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. By: Diane Harrigan Related articles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Perform a Trash Exorcism on Dolores Park for Easter Easter Egg Hunts, Parades, Celebrations…
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 grab original designs. One destination…
Zoo Station Rocks San Francisco on St. Patrick’s Day
Zoo Station – a Bay area U2 tribute band – rolled through San Francisco on a flatbed to electrify the crowd at the tail end of the 161st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade – and they were running on all cylinders. Dubbed “The Complete U2 Experience” vocalist Bonalmost (Joshua Fryvecind) has a remarkable resemblance to…
The Allure of John Vicino
John Vicino is an enchanting and memorable gift to tourists winding down their San Francisco holiday. As 2011 comes to a close, all the streets are wet and the skies are gray, but that only enhances the atmosphere as one soaks up the soothing sounds of this compelling musician — especially against a backdrop of…
A Musical Family’s Christmas Dream
The O’Brien family is the trumpet playing equivalent of the Von Trapp family of singers. The children range in age from 12 to 17 — all accomplished musical artists with a dream. Their father instilled in each of them a love of melody from an early age, and they’ve taken his inspiration to new heights.…
San Francisco Holiday — Street Reflections in the Shadow of a Rainbow
I believe we live in a world of understanding. But sometimes I wonder where a story gets its twist. “Holiday shoppers find beggars less than ducky,” graced the SF Chronicle recently — the tale of a homeless man who quacks like a duck and reportedly scares tourists. Somehow I doubt that’s why San Francisco slipped…
A Year in San Francisco
Touched and moved by Andrew Clancy’s A Year in New York, I set out to assemble my own video tribute to San Francisco. ‘We Don’t Eat’ by Irishman James Vincent McMorrow is a beautiful and awe-inspiring song. Using video I shot throughout the year, these images reflect the San Francisco I live and breathe every…
The Many Vibes of Pride in San Francisco
Pride is as much for social butterflies as it is for wallflowers. It’s an explosion of color with moments of provocative and daring draped in family values, faith and corporate responsibility. The show begins with a sea of motorcycles and thousands upon thousands of roaring spectators. There is that dash of flash, but it…
Preserving their Stories – USS San Francisco (CA-38)
This past year, we lost seven men who served on the USS San Francisco. We feel the loss of our greatest generation while attending events such as the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the USS San Francisco monument in Lands End. Thanks to historians like James Hornfischer, author of “Neptune’s Inferno”, who spoke this year,…
Buddha you were the Bomb – Tribute to Three Heads Six Arms
It didn’t seem like it should happen so soon. SF Station still shows Three Heads Six Arms will be in place through the end of the year. But last week the forklift came in and dismantled our precious Three Heads Six Arms and carried him out of the Civic Center Plaza. The crews on the…
Postcard Tradition in SF
Oscar Wilde once said, “It’s an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco.” Perhaps the same can be said for postcards. Many a rare find can be discovered by pouring through the collections of members of the San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club. These are our nations true historians.…
Postcards from SF 