Call it the time-lapse effect. I go in and out of San Francisco and Los Angeles in roughly two-to-three-month cycles, and due to that lifestyle I see things change in strange and u... Read More
REJUVENATE AT THE STANFORD INN BY THE SEA Just up the road from the spectacular Little River Inn is the Stanford Inn Eco-Resort (44850 Comptche Ukiah Rd., Mendocino, 800-331-8884, ... Read More
Once you’re off Highway 101 and headed west to Bodega Bay, the drive is through open farm and ranch land filled with orchards and vineyards. Then it’s over the hills to the coa... Read More
IS AN OFF-MARKET DEAL RIGHT FOR YOU? We’ve all heard the stories from recent years about homes selling within days or even hours of going on the market. That might sound like a s... Read More
I’ll never forget that particular St. Patrick’s Day afternoon in New York years ago when I saw inebriated teenage boys pissing on the north wall of the Metropolitan Museum of A... Read More
Probably nothing in your kitchen gets as much use as your kitchen faucet — arguably the most functional and utilitarian piece of equipment in the house. A leaky faucet is probabl... Read More
For many, March means the start of spring, college basketball, and this year, a few more inches of snow in Tahoe. But for parents with children hoping to enter kindergarten in the ... Read More
It is estimated that 24 million people around the world suffer from dementia, and this number is predicted to double every 20 years until at least 2040. Brain conditions are not li... Read More
It’s been a few weeks since the release of the incredibly enjoyable, wildly kinetic, and unquestionably groundbreaking superhero movie Black Panther, the latest addition to what�... Read More
The Asian Art Museum’s exhibition Divine Bodies (March 9–July 29) will feature Buddhist and Hindu figurative sculpture from 1,500 years ago. Seventy large-scale historical scu... Read More
In case you haven’t noticed, I love writing about food. I love eating it, too. This column is about debunking the bunk about food and dining. For some time now I’ve been keepi... Read More
Located so close to the wine country, we San Franciscans love our vino. We buy it in bulk at Costco and BevMo; we buy it at Trader Joe’s and Safeway, and we like to drink varieta... Read More
MARINA Those in the Marina will soon be able to get their lamb salad and frozen Greek yogurt on with the upcoming opening of the fourth location of Souvla in the former David’... Read More
Campaign finance reformers and government accountability advocates have long organized under the mantle “Money Out of Politics” — and for good reason. In a world where corpor... Read More
Readers of these sketches columns may remember I’m bullish on San Francisco — optimistic about its future. And, while I acknowledge the city has problems, I believe they are so... Read More