Stop by Sessions in the Presidio for a pint and a bite

Michael Bilger and Evin Gelleri didn’t plan to open a restaurant when they started tinkering around brewing their own beer as a hobby. But that’s what chef Bilger and g... Read More

Enter Stage Left

Our little prince

By Evalyn Baron

Words, don’t fail me now. Don’t let me dissolve into irresolute tears as I attempt to write about the laying to rest of one of our two dear dogs: Cyrano, the beautiful ... Read More

Weekend Traveler

Going Coastal

By Patty Burness

Early on a Sunday morning, my husband and I cruised south down Route 1 past San Pedro Point in Pacifica where surfers were hitting their mark, through Eucalyptus trees into the mas... Read More

Book Notes

Author Jed Rasula presents a new history of Dada in Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and The Unmaking of the Twentieth Century

By Sharon Anderson

Perhaps you will understand me better when I tell you that Dada is a virgin microbe that penetrates with the insistence of air into all the spaces that reason has not been able to ... Read More

Home & Garden

Warm up with coffee

By Julia Strzesieski

Across San Francisco and the nation, coffee continues to have its moment. Upscale and boutique coffee shops are on the rise, and it seems every day there is a latest and greatest m... Read More

The Best of Books

Best sellers at Marina Books Inc.

Books Inc. best-seller list City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss, by Floriana Peterson The Life-Changing Magic of... Read More

A & E

3D or not 3D?

By Michael Snyder

The spate of 3D movies continues. Over the past year, I’ve seen a lot, for better or worse. A few are enhanced by the effect, others are not. In three recent instances, I fou... Read More

Recipes

On the chef’s table

By Eileen Mitchell

Hearty appetites always accompany heightened expectations when professional chefs invite guests to their homes, and especially for a food-laden holiday like Thanksgiving. Ordinary ... Read More

The Tablehopper

New Marina openings; new owners for Alfred’s Steakhouse — times, they are a-changin’

MARINA/COW HOLLOW There is quite the swanky new spot to come to Chestnut Street, in the former Circa space: The Dorian (2001 Chestnut Street, 415-814-2671). The project is from And... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Does the Board of Supervisors care more about protecting illegal immigrant felons than preventing another tragedy?

Sanctuary city: Déjà vu yet again

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“We’re here not only for Kate, to keep her memory alive, but to have something done,” James Steinle said this past September at a news conference announcing legal... Read More

Real Estate Today

Short time or long time? An Airbnb encounter

By Carole Isaacs

Proposition F: “Shall the City limit short-term rentals of a housing unit to 75 days per year regardless of whether the rental is hosted or unhosted: require owners to provid... Read More

Supervisor's Report

A moral imperative to end gun violence

Oct. 1 marked the 274th day of the year, and it also marked the 294th mass shooting in our country this year. Let that sink in for a moment: that is an average of more than one mas... Read More

North Beach Journal

In pursuit of North Beach: A torch song for the good old days

By Ernest Beyl

“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard I’m on a rant. So I hope you won’t mind i... Read More

Community

Find fall harvest bounty at Fort Mason Farmers’ Market

By Christine Roher

One of my favorite things about living in the Marina is the Fort Mason Farmers’ Market every Sunday, where I try to buy all the vegetables and fruit that I’ll need for ... Read More

The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 27: Mended

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Safety pin me to your chest so I can stay put Please don’t leave me in this mess, Cause I am this close to unraveling. Don’t give up on me now this can all be mended, W... Read More

Issue November 2015