Uncategorized

Northern Elephant Seals are massive – from 800 to 5,000 pounds. They once abandoned the Northern California coast but returned in the 80’s and hang out now, among other places, at Point Reyes. These colonies keep growing. Cetaceans like this live approximately 9 years. On February 25 at the Bay Model in San Francisco you […]

SF borrows shamelessly from global cultures. This Saturday starting at 1:30 at the Northstar Cafe in North Beach you can join in with other ambling, dancing marchers following the North Beach Brass Band around Washington Square for a raucous Line Dance celebrating Mardi Gras. Get your free beads and head out, ending up at Tupelo […]

Shining revenge headlines the massive Tribal and Textile Art Show at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this weekend. An 11-ton apartheid era military vehicle has been adorned with 70 million wildly colorful beads by African artisans. This is in addition to the hundreds of arrestingly original rugs, garments, jewelry, pottery, stone and wood carvings resourced […]

Boston Clam Chowder versus Manhattan Clam Chowder. You be the judge this coming Saturday and Sunday at the world’s largest and longest running competition on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Admission is free, but you can be a judge by paying $10 to spoon up to 6 different chowders courtesy of  both professional and amateur chefs. […]

Down in the southern regions of San Francisco from 6am to 5pm this Saturday is your chance to watch well-coordinated contestants flexing their biceps in the annual Lake Merced Rowing Regatta. Because it is on City property you can watch the whole thing at your ease from the Lake Merced Boathouse for free. The Muni […]

You couldn’t get a richer helping of family friendly art than at the Palace Hotel this Friday, Saturday and Sunday when they will be showing and selling works from Harry Potter, Disney, Marvel, DC Comics and Star Wars. We’re talking not just commercial display art but even original oils. Check with Eventbrite and your tickets […]

In case it slipped your mind, you can remember how Slavic things once were in Northern California at the Russian Festival in San Francisco on February 21-23  They’re offering long days of Russian entertainment including a  Balalaika Ensemble and  the Firebird Dance Ensemble, plus gifts such as Baltic amber, lacquer boxes and Matryoshka dolls. Keep […]

If you are intrigued by making your love life a bit more public, why not join other seekers of romance at a Couples Love Meditation Workshop this Saturday from 11am to at the Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito. It’s led by a relationship expert with the unique name of Tarika Lovegarden. She promises a voyage […]