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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Although this winter so far has been warmer than many of our San Francisco Julys, it’s still too chilly for most of us to want to take a plunge in the bay. Heated outdoor pools a... Read More