First you see it. Then you don’t. The number of stores that have recently closed on Union Street is significant, though not surprising. We may have said bye-bye to corporate stores Armani Exchange, Bebe, and Rugby, but perhaps it was time for their leave. Maybe they became ... Read More
It’s that time of the year again – “the most wonderful time of year,” as sung by Andy Williams in 1963 and piped into countless elevators since. It is also the most hectic, most fattening, and typically the most stressful time of the year. While there’s ... Read More
Ajam-packed, bursting-at-the-seams October has shifted into a more relaxed November. Not to say an election month is calm, but I just don’t think it will warrant roof parties, stuffed bars, and flamboyant outfits. Party games have a different meaning during voting season. I... Read More
August is a month full of tourists, and this year we have plenty. We can identify them instantly as they work their way through the city, maps in hand, eager to embrace each neighborhood. They are the ones who are wearing goose bumps – shivering, dressed in shorts and littl... Read More
What exactly are we celebrating again? Oh yeah, just about anything. Here in San Francisco, we love our festivals, parades, galas, bashes, dinner parties, beer/oyster/music/whatever-fests. May is a month where the holidays are as varied and diverse as our cultures, beginning with... Read More
Or Mother Goose, a cow, reindeer, toy soldier, Jelly Belly, or most recently, Sesame Street’s Big Bird (or rather, at a daunting 5 foot 2, a not so Big Bird). Though it’s true, I’ve been an active and involved merchant on Union Street for nearly 26 years, it is ... Read More