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 and Ping Pong tournament, he…
Gearing up for America’s Cup
America’s Cup may be more than a year out, but you can feel the spirit growing strong with the 94th annual “Opening Day on the Bay” hosted by the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association. The official start of the 2011 boating season on San Francisco Bay has arrived.
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.…
One last shout out for the SF Giants Fans!
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…
SF Giants Fan Vehicle is Curbed on Victory Day
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…
San Francisco Goes Wild with World Series Win
History was made on this night as the SF Giants scored World Series Victory and the city is crazy with excitement. Because the team was playing in Texas, San Francisco put up a jumbo screen outside City Hall and thousands upon thousands turned out. As people got off work, the crowd became unbelievable. Perhaps it…
Menlo Charity Horse Show
Thousands Share in Spain World Cup Glory in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Department has to be celebrating this one – their gamble to put up a jumbo screen for the World Cup outside City Hall turned out to be one fabulous win for the city. World Cup Soccer Live is a hit. Throughout the whole event, the crowds have been huge and…
Sharing the thrill of World Cup Soccer
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…
Postcards from SF 