Issue December 2018

A & E

Sheba Piano Lounge: The past is present

By Anthony Torres

Sheba Piano Lounge is one of the best little-known musical venues in San Francisco. With history and tradition, it provides a public forum for working musicians, every night, witho... Read More
Weekend Traveler

Party in Palm Springs

By Patty Burness

Palm Springs offers a glimpse of the glam life that Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, and Marilyn Monroe lived in what was the Hollywood hideaway. Palm trees swaying in the warm desert air,... Read More
News Briefs

Tree lighting festival at Marina Green

By John Zipperer

No need to travel downtown to see a festive holiday tree lighting ceremony. The Marina Community Association is presenting its inaugural Marina Holiday Tree Lighting Festival, whic... Read More
News Briefs

Tent reduction

By John Zipperer

The mayor’s office reported that there has been a 34 percent reduction in tents on San Francisco’s streets since July. That amounts to 193 fewer tents. As part of its efforts t... Read More
News Briefs

Planning nixes housing-lite Whole Foods

By John Zipperer

The former location of Lombardi’s sporting goods at Polk and Jackson Streets looks like it might never get a Whole Foods 365 store after a vote by the Planning Commission in earl... Read More
News Briefs

Shake Shack

By John Zipperer

On Thursday, Dec. 6, the Planning Department will hold a hearing on the Shake Shack proposal to fill the old Real Food spot at 3060 Fillmore Street.   ... Read More
News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

More than 4,000: number of turkeys given away by Mayor London Breed and various city government departments as part of the 12th annual Mayor’s Turkey Giveaway shortly before Tha... Read More
News Briefs

Peskin targets Uber and Lyft tax

By John Zipperer

District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin will place a ballot measure before voters in November 2019 that would raise $30 million a year from a new tax on transportation network companies... Read More
News Briefs

E/F line extension to Fort Mason and Aquatic Park

By John Zipperer

The Marina Community Association is hosting a discussion about a possible extension of the E and F line all the way to Fort Mason. The meeting takes place Dec. 4, 6:30-8 p.m., at t... Read More
News Briefs

Matching grant for Francisco Park

By John Zipperer

As we reported last month, the Francisco Park Conservancy is seeking to raise an additional $4.5 million by the end of this month to meet a $6 million matching gift challenge from ... Read More
Marination

A policy wonk’s holiday wish list

Six wishes for a better San Francisco
By Kevin Frazier

Around the world, children spend the holidays hurriedly writing out all of their wishes for the year ahead. There are no limits on what can be wished for; from ponies to PlayStatio... Read More
The Tablehopper

The triangle gets a new look and late-night dining with Cow Marlowe

By Marcia Gagliardi

COW HOLLOW Now open from Anna Weinberg and James Nicholas of the Big Night Restaurant Group (Marlowe, Petit Marlowe, Leo’s Oyster Bar, Park Tavern, The Cavalier, and Marianne’s... Read More
La Deliziosa Vita

Tired of pumpkin pie? Change it up with this easy pecan pie with bourbon whipped cream

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I love pumpkin pie, so that’s what I make for Thanksgiving. By Christmas, I’m pumpkin pied out and so is everyone else. That’s when I turn to my other holiday favorite, peca... Read More
Wine World

First port of call

By Lynette Majer

My first real introduction to port was from my brother-in-law, the most erudite, bohemian, renaissance person I know. Formerly a wearer of three-piece suits on Wall Street, he now ... Read More
Art World

‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly,’ by Joshua Rivkin

By Sharon Anderson

At the beginning of his painting career, Cy Twombly deviated from the brand of abstraction dominating painting in the 1950s to form his remarkably distinctive calligraphic markings... Read More

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