The Coastal Commuter

Batten down the bouquets! Break out the boxes of chocolate! February is here, and so is the inevitability of Valentine’s Day. And that’s one mixed blessing. Who could b... Read More

Weekend Traveler

It’s all local in Sebastopol

By Patty Burness

Time to brighten up your winter with a trip to the friendly farming community of Sebastopol in the lush Russian River Valley. Settled in 1812 by Russian explorers, the beautiful la... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Letting it be: A Valentine suited to San Francisco

By Evalyn Baron

“Y’know, you really should stop calling him that,” Esther said. That was all I needed. Already stressed about this new relationship, I didn’t need to be yel... Read More

News

Folks for Polk

By Madeleine Savit

Thank you to the Marina Times for featuring Folks for Polk’s recommendations to the city re: the Polk St. initiative [News Briefs, December 2012]. Our comprehensive menu of ameni... Read More

Book Notes

Charles Plymell’s early writings revisited in ‘Benzedrine Highway’

By Sharon Anderson

“Plymell has as much to say about death as Hemingway did and a lot more to say about it in terms of the present generation stillborn into a world that can offer nothing.” —... Read More

The Best of Books

The Best of Books: Flying off the shelves

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list: City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J. R. Moehringer Zagat 2014 San Francisco... Read More

Police Blotter

Crime on the beat

By From the officers of Northern Station

The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Compstat, there is a link to... Read More

Pets

My life as a dog stalker

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

Last year, we lost our dog. Wait: Don’t run away! This isn’t another sad dog story. Although we don’t have another one yet, embarrassingly, we’ve become “those people”... Read More

Northsider

Will you stay or will you go?

By John Zipperer

THE END OF E’ANGELO After a 35-year run, Italian restaurant E’Angelo signed off Wednesday, Jan. 15. Chef and owner Claudio Marchesan closed the establishment he purchased in 20... Read More

North Beach Journal

An idler’s perfect day in the neighborhood

By Ernest Beyl

The other day in North Beach, I put my head on shuffle and wandered around aimlessly — a flaneur, if you will. No set destination or mission, nothing on my mind. And I had one of... Read More

Finance

Representation without taxation

By Alan Silverman

On Dec. 16, 1773, demonstrators boarded ships in Boston Harbor and threw chests of tea into the water. This was the culmination of the resistance movement against the taxation of t... Read More

Sports Corner

He’ll blow your doors off: An interview with local Indy car racer J. R. Hildebrand

By Steve Hermanos

J. R. Hildebrand was leading the 2011 Indianapolis 500 in the final turn when he swung wide around a slow car and skidded into the wall. Though the side of his car was destroyed, H... Read More

Reviews

Secret Asian Man’s top 10 restaurants for 2013

By Tony Ching

Coqueta Pier 5, The Embarcadero (near Pacific), 415-704-8866, www.coquetasf.com Coqueta means “infatuated” in Spanish, and I have been infatuated with chef Michael Chiarello’... Read More

The Tablehopper

I hope there’s room on your dining dance card

By Marcia Gagliardi

A new addition that has Russian Hill all a-twitter is Verbena (2323 Polk Street, 415-441-2323), in the former Marbella/Rex Cafe space (see cover story). The project is from Berkel... Read More

Movie Reviews

‘Tim’s Vermeer’

By Michael Snyder

You could call inventor and digital-tech engineer Tim Jenison obsessive. You could call him self-indulgent, too. But his fixation on the beautiful, hyper-realistic paintings of 17t... Read More

2014 February