2017 April

MomSense

Celebrating Mother’s Day

By Liz Farrell

Mother’s day is right around the corner, and with a little preparation and planning, this can be an amazing day for the special mother in your life. Whether this is your firs... Read More
The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Of wirehaired vizlas, TPLOs, and that certain je ne sais quoi

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

je ne sais quoi noun, French. An indefinable, elusive quality, especially a pleasing one: She has a certain je ne sais quoi that charms everybody. Just weeks before k... Read More
Real Estate Roundup

The pricey city

By John Zipperer

DROPPING PRICES? ‘WE ARE NOT SEEING IT’ Paragon Real Estate Group is throwing some cold water on expectations of a rapidly cooling residential real estate market. The f... Read More
Real Estate Today

Unlock the mysteries of HOAs

By Carole Isaacs

As condos continue to multiply and the prices of single-family homes rise, more buyers are thinking about condo living as a long-term option. For the most part, these buyers have l... Read More
Home & Garden

Garden tasks

By Julia Strzesieski

Though spring officially began in March, the month of May is when we can truly enjoy the blossoming of springtime. Gardening in the evening after work is possible now with the late... Read More
Movie Reviews

Busting out the big summer movies

By Michael Snyder

Summer is officially upon us june 20, but the summer movie season starts in early May. It’s a time of big-budget franchise films and family oriented crowd-pleasers, despite t... Read More
Neighborhood Gem

Seasonal, local Bistro Aix

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

This month we’re introducing a new column dedicated to neighborhood gems: those rare spots that have not only survived but thrived in a restaurant scene rife with high costs,... Read More
The Tablehopper

Portland’s Salt & Straw ice cream comes to Fillmore; more room at Blue Barn Gourmet in Marina

By Marcia Gagliardi

EMBARCADERO Coming to the Waterfront Plaza this spring is Norcina (50 Francisco Street), an Italian cafe and delicatessen from Kaitlynn Bauman of Levi Plaza’s Parlor 1255. B... Read More
North Beach Journal

Nostalgia all over again

By Ernest Beyl

In a recent column, i got all weepy for the good old days in North Beach and quoted a passage from a Stanton Delaplane San Francisco Chronicle column — his final one before he di... Read More
Police Blotter

All the window-shattering, flashlight-hurling crime

The crimes described below are only a small snapshot of what the police officers of Central Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, s... Read More
News Briefs

April Power Outage Stokes Vulnerability Fears

Nearly 90,000 customers lost power for much of the day on April 21 after a fire in a PG&E substation. The affected customers were all on the Northside of the city, from the Fin... Read More
News Briefs

Seven Decades Of San Francisco Senior Center

Congratulations to Fisherman’s Wharf-based San Francisco Senior Center, which this month will celebrate 70 years of existence. Founded in 1947, SFSC is the oldest nonprofit s... Read More
News Briefs

National Parks, National Bucks

With the country’s national parks services on the potential chopping block in Washington, expect to see many defensive reports on the services’ benefits to the economy.... Read More
News Briefs

50 Percent Green By 2020?

In late April, San Francisco committed to a goal of getting 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2020. The commitment, if fulfilled, would mean that the... Read More
News Briefs

Eviction Protection

Citing an NBC Bay Area investigation that claimed that 25 percent of evicted tenants had been wrongfully evicted, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced legislation in April... Read More

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