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Bay seniors who couldn’t believe their eyes watching the wham bang ping pong games of the recent Olympics have a chance to check out the table tennis action this Sunday in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square. From 8:15 am to 12:30 pm, both beginner and advanced teams will be playing. Free.  If you’d like to take a […]

Bay seniors who treasure sweet, undeniably fresh bivalve molluscs know to head west to the coast of Marin to Tomales Bay for generous helpings of  bbq and raw oysters, especially available on summer weekends. You’ll find them in roadside stands, markets and restaurants including the Marshall’s Store and Hog Island Island Oyster Farm (also available […]

Bay seniors, despite the 236 year presence of the Presidio know that SF comes up short in serious military history.( And I’m not counting the recent Occupy movements.) Remedy that omission with a visit to Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge this Saturday August 18 from 10-5. Sadly there can be no battle re-enactment […]

Bay seniors who just whetted their equine interests at the recent Olympics may want to watch this sport right before their eyes. Now through Sunday you can view some world class horsemanship at the Menlo Horse Show. Hunters and jumpers and dressage are featured at the Menlo Circus Club in tony Atherton. The shock is […]

Bay seniors with a fondness for seaworthy cinema should check out the films being shown on board the Balclutha, the 3-masted schooner docked in Maritime Park. Tonight Russell Crowe buckles his swashes in Master and Commander. On August 23 Shelley Winters goes down with the ship in The Poseidon Adventure and on September 22 Moby […]

Bay seniors can check out Bay Area residents who can’t keep their feet still on Sunday August 18 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. It’s tapdance madness, an evening of leading tappers, part of the 10th Anniversary of the Bay Area Tap Festival. $18 a ticket for the concert. Dance fever is infectious and should […]

Bay seniors with fond memories of their youthful infatuations with Italian movie divas can relive their cinematic seductions over the next few weeks at Pacific Film Archives in Berkeley. The series is called “Belissima” and features the films of Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Claude Cardinale and Gina Lollobrigida. Directors include Fellini, Visconti and Antonioni. Senior […]

Bay grandparents who prefer the scents of nature rather than the hot perfume of popcorn wafting through a multiplex, should consider taking their little ones to an outdoor movie. This Friday, Disney’s farcical fairy tale “Enchanted” plays in the sylvan glen that is Mill Valley’s Old Mill Park. The screening starts at 8 and is […]