There’s no front desk at Airbnb
A couple of years ago we were visiting Los Angeles and our usual hotel was booked solid. At the last minute, we took a room […]
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Missing in action: Where were the Telegraph Hill Dwellers after Broadway bombing?
Did you hear about the North Beach strip club worker and how a bomb he set off on Broadway led San Francisco investigators and federal […]
Proposed Broadway liquor moratorium: Hypocrisy and politics reign
During a recent break in my KGO Radio gig on the “Cooking with Ryan Scott” show, one of our guests, Chris Wanner, approached me. Wanner […]
Riding the rolling cubicles, tech workers are tourists in their own town
For more than a decade, private buses have carted workers south from San Francisco. They were barely noticed until the latest tech boom hit and […]
What you can do: Ways to make a difference this holiday season
A day never went by that my mother didn’t remind me of how fortunate we were to have our health, a home, each other, and […]
Formula one: Why the Lusty Lady and the Grove should worry small businesses more than changes to the chain ordinance
When I voted in favor of San Francisco’s formula retail ordinance in 2006, I thought it was to keep huge national retailers like Walmart from […]
Dirty Politics: Lombard Street may stay as dirty as Marina politics
At a meeting of the San Francisco Council of District Merchants (DCM) held July 16, 2013, Michael Levy, co-owner of Pet Food Express (PFE), was invited to speak. Kathleen Dooley represented the San Francisco Pet Store Coalition, asking the council to send a letter to the Planning Commission denouncing efforts by PFE and the Pets Unlimited Cat Adoption Center to move into 2460 Lombard Street.
The usual suspects: Hypocrisy and questionable ethics mar Small Business Commission in pet store debate
Before the June 10 meeting of the San Francisco Small Business Commission (SBC), I overheard Commissioner William Ortiz-Cartagena say he was recusing himself from an […]
Phildora’s Box is open
For Marina Green restaurant supporters who trust San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department to do the right thing, the changes coming to the soccer fields […]
The Marina Community Association’s personal pet store peeve
At a meeting held March 14, 2013, at Moscone Recreation Center, a small group of neighbors gathered to hear about plans for a Sur la […]