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If this late, late,late summer weather impels you out on the trails again, think about San Pedro Valley Park, a 2-mile loop also known as Golden Valley on the Peninsula coast. Park ($6) near the Plaskon Nature Trail and head up through a magisterial eucalyptus grove. At the the peak there is a jaw-dropping view […]

Are we turning into a little Scandinavia? The best evidence is the dramatic increase in bicyclists here. It is such a serious trend that we have our own Museum of Bicycling over in Fairfax. In its 3,000 square feet you’ll find examples of pedaling history from the 19th century up til right now, including a […]

A sure way to wash that foul taste in your mouth from watching the impeachment hearings would be to help out with the Thanksgiving Day Block Party in theTenderloin from 11:30  to  2 on November 28. You can make yourself useful serving a sit down feast for locals, filling 500 grocery bags or preparing 5,000 […]

While the much of the rest of the country is in winter’s icy grip, out here we have to simulate it. From Friday until January 5 our Civic Center is turned into a white Winter Park with ice rink, skating track, a lighted tree forest, tree lighting, holiday yoga and dance parties, craft making and toy […]

How has hiphop thrived so long? On Nov. 22-24 take a look at the 21st Annual SF International Hiphop Dance Fest with energized dance troupes from New York and Chicago – and to give you an idea of how global this choreography has become –  Montreal and Norway. Hiphop is so major that you can […]

What’s happening to this country? Some of our children have decided not to drive and rely on Uber instead. But shed no tears for the demise of the Auto Era. From November 28 to December 12 the SF International Auto Show takes off in Moscone Center like it has since 1958. Check out PG&E’s electric […]

Five choirs. 200 voices. What more do you need to get you primed for the holiday season? On Saturday November 16 from 8-10pm glorious song will be filling the Mission Dolores Basilica, including the Oakland Interfaith Community Chorus and the San Francisco Gay Lesbian Chorus. This 2019 SingFest is an uplifting vocal night that is […]

Dubloons are not the only treasures exhumed from Asian shipwrecks. From November 26 to March 22 our Asian Art Museum will be displaying “Lost at Sea”, stone reliefs and ceramic bowls recovered from sunken vessels on the Arabian and South China seas. The ceramics alone are part of a  250,00 piece shipment that went down […]