from SF 