stoop songs

Neighborliness reaches new musical heights this Sunday in Napa. The 5th Annual Porchfest, a non-stop outdoor concert from noon to 6 takes place on 50 porches most within walking distance of each other. It’s a music sampler for all kinds of tastes –bluegrass, jazz, country, surf, new wave (is it still new after all these […]

act one scene one

Bay seniors who find the Pacific coast dramatic don’t know the half of it until they have seen We Players perform out of doors in local sites, Last year it was a fog swept “Macbeth” at Ft. Point. This year it will be Jean Giraudoux’s marine fantasy “Ondine” staged at Lands’s End. The audience will […]

open invitation

Bay seniors can invite themselves to penultimate picnics in vineyards, ranches, even sea caves. Sit with dozens of guests – chefs, farmers, cheese producers, vintners – at a long narrow table. Outstanding in the Field, are the impresarios behind these al fresco feasts. They have been holding these events since 2000. Many of this year’s […]

great falls

Bay seniors’ meteorological prayers were answered with this month’s downpours. A side benefit is the sudden reappearance of gushing waterfalls in our parks. The invaluable Chronicle outdoors writer Tom Stienstra awards Silver Falls in Big Basin Redwoods his top recommendation: “Clear water pours over golden sandstone…then what looks like an Aztec temple and feeds through […]

high art

Bay seniors interested in cultural activities but not museum mobs? Above Geyeserville the voluptuous 100 acre Oliver Ranch is studded with 18 site specific works by Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman among others. The hitch is that only organized groups are allowed. 2-hour tours will be held only from April 15 to June 1 […]

eating out

Bay seniors who want to see how fast farm-to-table meals can be are encouraged to make reservations at the Della Fattoria Family Ranch in Petaluma. Their feast-like repasts are served outdoors on a hand-made 25 foot long Tamarack table under a massive oak in the middle of a working farm. Fresh breads are baked in […]

please remain calm

Bay seniors who would prefer to find inner serenity in an environment that is less enclosed and sweaty than in their local studio are reminded that starting April 2 there will be light yoga sessions in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park. They will take place on the green, green, green Conifer Lawn. […]

winter wandering

Bay seniors getting restless staying indoors during this chilly damp winter and reluctant to slog along muddy trails, tend to forget the paved paths waiting for them in Golden Gate Park. Most of the 13 million annual visitors are gone and there are miles and miles of flat trails, all free of road-hogging cyclists, which […]

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