Oakland to Long Beach- Non-stop
Did you know you can go from Oakland to Long Beach in an hour and a half? To go to Long Beach from San Francisco on Southwest Airlines you need to go through Pheonix then Oakland and it takes 7 hours and 15 minutes? What were they thinking?
XOX Truffles, A Cult, But in a Good Way
754 Columbus Avenue, 415 421-484; http://xoxtruffles.com/ ‘#1 Chocolate in the Country by Chocolatier Magazine’ The sign cast an imaginary, but very real, line, hooked me on the shoulder and reeled me across the street through the door of XOX Truffles. “I got my big...
Napa Valley Winery Exchange
415 Taylor Street, 415 771-2887; Website: www.nvwe.com/ “We taste everything and, before we buy it all staff have to love it.” This business philosophy drives what wine is sold, according to John Sumners, the general manager. This wine exchange specializes in small...
Barbary Coast Art Store, The Rest of the Story
Artists & Craftsman Supply 555 Pacific Street, 415 931-1900 “This floor used to be a dance hall. Downstairs was a brothel, and we are certified haunted” said Justine, the assistant manager. “There is a cave entrance to the tunnel system that used to connect North...
Coit Tower, Come for the Art, Stay for the View
“This was the first Works of Public Art (WPA) project of the 1930’s. You could say they were Beta Testing the concept of employing artists to make public art,” said Davy Crockett, Coit Tower’s tour director. “It was a rough time in San Francisco, before the highway...
The Church of Saints Peter & Paul, North Beach
One of my favorite things to do, when I see a church, is to go in, sit in a pew, close my eyes and see what impressions well up. Recently I did this in the sanctuary of the Church of Saints Peter & Paul Parish in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco....