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Bay seniors who think they’ve seen everything in their long lives, will be amazed to learn that one of the most popular tours in San Francisco is of our wastewater treatment plants. They occur one Saturday a month and last for two hours at the facility on the Great Highway. Lots of walking. Surprisingly they […]

Bay seniors with an unabashed fondness for disco music especially if it’s accompanied by dancers in short shorts on roller skates are advised to check out Kennedy Drive and 6th Avenue in Golden Gate Park any Sunday from 1 to 5. This Roller Disco Party is orchestrated by a mobile DJ unit. Free. And of course […]

Bay seniors whose lifelong love of the USA soars at the sounds of a band trumpeting John Phillip Sousa, should head out to Golden Gate Park today. In the Bandshell on the Main Concourse, there’s a free concert  at 1 pm by the Golden Gate Park band. Hard to believe but it’s the 131st season […]

Bay seniors on the lookout for more challenging conversational topics than Don Draper’s character flaws or the validity of gluten free diets, should take a walk this Sunday in McLaren Park. Philosopher Nathaniel Paluga will be leading one of his bi-weekly walk & talks from noon to 3 on the 2.7 mile Philosopher’s Way Trail. […]

Bay seniors on the lookout for a respite from Napa Valley’s summer gridlock should head east to Pope Valley, a few miles off the Silverado Trail up Deer Park Road. It’s a country drive back in time. The Valley has the scrub oaks and rolling hills of Montana Cattle country. No bistros, no tourists, a […]

Bay seniors whose romantic past clicks alive at the two words – Boz Scaggs- will be happy to know this urbane  bluesman, now of course a Napa vintner,  will be kicking off the 2013 summer festival in Stern Grove this Sunday along with Grammy-laden singer Michael McDonald. Starts at 2 but come early if you […]

Bay seniors, the winner for the #1 hike in the Bay Area (according to me) is the Matt Davis Trail. It zigzags gently for 3 miles down the western slopes of Mount Tamalpais along meadows which turn to gold in the summer, through shady groves, across streams, with heart-stopping views of the Pacific around every […]

Bay seniors who wonder what happened to the cults of our youth – Werner Erhard’s est, Rajneesh and his purple people – can check out the latest incarnation of mass mysticism in San Ramon. Amma, the internationally successful hugging guru has her own campus there which she will be visiting from May 30 to June […]