Warning: a trip to the Lost Coast may result in the searching of real estate listings and local job sites. But unless you know your way around the teat end of a goat, how to efficiently and safely operate a chainsaw/backhoe/tractor, and are fine with five restaurants and three bars within a 40-mile radius of your home, then please think twice about pulling up stakes and moving five-plus hours from the city. Continue reading Journey to the Lost Coast
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
The Film Crawl on Courtland Avenue, or three blocks of it, is now in its 11th season and features the short films of local filmmakers and artists, including animation, documentary, narrative, performance, art and music video. Continue reading 5 Things to do in the Bay Area this weekend
It’s Labor Day and time to reflect on San Francisco’s place in the country’s early and ongoing labor movement, which all of us today benefit from. Continue reading Labor Day and the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike
Beer Friday
Start the holiday weekend out right at Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company in San Carlos for its Beer Friday. Continue reading 5 things to do this Memorial Day weekend
I thought James Lick might be featured in the Google Doodle today (they went with Althea Gibson), since he was born this day in 1796. Continue reading Happy Birthday, James Lick
Brazilian Night at the de Young Museum
It’s too late to sign up for Brazil Camp going on this week and next in the redwoods of Sonoma, but not too late to enjoy some excellent music from one of the camp’s master teachers. Continue reading Go here, do this: 5 things to do this weekend in the Bay Area
Like everyone else, I was shocked to hear the news of Robin Williams’ death. But more than that, like a lot of people I was also surprised at how moved I was, as if someone just told me a personal friend had passed. Continue reading The richest man in town
The Bay Area is loaded with options for weekend getaways, whether you choose to staycay close by in Half Moon Bay or haul it out to the High Sierras. Continue reading Best weekend getaways from the Bay Area
Eventually you have to get out. As great as those Mission burritos, Philz coffeez, Giants games and Saturdays in Dolores Park are, too much concrete is bad for the soul. Fortunately this is the Bay Area, where you don’t have to drive two hours through suburban sprawl to get away. Continue reading The Bay Area’s best daytrips
Summer in the city means long days, tall drinks and hopefully lots of beach time. But how clean is that water you’re stepping into? After all, a big city like San Francisco is bound to have various pollutants in its bay runoff, like the 1.36 million gallons of trash reported in this Huffpo story. Continue reading Come on in, the water’s fine
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