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How ardent a Warriors’ fan are you? Enough to go to their team store and order a crystal logo basketball created by Swarovski with over 12,000 crystals and includes a certificate of authenticity, a mirrored turntable and a LED lighted display case? 2 weeks shipping. $10,000.

Whose idea is it to pair serene yoga exercises with a “Jaws” freakout? The Aquarium By the Bay at Pier 39, that’s who. On May 29 from 8:30 to 9:30 am you will be breathing deeper and deeper in their underwater tunnel led by experienced yogi’s as sharks and bat rays circle above you. Bring […]

When summer traffic in wine country gridlocks, I recommend stopping short, just south of Sonoma, at Cornerstone. Sunset magazine’s presence at this smart shopping and food marketplace, hasn’t made it more suburban. In fact, this Saturday and  Sunday, starting at 10 am, survey the vintage European flea market here. It is the 16th year for […]

If you do not subscribe to the idea that rocking chairs are exercise machines, you’ll revel in this month’s segment of the 2019 Bay Area Senior Games on Sunday, May 26 at the College of San Mateo where you can spend the day getting inspired by aging, but still active, athletes at a Track and […]

Who would have imagined that twisted, spiney cacti would have a resurgent popularity? Every nursery around here is showing off their succulent selections and now the Strybing Arboretum in Golden Park is hosting a display courtesy of the San Francisco Epiphylum Society which concentrates on even more unique exotic sub-categories whose flowers come in climbing, […]

These days it seems everything we enjoy turns into a competition. Even cooking. For example the Knife Fight Gauntlet pits chefs against each other in Oakland’sJack London Square on the last two Sundays in May. Competitors include folks from Chop Bar and BelCampo, for example. They are all given mystery ingredients and allowed 30 minutes […]