Issue October 2013

Short Bites

Osso Steakhouse

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I was the first critic to review Bobo’s (back when they still went by Boboquivari’s), and throughout the years, I have given their bone-in filet mignon high marks, nami... Read More
Dining

Sexism and unprofessional behavior could set women food critics back decades

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In 1992, Ruth Reichl left her post as restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times and headed East. She had been offered the job at the New York Times, a move she was unsure of at f... Read More
News Briefs

Carmignani Quits Fire Commission

Donald Carmignani resigned his post on the San Francisco Fire Commission on September 24, the day after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and threats, resulting fro... Read More
News Briefs

Sharktoberfest

If Washington, D.C., can have Sharknado, then San Francisco can observe Sharktoberfest, an effort by Shark Stewards and the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sancutary to draw... Read More
News Briefs

Farrell, Chui Undergrounding

The San Francisco Coalition to Underground Utilities (see News Briefs, last issue) met with Supervisors Mark Farrell and David Chiu, plus their aides, on Sept. 9 to discuss efforts... Read More
News Briefs

Transit Effectiveness Project

As reported last issue, the environmental review process for the City’s Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) is gathering public comments. Northside resident Herbert J. Weiner... Read More
News Briefs

The Story Of Sweepy

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee wants people to take note of the City’s Giant Sweep campaign, which his administration launched in February in a partnership with the San Franci... Read More

Three plans vie for Crissy Field go-ahead

George Lucas among hopefuls seeking to build cultural institutions on old Sports Basement site
By Marilyn Damon Diamond

Controversy is nothing new when it comes to planning major additions or changes to the Presidio of San Francisco’s military base-turned-national park. Promotors of several ne... Read More
A & E

David Hockney: The de Young’s largest exhibition yet

By Sharon Anderson

In the end nobody knows how it’s done — how art is made. It can’t be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn’t explain the magic o... Read More
Travel/Sports

America’s Cup half full?

A postmortem on the City’s experience hosting the world’s oldest sporting competition
By John Zipperer

Not since Mitt Romney traveled to Britain to tell our closest allies that they were going to screw up the London Olympics has a major sporting event been linked so closely to a cit... Read More
Movie Reviews

A terrifying top 10 for Halloween

By Michael Snyder

With Halloween shambling toward us, October is an ideal time for movie-lovers to seek cinematic encounters of the frightening kind, whether supernatural or science-fictional. Let m... Read More
La Deliziosa Vita, Recipes

Ghostly meringues make boo-tiful Halloween treats

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Meringues are something people rarely think of making, but they’re actually a quite simple, no-fat way to satisfy a sweet tooth. The flavor is similar to marshmallows, but yo... Read More

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