I wake up at my usual writing hour of 6 a.m., make a pot of French press, add rich cream bought from the wondrous Haight Street Market, then go outside to pick up The New York Time... Read More
On daily walks around my Cow Hollow neighborhood, I have watched a renovation project creep slowly forward over the past year. Several months back, when yet another concrete truck ... Read More
What types of properties do you think will be hottest in the Marina in the next 12 months and why? The market is sizzling and turnkey properties tend to have the most interest. Wit... Read More
Disastrous wedding mishaps have long been a comedy staple, probably because so many of us can relate. What bride- or groom-to-be hasn’t had nightmares about hurricane-force w... Read More
Prior to their recent IPO, Yelp was questioned by attorneys at the Securities and Exchange Commission on whether employees should be allowed to write reviews about advertisers, ask... Read More
The Scream sold at Sotheby’s on May 2, 2012 for $120 million, the highest amount received for any auctioned piece in the history of art. Early estimates predicted that this 1... Read More
The National Park Service (NPS), which controls operations at both the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Alcatraz Island, may consider connecting the two by ferry. Planning ... Read More
On May 15, Mark Farrell and the S.F. Board of Supervisors presented the Marina Times with a Certificate of Honor, recognizing an exceptional small business from District 2. The awa... Read More
More than 90,000 people have driven over Doyle Drive daily, yet few are likely to know why the elevated roadway carried that name. There are a number of things in the Bay Area name... Read More
Last year, Marina neighbors celebrated the arrival of the first offspring from Blanche and Blue Boy, the newest swan couple to take up residence on the Palace of Fine Arts lagoon. ... Read More
In late 2002, Vice President Cheney was holding a meeting with then Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill to discuss another round of tax cuts. O’Neill was concerned that the... Read More
When Jazzy was diagnosed with a malignant fibrosarcoma tumor at age four, Dr. Alain Theon, chief of oncology at UC Davis, told me that she had three to six months to live. I was in... Read More
Want to watch professional baseball on a warm summer evening? Would you like $10 seats and free parking? Want to match the driving time that it takes to go from the Marina Green to... Read More
Between school letting out for summer, tourism picking up a tick, and the recent crowds here for the Golden Gate Bridge birthday celebration – not to mention the dazzling fir... Read More
During the month of June, you will have the chance to see an event that will not happen again in your lifetime. It is the “transit of Venus,” an occasion when the planet Ve... Read More