Easy it is to become addicted to watching travel shows that feature some charismatic host trying the local cuisine and taking us along for the ride. We can savor every bite and salivate with every new sauce. Please don’t watch them on an empty stomach. We have and we couldn’t take it. We were dreaming…
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Goal: Power San Francisco’s Downtown With 100% Renewable Electricity
In our everyday lives we are constantly looking for sources of energy. Energy for our body, cars, homes and companies. As important, we look for ways to sustain and renew it. On a singular planet with a mushrooming population, acquiring and renewing energy is vital. So what is renewable energy exactly? [caption id="attachment_1305" align="aligncenter" width="604"]…
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Yoshinoya Of Cupertino, Delicious, Low Priced And Quick
Delicious fast food tastes better when you no longer can or are willing to eat it. Maybe you’ve become vegan or older with high cholesterol. Life has changed and so must you. Darn it. Still, in your dreams, those juicy hamburgers, long hot dogs with extra mustard, ketchup and onions, possibly some sauerkraut too, taste…
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Be An Avid Reader, Enjoy San Francisco Public Libraries
Lost art it is not and should not be. Ever. Yes we are in the online information age where most people surf the net for their news and information as opposed to having the printed newspaper delivered, but that should not mean they should stop reading. Especially recreationally. You should still be an avid reader.…
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Umami Burger, San Francisco’s SoMa District’s Thick Gourmet Delight
We need to be very transparent right from the start. This is not a vegan burger. We know vegan is all the rage, and we are very glad that it is, but sometimes when your stomach gets the burger grumbles, you need something a little different. Meatier so to speak. Chunkier. Thicker. Juicier. Like a…
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Berkeley’s Fourth Street Shopping, Stella Carakasi, Make A Day Of It
San Francisco has done an exceptional job in re-inventing itself. It helps to do so when you have a bustling economy filled with High-Tech jobs and prime real estate. Many enhanced neighborhoods wear new names like south of Market Street or SoMa. When you are the up and coming new neighborhood on the block you…
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San Francisco News, 155 Affordable Apartments Coming To Mission Street
Living in one of the world’s greatest cities is an experience that should be savored. Truly. We all have our list of incredible cities. So do you, right? Tomato or tomahto. It just depends on what you love and value. Here are some of our favorites. Some of them we’ve visited and others we have…
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S.F. Bay Area’s Nancy’s Yogurt, Wonderful Products, Incredible Friends
So many wonderful stories emanate from the city by the bay. Huey Lewis and the News is one of the greatest pop bands to come out of San Francisco. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary,…
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FitBit Activity Tracker, Wearable Product That Changes The Way We Move
No matter how well-intentioned, ever since George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, people tend to get a little uneasy about devices that can monitor and track our every movement. Even when it may be in our best interests. Sci-Fi films, though at times captivating, can add to the paranoia. Code 46 is a 2003 British film…
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The Five Best Places To Hike Near San Francisco
Some things in life you just have to do for yourself and not watch a movie about it before you take the plunge. Yes, you read that right. Don’t watch any movies about it first. Independent or from Hollywood. About what? Hiking that is. Yes we know the conventional wisdom is to acquire all of…
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Porter Novelli Communications Names Karen Ovseyevitz Head of San Francisco Office
Global public relations firms are entities that most of us average people have heard about, have only generic concepts of and have absolutely no idea what they do in detail on a day to day basis. For those of us who have worked in call centers and tightly structured regimented environments, having a job in…
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