18 Sports 32 At Home 20 Calendar Sports Corner: Liz Farrell: Do-it- February Events: Gung hay fat Meet driver J.R. 11 yourself valentines 23 choy at many Chinese New Year events, and find a plethora of oppor- A&E Pet Pages tunities to celebrate Valentine’s Day Back Story: Pit of the Month: and Black History Month in style. Remembering Saul How a Pigeon stole Plus concerts, galas, film festivals, Zaentz 18 Rocket Dog’s heart 32 authors, and more 20

WWW.MARINATIMES.coM cElEbRATINg ouR 30Th YEAR VoluME 30 ISSuE 2 FEbRuARY 2014 Supervisor’s Chambers Real Estate Investor Mayor Lee’s action plan for affordable housing by john zipperer

fter months of increasing political heat generated by concern about a growing lack of affordability in San Francisco, Mayor Ed ALee addressed the issue with a plan to retain and increase affordable housing in the city, as well as lobby Sacramento to make changes to the state’s eviction law, Poor road conditions and derelict buildings are among the issues plaguing Lombard Street photo: steven fromtling the Ellis Act. The federal government even kicked in some money. But will any of that be enough? While residents await clues about how those plans will be implemented, the temperature has continued to rise, with activists disrupting business transit pro- Saving Lombard Street grams and public hearings alike. Lee, who has staked much of his reputation as mayor on his stewardship A long-term vision for one of San Francisco’s busiest streets of the city’s explosive growth coming out of the Great Recession, is likely going to find that the next phase by supervisor mark e. farrell sore. The improvements needed in the better. As we all know (and have of his time in office will be judged by how well he the corridor range from pedestrian been living through), Doyle Drive is shepherds the city through the dislocations caused nyone who drives down safety to beautification to overall under major construction and has by that fast growth. Lombard Street between paving conditions and plenty more. been re-envisioned as the Presidio In late 2013 and early into the new year, housing Van Ness and Lyon Streets To set the stage, the Lombard Parkway. While undergoing much prices began to moderate a little in the city, but there Aknows there is much work to be street corridor (also known as needed seismic improvements, the has not been a dramatic or noteworthy decline in done. This area of Lombard Street is Highway 101) is right in the middle Presidio Parkway will also create a prices. They remain at lofty levels. an entryway into our beautiful city, of two major transportation proj- beautiful regional gateway between Consider: In late January, HGTV’s reality series surrounded by famous landmarks ects – the Presidio Parkway Project the Golden Gate Bridge and the city. House Hunters featured a retired stockbroker who such as the Golden Gate Bridge, (Doyle Drive) and the Van Ness Much progress has already been wanted to move from down on the peninsula into the the Palace of Fine Arts, and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – that will made, and construction is expect- city. His budget for a home was $3–$4 million, which, Presidio, yet it is an absolute eye- transform their respective areas for lombard, continued on 6 housing, continued on 30

dients paired in unusual New & Notable and mostly successful Willie at 80 ways. Verbena also has a full bar with a creative and Former mayor introduces new eclectic cocktail and wine selection. The restaurant women’s IT employment program seats 62 in the main din- ing room, 12 upstairs in by m.d. caprario the mezzanine, and 16 out- doors — weather permit- ne can only imagine the smile on former ting. The decor features San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s face as he high ceilings with high- plans for his upcoming 80th birthday, and con- tech pendant lighting; a Otemplates all of the anything-but-ordinary adventures black walnut bar and coun- during his years of political service in California. tertops; and a fun, funky Born in Mineola, Tex., marrying Blanche Vitero in illuminated “pickle wall,” 1957, and then receiving his J.D. from the University of displaying jars of house- California Hastings College of Law the following year, pickled goods. Verbena Willie Lewis Brown Jr. says, “the best free advice I ever has an intimate feel, and got [was] ‘leave Texas and come to California.’” Verbena main dining room and bar photo: courtesy verbena the acoustics and lighting The rest, as we all know, is history. are much better than in “The best career advice I’ve ever given anybody,” some of the new, recently Brown says, “is [to] simply prepare yourself for the Verbena: Eclectic and delicious opened pub-like spots. worst and you’ll survive the best.” His life rose from and The kitchen’s focus is was prepared to endure the hardships of racial discrim- by julie mitchell very early or late. But take ular Gather — is worth it. on small plates, such as ination and eventually the gossip and fickle loyalties of heart; the restaurant delib- Executive chef and part- the restaurant’s moist, public office. Serving over 30 years in the California erbena on Polk erately keeps tables open ner Sean Baker, known flavorful house-made State Assembly as the first African American from San Street opened its for walk-ins, aiming to for his vibrant menu at sprouted seed bread Francisco, he was elected the 41st mayor of the city, doors in mid Dec- become a neighborhood Gather, heads up Verbena’s served with chevre and becoming the first African American to claim that Vember, and it’s already dif- favorite. So persevere, kitchen. The menu reflects beet sauerkraut, and the honor and duty twice. He became a legend as chairman ficult to obtain a reserva- as this lively, beautifully the same emphasis on slightly larger choices of the State Assembly Ways & Means Committee, and tion at this hot new spot designed restaurant — sis- dishes meant for sharing such as turnips and sun- willie brown, continued on 4 unless you care to dine ter to Berkeley’s ultra-pop- with seasonal, fresh ingre- verbena continued on 13 www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 1 Contents TOP TEN STEAKS IN AMERICA

Osso Steakhouse — 1177 California Street, San Francisco, CA In This Issue Bobo’s — 1450 Lombard, San Francisco, CA 38 14 Peter Luger Steakhouse — 178 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY Bern’s Steakhouse — 1208 South Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL CUT — 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA Emeril’s Delmonico — 3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV Mario Batali’s Carnevino — 3325 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 18 Chicago Cut — 300 North LaSalle, Chicago, IL The Precinct — 311 Delta Avenue, Cincinnati, OH Elway’s Cherry Creek — 2500 East First Avenue, Denver, CO

Editor’s Note Anderson reviews Benzedrine Highway; plus the Books Inc. best sellers. 18 Reynolds Rap Private buses and the people who ride them Calendar aren’t the problem, but they are an indicator of the manic lives of the tech boomsters. 3 February events Take the kids to see Nickelodeon’s Sanjay Community and Craig Live or get a babysitter and go see P.J. O’Rourke, catch some Food from Police Blotter the Heart this month, take in the Chinese Tales of crime and punishment from the New Year Festival, and have plenty to do streets of San Francisco. 6 on Valentine’s Day. 20 Street Beat At Home Life in the city Health and home Ernest Beyl relates a near-perfect day in Julie Mitchell on summer fitness at the North Beach; John Zipperer shares some pool; Liz Farrell suggests ways to make comings and goings on the Northside, your kids’ Valentines Day better than including the final dinner at E’Angelo. 8 Charlie Brown’s; and Julia Strzesieski tells us how to cope with the drought. 22 Business & Finance Real Estate PHOTOS: MISHA BRUK The big Apple Alan Silverman looks at how companies Renting, buying, and selling such as Apple use offshore holding com- Carole Isaacs says people are signing on panies to buy and sell — from themselves the dotted line — digitally; John Zipperer — and avoid a boatload of taxes. 10 gives a retail real estate market update; the Osso Steakhouse Mystery Housebuyer is not anonymous Sports anymore, but his subjects are. 24 f you haven’t The stylish Art Empire Steak Building Sports Corner been to Osso Deco-inspired design Cut. It’s the juiciest, Steve Hermanos interviews Indianapolis Pets Steakhouse yet, provides an elegant most perfectly mar- 500 driver J.R. Hildebrand. 11 Dogs and cats Susan Dyer Reynolds “yaps with” Wonder Imake a reserva- yet relaxed ambiance. bled beef that has ever Food & Wine Dog Rescue’s Linda Beenau; Sandy tion today! There The New York Steak been set before you. What’s for dinner? Fertman Ryan shows the lighter side of fawning over dogs; Pigeon is our Pit of is so much to love is dry-aged 4-6 weeks “It’s osso good!” Tony Ching serves up a list of his top the Month; Susan Dyer Reynolds tests 10 restaurants for 2013; the Tablehopper about the place — for a flavor that is Dog for Dog doggie treats; John Zipperer rounds up the latest restaurant news; Susan remembers how Boris became whole; great atmosphere, nothing short of a rev- Valet Parking Dyer Reynolds shares her recipe for Iberico Skylar goes for the gold… tassels, plus great food, great elation. For the truly Secreto and Kobe beef; and Ernest Beyl cel- Mews Briefs. 32 wine, great cocktails hearty, try the three- 1177 California at Jones ebrates 78 years of “the quintessential Irish bartender,” Michael McCourt. 12 — you’ll be happy inch-thick Bone-in 415.771.6776 ONLINE SPECIALS you did. New York New York www.ossosteakhouse.com Arts & Entertainment Michael Snyder explores an LA-San Reel and real tales Francisco relationship, plus extended cal- endar listings, extensive restaurant review Ernest Beyl remembers multiple Oscar- winner Saul Zaentz; Michael Snyder archives, and much more checks out Tim’s Vermeer; Sharon on www.marinatimes.com

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Reynolds Rap From here for eternity Transfer funds while Riding the rolling cubicles, transferring trains tech workers are tourists in their own town

by susan dyer reynolds get up, and do it all over One Saturday night again. I know a little about some friends from the or more than this because I was once a Valley came up to cel- a decade, private worker squirrel on a golden ebrate a birthday at the buses have carted treadmill myself. House of Prime Rib. I was Fworkers south from San The Silicon Valley and so proud being “the city Francisco. They were I grew up together, and girl,” driving myself to barely noticed until the during college I took a the restaurant and valet latest tech boom hit and summer job at Apple parking. After a wonder- companies like Twitter (I’m dating myself here, ful evening I hopped back took Mayor Ed Lee up on but it was called Apple in my car, made a wrong his generous tax breaks. Computer then, and The turn, and promptly got Activists, upset that long- Steves were still padding lost in the Tenderloin. time residents are being the hallways). I liked it, so I kept driving in circles pushed out by rising I returned each summer and finally wound up in rents and record Ellis Act and eventually worked SOMA. My ex-boyfriend evictions, started pro- full time for several years. had been a bouncer at a testing by blocking the Youthful hormones got the club there and I had visit- ed him often when I still lived down south, so I knew I understand the frustration of the how to get to the middle class, but the workers on freeway. I got on heading south, got those buses are the wrong targets. off at the nearest exit, and got back buses. They also brought better of me and I moved on going toward the city, attention to the fact that to San Francisco for a guy which was the only way multibillion-dollar com- (don’t judge). I rented a I was able to find my way panies were paying zero two-story Victorian flat in home. I realized that night to pick up passengers the Haight-Ashbury for that I didn’t know the city at city bus stops, so last $1,500 a month with five I called “home” at all. MOBILE BANKING. month the Metropolitan college friends who also When a dot-com startup Transportation Agency wanted to live in the city called LookSmart offered levied a $1 per stop fee on for various reasons. me a position as lifestyle Simplicity in hand. the private buses, claiming There weren’t chartered editor, I took it. Don’t get that’s all the law allowed. buses then, so I carpooled me wrong: Apple was a We just love it when you stop by our branches. But we also That’s ridiculous, of with a few other Apple great experience, it’s still a know you don’t always have time. So, we now bring a lot of course, because whenever folks, mostly natives who great company; I kept my the personal banking services you need, to you. With our new city leaders want to raise refused to trade in their stock because I believed mobile banking app, you can do things like view balances, money in “creative” ways, city by the bay for the val- in The Steves, and I still from selling off Golden ley of the Olive Garden. believe in the products search transactions and even transfer funds. See how easy it is to Gate Park to the highest We bonded over Peet’s (I am typing this on a take care of your banking and go about your day – without delay. bidder to adding Sunday Coffee runs, breakfast MacBook Air). Like the parking meters, they just stops, and, in a pre-iPhone boyfriend, LookSmart rewrite the laws to suit world, stimulating conver- didn’t work out. That was their needs. Watching sation. On the way home the first San Francisco tech Mayor Lee tiptoe on egg- we sometimes stopped for boom, which went bust as shells around Twitter and happy hour or dinner to all booms, from the Gold other tech-boom-come- wait out the traffic. One Rush to this latest tech lately corporations is like of my occasional carpool explosion, eventually do. watching a kid in a sand- mates was a young engi- The city can be a beauti- box suck up to the kid neer making six figures ful but cruel mistress: Of with the best toys so he who often stayed on a cot the six friends who moved doesn’t take them home. in his office. He once did together, I’m the only one Download our Mobile Banking app or While I understand the frustration of a visit fnbnorcal.com to learn more. disappearing middle class dealing with The first tech boom went bust as all yet another influx booms, from the Gold Rush to this of young, affluent techies, the work- latest tech explosion, eventually do. ers on those buses are the wrong targets for the math, dividing his sal- still living here. I eventu- their wrath. They’re just ary by the crazy hours he ally bought that two-story the worker rats, or should worked, and realized he Victorian flat from the I say worker squirrels — as was making less per hour landlord and parlayed my Carrie Bradshaw once said, than a fast food employee. passion for writing into a squirrels are just rats with I didn’t work those crazy full-time gig. better outfits — and those hours, but by the time I got Sometimes I miss smoky-windowed chari- home I was too exhausted Apple, but I don’t miss ots are really just rolling to join my roommates, the squirrel race. I love cubicles that allow compa- who all worked in the city, that I can take a break Visit our Marina Branch and talk to Branch Manager Reina Ceja. nies to squeeze out an addi- on any social excursions. from writing, drive to the tional two to three hours Breakfast and lunch were beach, and watch the sun Your neighborhood bank. worth of work. Tech com- consumed in the car or at set over the Golden Gate 2197 Chestnut Street muters don’t even know the office, and dinner, if not Bridge — and I’m happy San Francisco, CA 94123 San Francisco; they’re with my fellow carpool- to say I have no problem 415-287-8800 tourists in their own town, ers, was whatever I could finding my way home. coming back to their over- throw together fast so I priced apartments to sleep, could hit the sack. E-mail: [email protected]

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Still going full steam, Willie Brown is ready to “step it up” photo: rikki Ward

Willie Brown try. The brainchild of UST Global, Step continued from page 1 IT Up, America seeks to train inner-city minority women to secure careers in his breadth of experience in city and state “STEM” jobs: science, technology, engi- politics is more than noteworthy: 1996– neering, and math. The group’s end goal 2004, mayor of San Francisco; 1980–1995, is to create 5,000 jobs for women who Speaker of the California State Assembly; will be trained and ready for entry in tech 1964–1995, member of the California careers by 2020. The group is targeting 10 State Assembly. In actively engaging in major U.S. cities: Philadelphia, Atlanta, the duties required of these positions and Detroit, Newark, Chicago, Indianapolis, embracing them with his unique style New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and and, what some might call flamboyant, Oakland, ideally to reach 50 communi- outlook on life, he also became both a ties and to provide jobs for hundreds of highly controversial political figure and a minority women each year. The idea of beloved hero of the people of the city with placing women in secure, economically a big heart. stable jobs as a catalyst for improving Retired from formal office, Brown stays family stability spoke to Brown, and he vocal on political and social issues via was in Atlanta in December 2013 for the his column, “Willie’s World” in the San launch, calling the program a “ground- Francisco Chronicle. He is also co-host breaking and earth-shaking movement.” of the periodic video and radio Will and Brown is passionate about Step IT Up, Willie show with local comedian/political America. He says that after 31 years of satirist Will Durst, and is seen and heard service in the California Legislature he from time to time on KPIX-TV Channel realized that no matter who was in political 5/KCBS-AM (740) with Chronicle office, work-training programs designed to “Insider” Phil Matier. Demonstrating fur- assist people in positive life changes were ther his capacity to fully engage with inaccessible to certain constituencies. “It his constituency and the world at large, was painfully clear — painfully clear — he has even had roles in several major that there was no real emphasis on that motion pictures, including The Godfather huge volume of people who are outside of III, The Princess Diaries, and George of the normal consideration of operations,” the Jungle — all of which qualify him for Brown told his audience at the program’s a rating on the entertainment industry’s launch event. “Clearly, the programs were coveted IMDB site. designed for those who could access them Brown has weathered much but also with very little assistance from anybody. won much from and for our city. After They were not designed for the people who graduating from a prestigious law school, are at the outer edges; and I didn’t do any- he took on a 1950s San Francisco that thing very much about it in my capacity of was rife with racial prejudice. Passed leader of the House at that time.” over by established law firms not hiring “When I became mayor … I became the African Americans, he started his own, CEO of San Francisco,” he continued, “that’s focusing on the needs of his church, usually the role of a mayor, and lo and Jones Memorial United Methodist, and behold it was front and center for me, with the needs and social issues of the African a huge volume of people of color, mainly American community. In May 1961, who are outside of the delivery system in Brown and his young family had endured any aspect of opportunity for improvement as much as they could — and more than of their lives through employment, through anyone should — of the prevailing dis- training. And here I am in the mecca, I’m crimination so ingrained at the time: He in the place [San Francisco], where the and other black families were refused world of technology lives ... yet there were showings of an open home in a promi- double-digit exclusions of people of color nent neighborhood. His and other young from within that framework.” families — many from his church — and Brown’s frustration with so much tech- now-U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, revis- nology within reach but the inability to ited the housing development and were fully deploy its benefit will be remedied: again refused. Eventually, with the media’s Step IT Up, America creates connection involvement Brown prevailed, discover- and opportunities and puts them squarely ing the power in shaping public opinion into a delivery system that is realistic for to include fairness to all, a tactic with a those needing them most. And Brown’s theme that has continued throughout his excitement about opportunities for personal and political career. Harlem, central Los Angeles, and our own This theme is strong in Brown’s approach West Oakland is obvious. He told audi- to inclusiveness in social programs. He ences at the launch event that he is “frankly is praised for his San Francisco Mayor’s looking forward … to the smiles that are Summits for Women, gatherings that pro- gonna come from the faces of the people vided otherwise impossible inspiration to who get the opportunity ...” unemployed and underemployed women So it seems, along with our good wishes via workshops and appearances by inspir- from the Marina for his upcoming land- ing public figures such as Oprah Winfrey, mark birthday, former Mayor Brown has Suze Orman, and Hafsat Abiola. many things to smile about these days, Brown is currently engaged in a similar including all the other smiles he will see civic program, the Step IT Up, America via Step IT Up, America as the lega- project, enjoining mayors and corporate cy of his Mayor’s Summit continues industry leaders from across the coun- across the country.

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Lombard the Golden Gate Bridge. COORDINATION continued from page 1 Lombard Street is also a Because Lombard Street car-oriented commercial is a state highway, most of ed to be complete on the district whose dominant the transit decisions fall entire project in 2016. feature is the concentra- under the jurisdiction of At the other end of tion of hotels and motels, Caltrans. So decisions aren’t Lombard Street, the Van along with some com- made in a vacuum, I have Ness BRT is pulled together progressing all relevant city through its departments final approv- To leave Lombard Street in and Caltrans to als, with con- its current condition in the create “A Vision struction like- for Lombard ly to begin in middle of two transportation Corridor 2016 and ser- Planning” vice starting projects is unacceptable. team to lever- in 2018. The age city funds, project itself calls for dedi- plementary neighbor- state dollars, and expertise cated bus lanes separated hood-serving retail. The of all agencies to address from traffic from Lombard sidewalks are very nar- the problems head-on, in to Mission Streets. row and the majority of one project, and in a way Dedicated bus lanes will pedestrians are crossing that allows for community Plans for Lombard will address traffic, retail, and road conditions photos: steven fromtling flank center landscaped the street and not walk- input to all departments medians along Van Ness ing along it. It also serves and agencies at one time. nity, funding sources, and to San Francisco, there tation, streetscape, and Avenue. In addition, as an important transit Through City Hall’s necessary city departments are many other issues, public space deficiencies pedestrian improvements, connection for Golden Invest in Neighborhoods to work together to create including poorly devel- along the corridor, as well signal upgrades, new Gate Transit and various initiative, the Office of a vision for Lombard of oped sites, unsafe traf- as any other concerns. streetlights, new landscap- Muni lines. Economic and Workforce which we can all be proud. fic-pedestrian conflicts, Our first community ing, and roadway resurfac- We need to evaluate how Development will lead the suboptimal transit, pub- meeting will be held on ing will be implemented we can transform this free- planning team while work- COMMUNITY- lic safety worries, and Wednesday, Feb. 26, at throughout the corridor, way throughway/off-ramp ing with the SFMTA, the BASED PLANNING vacant properties. To get 6 p.m. at the Moscone creating a safer and better into a livable corridor that Transportation Authority, To do this right, we a deeper understanding of Recreation Center (1800 utilized thoroughfare. To attracts residents and visi- the Planning Department, need to consult with the improvements needed Chestnut Street). My office leave Lombard Street in its tors while improving exist- the Department of and hear from our local and desired, our office and all the departments current condition in the ing traffic and pedestrian Public Works, the San neighbors. I’m mentioned middle of these two major concerns, public safety Francisco Public Utilities a big believer will be present transportation projects is issues, and overall eco- Commission, and Caltrans. in our neigh- to share ideas quite frankly absolutely nomic vitality concerns. Currently Caltrans has two borhoods The timing is opportune to and, most unacceptable. We must also recognize projects on Lombard Street participating create a “Vision for Lombard” important, to that this “freeway” resides in the planning stages that at all levels of hear from you. EXISTING CONDITIONS within a major urban area include a paving project our govern- of which we can all be proud. Together, let’s When Lombard Street with residents, merchants, to resurface the street and ment, and invest the time was constructed, it was pedestrians, bus riders, and to also upgrade a handful any revisions to Lombard will be working with the to develop consensus ideas designed to be a freeway bicyclists who all need to be of curb ramps. The timing Street must have their community to conduct a for Lombard and trans- off-ramp, intended to consulted as we rethink any is very opportune, as we input. Besides being an needs assessment and to form the street for genera- move traffic coming off redesign of the street. pull together the commu- unattractive entrance identify specific transpor- tions to come.

Police Blotter From the Officers of Northern Station

falling onto a nearby table, the officer got A female officer searched the driver and the male to his feet, handcuffed him, and located a baggie of methamphetamine Crime on the beat transported him to Northern Station, on her. The officer also found a passport, where he was booked. checks, and a Social Security card that did not belong to the driver. At Northern The crimes below are a small snapshot TWO FOR ONE Station, further investigation uncovered of what the officers of Northern Station Tuesday, Nov. 19, 12:14 a.m. NICE LUGGAGE other victims’ property, such as wallets, are doing. For a more comprehensive Larkin Street at Ellis Thursday, Nov. 21, 9:23 p.m. ID cards, and credit cards. The driver list, visit www.sf-police.org; under Geary Street at Webster was booked at county jail. Compstat, there is a link to CrimeMAPS. A uniformed officer spotted a vehicle driving without headlights despite the Plainclothes officers observed sev- darkness. The sergeant ran a records eral male subjects they recognized WhO WAS ThAT MASKED MALE? I WANT MY FOUR DOLLARS check and learned that the vehicle was from past auto burglary arrests or inci- Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, 12:45 p.m. stolen. The officer stopped the vehicle dents. The subjects were carrying sev- Clay Street at Polk Polk Street at Cedar and arrested both male occupants. Inside eral large, expensive pieces of luggage; the car was a large amount of narcotics the officers believed they had possibly Patrol officers spotted three individu- A street person approached a woman and stolen property. Both males were committed an auto or residential bur- als wearing masks. The individuals cir- he knew. She was on the 1000 block booked at county jail. glary. The subjects, possibly spotting cled a female, and walked away. The of Polk Street with her boyfriend. The the unmarked police car, attempted officers made contact with the masked subject demanded money he said the to hide the luggage under a van, like- individuals, identified them, and sent boyfriend owed him. They argued and the TABLE SERVICE ly to return to get it later. Officers them on their way. subject pulled out a razor blade-type knife Thursday, Nov. 21, 3:54 p.m. approached the subjects, who ran in A short time later, a citizen ran up and demanded of the boyfriend, “Gimme 600 Block of Van Ness Avenue several different directions. to the officers and told them someone my money.” The subject than grabbed the The officers were able to detain the was in his tradesman’s entrance around female and pushed the knife at her face, An officer arrived at a restaurant in subjects without further incident. They the corner. As the officers rounded the adding, “Gimme your backpack, you have response to a call about a male sub- were also able to locate the victims and corner, they observed one of the indi- a kilo of my drugs in that backpack.” ject refusing to pay his bill or leave their burglarized vehicle; the victims viduals with whom they had just made The subject pushed her up against a the establishment. The manager said identified their luggage. The subjects contact — he was running out of the wall, and the boyfriend began yelling at he didn’t care about the loss; he just were arrested for theft and possession of entrance, discarding his clothing and the subject. The female fell over and man- wanted the subject to leave. But the stolen property. mask as he went. The officers were able aged to break free of the subject’s grasp. subject refused the officer’s request to to detain him again, but he gave them She ran to a nearby homeless shelter and leave. The manager then signed a citi- the runaround about what he was doing was able to get behind the locked door of zen’s arrest for trespassing. The officer ThOROUGh SEARCh FINDS and where he was going. The officers the shelter. The subject left the area. then ordered the subject to leave or MUCh TO CAUSE WORRY contacted the subject’s parent, who gave When police arrived, the female told face being cited for trespassing, but the Saturday, Nov. 23, 1:20 p.m. officers his real name. They learned that them the subject had gone through her subject continued to refuse. California Street at Van Ness the subject had lied about who he was, pockets and tried to steal the backpack. The officer told the subject he would and he had an outstanding warrant for The male victim spotted the subject, who now be arrested for trespassing and Patrol officers spotted a vehicle with- his arrest; the warrant was for a proba- was detained by police and later booked refusing to obey an officer’s order, but out a license plate lamp, a violation; they tion violation and had no bail. The juve- at Northern Station. The subject stated the subject would not budge and instead stopped the driver, and a computer check nile was arrested for the warrant and for that this all happened because the female stared off into space. After a short wres- showed that the driver was on a felony lying about his identity. He was booked owes him four dollars. tling match that included both of them probation and had a search condition. at juvenile hall.

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$98 $65 $45 by ernest beyl Renee Sammon knew just Mare on Green to see what I wanted — Tuesday’s what was on the black- he other day in special — roast shoulder board that I could take North Beach, I put of lamb with lima beans, home for dinner. Found my head on shuf- of course. Branzino sea bass — what Tfle and wandered around After lunch, it was the Europeans call Loup aimlessly — a flaneur, if time for my ritual call on de mer. It looked good. makes you shine. $80 $40 you will. No set destina- Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Took two thick chunks tion or mission, nothing Store Cafe, Columbus and and checked out. on my mind. And I had Union, for an espresso Up Grant to Little Vine $840 one of those perfect days and to exchange small and bought a loaf of Acme — a day when everything talk with counter-aces Bread sourdough. seems like magic, a day Jacob and Alby (see when everything works. more on Alby below). VITAMIN V $98 $48 Here’s how it played out. Miscellaneous music con- Walked back up to Grant On that fine morn- versation from Israeli pop Avenue to Telegraph Hill ing, I sauntered and stopped at the down Grant corner of Gerke Avenue from Alley and stared $860 ring Telegraph Hill. I had a perfect day — up at Coit Tower At the corner of again, now lit by $135 $45 Grant and Gerke a day when everything the setting sun.

$770 Alley, I paused Reached my bracelet 14K + DIAMONDS and peered at the seems like magic. apartment, put $65 apartment where The London Chuck Woody Allen staged the to garage grunge. Then Berry Sessions on the CD movie Play it Again Sam. I it was time for Upper player, listened to “Johnny looked up and there loom- Grant Avenue. B. Goode” and the “London $695 $55 ing in the sunlight was Berry Blues.” 14K+diamond Coit Tower. That’s when I FOCUS GALLERY Prepped dinner and it gives your heart wings. knew it was going to be a AND LIVE WORMS was time to pour myself good day. Blue skies and At the Focus Gallery, a Vitamin V on the rocks Coit Tower. I moved on. I stopped to talk with and wait for Joan to arrive proprietor-photographer so we could talk about PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST John Perino and to look at what kind of day each of My next stop was Golden his perceptive black-and- us had. A good day for Boy Pizza on Green Street white photos from his both of us. Another vodka. for a slice topped with travels around the world. Changed from Chuck tomato and Italian sau- Considered buying one. Berry to Keith Jarrett, sage — breakfast. Doesn’t Perhaps one of these days. Jack DeJohnette and Gary everyone have pizza for The Focus Gallery is also Peacock — The Great breakfast? Walked over full of marvelous junk — American Songbook — to Washington Square collectibles we call them. turned volume to low and and sat on a bench to Ancient Brownie box continued to discuss the eat my pizza and watch camera, old posters from day. Nothing new in the the old Chinese “aun- long-gone events. Also neighborhood. Nothing ties” doing their Tai Chi. lots of old books on the new in the office. Synchronized exercise. Beats and original water- Sat down for dinner: Synchronized beauty, colors, oils, and drawings sautéed sea bass, steamed like a ballet. by local artists. white rose potatoes with Stopped in at Caffe Then it was down the butter and chopped fresh Puccini on Columbus street to Live Worms to dill, tossed romaine let- Avenue for a cappuccino see painter Kevin Brown. I tuce salad with olive and then continued down like him. A former airline oil and wine vinegar, Columbus and across pilot and now a fine paint- hunks of Acme sour- Broadway to City Lights. er. Which brings me to the dough, and a glass of the Browsed around in the left brain/right brain busi- house white. basement and main floor ness. Kevin illustrates the A perfect day in the neigh- for a bit, then mount- concept. He flew 747s as borhood. Try it sometime. ed the stairs to the Beat a captain. That’s left brain literature and poetry stuff — logical, analytical, ALBY’S NEW CHAPTER room. Spent an hour try- good at math. Now he’s a Albert Adams, whom ing to fathom some of painter. That’s right brain North Beach denizens will Ezra Pound’s Cantos. stuff — creative, artistic. recognize as Alby — man- Headway: minimal. Kevin Brown is all of that. ager and counter-ace of Mario’s Bohemian Cigar THE TUESDAY SPECIAL CHUCK BERRY Store Cafe at Columbus Then it was off to Capp’s AND BRANZINO Avenue and Union Street Corner at the corner of Over to Tommy’s 101 — is packing it in after Powell and Green, for a Music to browse for almost eight years and glass of the house red and obscure blues records. moving on to check out some first-of-the-day con- Found an old CD of The new opportunities. “It’s versation with my fellow London Chuck Berry about time to get on with saloonists. Topics ranged Sessions. Snapped it up. a new chapter in my life,” from Niners to nooners. Tommy’s has everything Alby says. He’s remain- Scores and scores. from hard-to-find 33⅓ ing in San Francisco, but At noon, I began think- disks to blues harmoni- taking a few months off ing about shoulder of cas. And a blues har- to “travel and smell the lamb and lima beans. It monica is a must in this roses.” I’ll miss Alby, but was Tuesday so I headed neighborhood. wish him well. over to the U.S. Restaurant Now I was starting on Columbus and sat at to think about dinner. Ernest Beyl may be reached the counter. The estimable Stopped in to Gigi’s Sotte at [email protected].

8 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM Northsider The end of an era Will you stay or will you go? by john zipperer changes in her cooking, and Fitness will focus on her advice THE END OF E’ANGELO for healthful eating when dining After a 35-year run, Italian out at restaurants. Greens is on a restaurant E’Angelo signed off good-PR streak. Eater SF includ- Wednesday, Jan. 15. Chef and ed the establishment in its list of owner Claudio Marchesan closed “The 38 Essential San Francisco the establishment he purchased Restaurants,” and Somerville also in 2003 from original owner Ezio appears in two new cookbooks, Rastelli, who had opened it with a San Francisco Chefs at the Table partner back in 1978. Located at (Globe Pequot, 2013) and The 2234 Chestnut, E’Angelo Trattoria Vegetarian Flavor Bible (Little, featured classic Italian cuisine in a Brown, 2014). family-friendly atmosphere. With Marchesan’s lease up, he MORE MAMA’S decided to pull up stakes and do Mama’s of Washington Square something different, telling the Park is expanding, reportedly Chronicle’s Paolo Lucchesi that looking at Vallejo and Columbus he estimates he has “10 good for a second location of the popu- years” left to do one more restau- lar restaurant. More next issue. rant before retiring, and he will “put everything I’ve learned in GET YOUR COFFEE ON my career into this swan song.” AT PEET’S Stay tuned. You can grab some free coffee Clockwise from top left: A quick snapshot of well-wishers enjoying a toast in honor of E’Angelo during the estab- and food samples on Saturday, lishment’s closing party. Standing (center) is owner Claudio Marchesan; to his right is Izzys owner Sam Duval; OVERHEARD AT DOSA directly in front of Claudio is defense attorney David Goldstein; at front left is Lawrence D. Buck of Mission Street Feb. 1, at the brand new Peet’s Customer: Is that hot? Films, and front right is Fontana’s Restaurant GM Davis Horton; chef Annie Somerville of Greens; meet our newest Coffee & Tea on 2080 Chestnut Waiter: It is hot. reader in the Marina: 9-month-old Savanna Josephine Sanchez photos courtesy larry buck; greens; Jason sanchez St. The first 50 customers through Customer: But is it hot hot? Hot? the door will also receive a Peet’s Waiter: It is somewhat hot, yes. Marina Competition takes place, for the Society. They must also GREENS WITH ENVY limited edition CamelBak tumbler with 12 finalists participating in embody Marina District val- Annie Somerville, the execu- and $25 gift card, and KFOG’s MR. MARINA talent, swimwear, and “Marina- ues (defined as “social, fun-lov- tive chef at Fort Mason’s Greens Renee Richardson will broadcast Did you just brush past the wear” Q. & A. competitions. The ing, generous, manly”). It takes Restaurant, is getting national live from the store with, we’re told, future Mr. Marina while walking light-hearted competition ben- place March 19, at the Regency exposure. The March 2014 issues a “special, mystery guest.” down Chestnut? Maybe you did, efits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Center on Van Ness, but early- of Prevention and Fitness maga- and you can find out in March Society. Each contestant will be bird tickets are already on sale: zines will highlight the chef. In Got any tips for the Northsider? when the Third Annual Mr. rated on how well he fundraises http://mrmarina.eventbrite.com. Prevention, she’ll be talking about E-mail [email protected]

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Finance Apple and the original Tea Party Uniquely You Representation

Dr. Evan Ransom is a ACTUAL RESULTS specialist in facial cosmetic without taxation and reconstructive surgery. by alan silverman A look at Apple might parent AOE, which in turn • Facelift illustrate how the game is passes as a dividend to AOI. • Eyelid surgery n Dec. 16, 1773, played. Apple has about If the reader is confused • Rhinoplasty demonstrators 80,000 employees, of which by all of this, then the tax • Lip, cheek, and chin procedures boarded ships in 52,000 are in the United lawyers have achieved their OBoston Harbor and threw States. Almost all of Apple’s objective. The harder it is for • Non-surgical treatments, including injectable llers, chests of tea into the water. research activity is conduct- the IRS to understand, the This was the culmination ed in California, where the less likely they are to ques- Botox, peels and laser of the resistance move- vast majority of the engi- tion it. Techniques such as procedures ment against the taxation neers, designers and techni- acquiring finished goods His philosophy is to preserve of the colonists imposed cal experts reside. Many of through an offshore subsid- by the British Parliament. the components of Apple’s iary located in a tax haven the individual identity of his Their rallying cry was “No new products are designed and then reselling them ppatients while helping them taxation without representa- in the United States and then to the wholly owned sales look and feel better, more tion.” In the recent budget manufactured by third par- subsidiaries at much high- vibrant and more con dent. discussions in Washington, ties elsewhere. Most of the er prices are not unique to we have heard the mem- finished products are assem- Apple and are widely used For a full range of services, bers of the modern day Tea bled in China. to shift profit from high please visit us online at Party protest about the evils In 1980 Apple cre- tax countries to lower tax SanFranciscoFacialPlasticSurgery.com of taxation and about the ated Apple Operations countries. Similarly, assign- negative effects of high taxes International (AOI) as its ing intellectual property on our economic recovery. primary offshore hold- rights (such as patents and In particular, they complain ing company. AOI is reg- trademarks) to subsidiaries about the 35 percent corpo- istered in Ireland but has in tax havens, so that sales rate income tax. no employees, no physical subsidiaries must pay a “roy- In July 2008 the U.S. presence, and declares no alty” to the tax haven upon Government Accountability tax residency anywhere. sale of the product, is also Office published a report on AOI has three directors, used by companies other the tax liabilities reported by two of whom are located than Apple to shift profits to U.S.-controlled corporations. in California and one in lower tax countries. They studied the tax returns Ireland. From May 2006 It should also be empha- of more than 1,250,000 U.S. through December 2012 sized that Apple is not a “bad corporations for the years it held 33 board meetings, apple” and is not one of the 1998 through 2005. During of which 32 were held in 60 percent to 70 percent of those eight years, between Cupertino. The one Irish companies mentioned above 60 percent and 70 percent director failed to participate that have paid no U.S. taxes of those companies paid no in about half of the board for several years. In fact, for U.S. taxes. A further study meetings. AOI’s assets are the three fiscal years 2009, prepared in September held in bank accounts in 2010 and 2011, Apple paid 2012 for the U.S. Senate New York, and its account- a total of $5.3 billion in U.S. Permanent Subcommittee ing records are maintained corporate income tax. Apple’s on Investigations looked at by Apple in the United total sales for the three years the contribution of corporate States. AOI received $30 bil- were over $216 billion – for taxes to the U.S. budget since lion in profits from 2009 an effective tax rate of less 1952. In 1952 corporate tax through 2012, and accounts than 2.5 percent. generated 32 percent of all for about 30 percent of So when you next hear federal tax revenue, while Apple’s worldwide net prof- someone complaining that individuals contributed 42 its on which it has paid no the 35 percent corporate tax percent. In 2010 corpora- tax to any government. rate is strangling our econ- tions contributed 9 percent Apple Sales International omy, think of all the law- and individuals still contrib- (ASI) is another Irish com- yers, accountants and lobby- uted 42 percent. pany, which is a subsid- ists who are kept employed A casual study of this data iary of Apple Operations helping corporations avoid might prompt one to ask Europe (AOE), which is in those taxes. Also think of whether high corporate taxa- turn a subsidiary of AOI. those poor countries such tion is really a major cause As with AOI the major- as Bermuda or the Cayman of our budget problems, or ity of directors of ASI Islands where the tax-shel- whether the ingenious meth- reside in California and all tered profits of U.S. compa- ods that corporations have board meetings for a six- nies are parked, and where found to avoid taxation are year period were held in those profits amount to not also contributing fac- Cupertino. In 2010 and more than 500 percent of the tors. The Senate Permanent 2011, ASI paid $17 million country’s GDP. Think also of Subcommittee studied this in global taxes on $34 bil- the hard-working owners of question further in hear- lion of income (about .05 the Michelin 3-star restau- ings in September 2012 and percent). ASI contracts rants in Washington, D.C., May 2013. In particular they with Apple’s third party who would have to close if looked at Apple, Microsoft, manufacturers in China to lobbyists were not to invite and Hewlett Packard — not assemble products and acts politicians to dinner. because these companies as the initial buyer of those A few years after the Boston were especially egregious, finished goods. ASI then re- Tea Party, when the framers but because they illustrated sells the finished product to of the Constitution included some of the more creative other Apple entities for sale in the preamble “in order to ways in which corporations in Europe, the Middle East, create a more perfect union,” avoid U.S. taxation. It must Africa, India, and the Asia- little could they have thought be emphasized that these Pacific region. ASI charges of the day when American tax avoidance measures are the other affiliates a higher ingenuity would almost perfectly legal, and the cor- price than it paid for the reverse the British Parliament porations spend millions of goods, thus effectively shift- and produce an almost per- dollars on lawyers, accoun- ing profit from the country fect union yielding “represen- tants, lobbyists, and political where the product is sold tation without taxation.” contributions to make sure to ASI, some of which ASI that they stay legal. passes as a dividend to its E-mail: [email protected]

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Sports Corner Motorsports

Indy car driver JR Hildebrand behind the wheel photo by steve hermanos He’ll blow your doors off An interview with local Indy car racer J. R. Hildebrand by steve hermanos really smart. In school, advanced calcu- lus was directly applicable to something . R. Hildebrand was leading the that was happening at the racetrack. That 2011 Indianapolis 500 in the final made science and math extremely impor- turn when he swung wide around a tant, just to understand what’s going on J slow car and skidded into the wall. [at the racetrack] for my own sake. Once Though the side of his car was destroyed, in the car, everything becomes much Hildebrand coasted to a second-place fin- more physical and subconscious [rather ish, a fantastic result for a rookie. than intellectual]. Hildebrand grew up in Sausalito. He We can make a few adjustments in the played baseball in middle school and is cars: the roll bars, the cross weight, engine a big fan of the Giants. But he grew up maps, the gears. It’s a little bit like chess at obsessed with car racing. Having turned 200 miles per hour. 26 in January, Hildebrand awaits the start of his fourth Indy car season, which How much training do you do? begins in March. During the offseason, I work out quite a bit. In a week I’ll bike 70 miles three or How does a kid growing up in an afflu- four times, with 7,000 feet of elevation. In ent part of Marin County become a race the car, you have very high-intensity heart car driver? rates. I do a lot of hill work and treadmills, My dad raced classic cars. He had a ’68 a lot of core strength to deal with G-forces, Camaro and would race it six or seven a lot of work on my shoulders and back. times a year at Sears Point and Laguna Seca. Growing up, I played a lot of dif- What’s your favorite car-racing movie? ferent sports. At 13 or 14 it all converged Steve McQueen in Le Mans. when they opened go-kart racing at Sears Point. What about last year’s car movie Rush? That was the first movie in a long time What’s your favorite race? that captures a little bit of the essence of Indy [The Indianapolis 500] is the obvi- what’s really going on in the car. I’ve had ous answer. It’s so hard to drive. It’s got very the chance to drive some of the cars from long straightaways and narrow corners. that time. It was a much more raw time It’s the fastest track that we go to. The period. The cars then were not as sensitive rules at Indy in terms of aerodynamics are as modern cars. You had to take the bull relatively open. The teams are allowed to by the horns. remove downforce on the cars. You have to ask yourself, How brave are you? What’s your goal? It’s about going to Indy and drinking the Designer swim & resortwear How do you deal with the fear that comes milk. [The winner of the Indianapolis 500 Year-round, hard-to-find sizes with racing at 200 mph? drinks from a quart jug of milk.] Mix & match options You have to separate the feeling from the Award-winning fit experts fear. You’ve chosen at that point that you’re What kind of car are you driving these days? going to try to qualify. You rid your mind of I drive a Cadillac CTS-V station wagon. 1728 Union Street any distraction, the fear of “what if.” What (Between Gough & Octavia) you have to do is allow yourself to separate What’s the fastest you’ve driven in your thoughts. It’s a matter of having an ultra- Sausalito? 415-885-5070 sensitive focus on what is happening this I’ve never gotten a ticket in Sausalito. www.canyonbeachwear.com second. When accidents happen, they only solidify [that racing] is what I wanted to do — What’s the fastest you’ve driven in San and that ends up outweighing the risks at play. Francisco? I don’t want to put a number on it. I’ve $ You had a 4.12 GPA at Redwood High definitely driven some fast cars and tested 20 OFF School in Corte Madera, and you were the limits of their velocity — usually on the ANY PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE accepted at MIT. Do you find that any way to the airport. of the other drivers are jealous of how Use code SFLOCAL articulate you are, or of your brains? Steve Hermanos is the author of Orange Expires 2/28/14. Use in-store or online. You don’t get to that level [Indy car Waves of Giants! The 2012 Championship May not be combined with other offers. driver] without being really switched on, Season. E-mail: [email protected] www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 11 Food & Wine

Brunch Across the Bay… Secret Asian Man The best Secret Asian Man’s top 10 restaurants for 2013

by tony ching

Coqueta Pier 5, The Embarcadero (near Pacific), 415-704- 8866, www.coquetasf.com Coqueta means “infatu- ated” in Spanish, and I have been infatuated with chef Michael Chiarello’s new- ish restaurant since the day t’s time to head over ning with oysters or sizzling it opened. This is Secret Asian Man’s kind of place: to Sausalito for a week- iron-skillet roasted mussels, A Spanish joint run by an end brunch. Salito’s Crab shrimp and crab and move Italian chef who makes bet- IHouse & Prime Rib is the ideal to specialties such as a crab ter rice than my Chinese mom. Don’t miss the octo- destination that’s just minutes enchilada, fresh fish or prime pus — tender, smoky, and from the city. For $9.95 you can rib. Sweets have their own grilled to perfection. The whole branzino (European get three eggs with bacon and category with freshly made sea bass) has delicate, crispy spicy sausage and iron skillet beignets, Tortuga Caribbean skin and the flesh is tooth- open face omelets all come with rum cake and salted caramel some but flaky. The Gaucho ribeye for four is a behemoth house made kettle toasted bread. vanilla crunch cake. of a steak, aged and cooked Specialties Salito’s is to rival the best steakhouses include bacon fresh, bright in the country. The signature dish, though, is the Iberico b r u s c h e t t a It’s the perfect get- and full of Secreto (see recipe, page Coqueta’s signature dish, Iberico Secreto benedict and casual ambi- 14), slices of medium-rare away on a foggy city pork from the free-roaming, Everything is seasonal, ancient Chinese tradition crab benedict, ence. Large, acorn-eating Iberico species but when available try the (but much better); the lob- served with day. You can take multi-leveled native only to Spain. ikura marinated in truffles; ster xiao long bao — Lee’s crispy potato- the ferry and pretend decks over- unprocessed Hokkaido uni version of a Shanghai soup Rich Table (Japanese sea urchin sim- dumpling with lobster fill- litos and toast. you’re on vacation in look the water 199 Gough Street (at Oak), ply cleaned and put back ing and a rich, warm broth There are and the beau- 415-355-9085, in the water it came from); inside that explodes when other options a faraway village. At ty of the area www.richtablesf.com the sous vide monk fish you take a bite — is a must; Chef Evan Rich always liver; and the 28-day aged but the faux shark fin is and if you start least for a day! is absolutely uses the very best seasonal Japanese wagyu beef dusted probably the most unique with a chili breathtaking. ingredients, and the menu with autumn truffle. item. Though Lee serves the changes frequently so I “fin” other ways, my favor- mary, a blood orange mimosa It’s the perfect getaway on a never get bored (even when TBD ite preparation is in a soup or a peach bellini, you will think foggy city day. You can take I visit multiple times in one 1077 Mission Street (at Sixth), with black truffle custard you are truly on vacation. the ferry and pretend you’re on week). When available, I 415-431-1826, and crab meat. always order the sea scal- www.tbdrestaurant.com If you’re not in the mood vacation in a faraway village. lops — large and plump, The owners of TBD Keiko à Nob Hill for breakfast, the full menu is At least for a day! Sitting on seared to caramelized per- named their first restaurant 1250 Jones (at Clay), 415- fection and cooked just AQ. Two stupid, uncreative 829-7141, www.keikoanob offered as well with a selec- beautiful Richardson Bay, the beyond translucence inside. names in a row would be hill.com tion of cheeses and salumi blue sky and sparkling water The pasta is house made, unforgivable if the food Keiko is one of the few with kettle bread to a full- are the perfect setting for an including one Rich created weren’t so ridiculously cre- restaurants left in the city and named for himself, the ative and delicious. The offering a truly roman- blown feast of whole roasted afternoon or evening of cock- Richilini, sort of a fettu- tables have pullout drawers tic fine dining experience Dungeness crab and prime tails and dining al fresco. cine with notches down the that hold napkins, silver- replete with patrons dressed rib. The menu is accessible. Brunch is served on the week- sides. The sardine chips (a ware, and a menu (a nice to the nines and black nap- whole sardine enrobed in a touch). The best dishes: kins so your date won’t It’s simple food, well-sourced, ends beginning at 10:00 am. house-made chip and then ribeye steak topped with get white fuzz on her little abundant and comforting fried) is as addictive as it is pastrami; roasted potatoes black dress. The tasting clever. The New York strip topped with uni and slices menu changes frequently, yet sumptuous. 1200 Bridgeway, Sausalito consistently rates as my of jalapeno; and beef tartare but after over a half dozen You can craft your din- 415.331.3226 favorite version of a New served with raw mustard visits, every course has been ing experience by begin- salitoscrabhouse.com York steak in San Francisco; greens (you roll it up like a memorable. My favorite so simple, but it’s an impec- lettuce wrap). is the caramelized onion cable piece of meat. This mousse with Osetra caviar, is also my first-date-go-to Benu sea urchin, scallop tartare, place (ask to sit at table 11 22 Hawthorne Street (at and dashi gelee served in a — it’s the most romantic in Howard), 415-685-4860, clear glass vessel filled with the house). www.benusf.com cherry blossom smoke. For special occasions like Akiko’s Restaurant Valentine’s Day, you must B. Patisserie 431 Bush Street (at Claude), check out the 13-course 2821 California Street (at 415-397-3218, extravaganza from chef/ Divisadero), 415-440-1700, www.akikosrestaurant.com owner and James Beard www.bpatisserie.com As long as it’s sustainable, award winner Corey Lee I grew up with Belinda, owner Ray Lee Lee gets at Benu. Formerly chef de so I was lucky enough to every exotic seafood from cuisine at Thomas Keller’s grow up eating the pas- Japan you could imagine (he renowned French Laundry, tries that would eventually could probably get Godzilla Lee is a master of innova- lead to jobs at top restau- sashimi if you asked for it). tive, visually striking dishes rants like Gary Danko and Even a common Japanese with equally stunning fla- Manresa, critical accolades, ADVERTISEMENT. classic like tempura is spe- vors. The thousand-year- and finally a bakery of her cial in Lee’s talented hands. old quail egg is a take on the top 10, continued on 13

12 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM Top 10 Calabrese peppers, scallions, Elmira Rosticceria It’s Crab Season… continued from page 12 mozzarella, and caramelized 154 McAllister Street (at onions is completely unique. Hyde), 415-551-7332 own. If you’ve gone all the I know you’re wrinkling your Former Fairmont Hotel way to Union Square for nose (“Ewww! Pizza with chef Marc Passetti serves the pastries at Tout Sweet or honey?”). Trust me, it works. up an elevated twist on the schlepped to the Mission to rustic Italian food he grew the trendy Craftsman and Golden Lotus up with. He buys a whole Wolves, don’t bother — the 631 Larkin Street (at Eddy), pig each week, which is spit best bakery is right here in 415-345-1355 roasted and used to make, the Northside. Her kouign- The trendy Vietnamese among other things, his sig- amann (pronounced “kwee favorite Turtle Tower has nature porchetta sandwich nwa-man”) — a round, moved down the street, and — unctuous loin and belly crusty cake made with it seems they left their qual- rolled around herbs with a bread dough containing ity ingredients behind with golden brown, crisp exte- layers of butter and sugar the new occupant, Golden rior on a light, airy Acme folded in and then slowly Lotus. Not only is the food ciabatta roll topped with a baked until the butter puffs better at Golden Lotus, the citrusy salsa verde, and if up and the sugar caramel- prices are far more reason- you’re lucky, you’ll be there izes — is hands down the able, the place is clean, and on a day when he tops it best you’ll ever eat, but the service is fast and friend- with crunchy chicharrones. even more common pas- ly. Northern style phở uses Passetti likes to change tries like croissants and a slightly wider rice noodle, things up, often on a whim (I scones are elevated. and while Turtle Tower’s wish he’d bring back the lam- broth lately seems watered predotto sandwich, which Tony’s Pizza Napoletana down, the broth for both was the best thing on the he tourists have Things are quieter now that 1570 Stockton Street (at Union), the beef and chicken ver- menu), but there are still 415-835-9888, sions at Golden Lotus are plenty of seasonal dishes left for home and fall is finally here so parking is www.tonyspizzanapoletana.com rich and redolent with spic- worth a visit, like the crispy In my opinion, Tony es like clove and star anise. pork salad with grilled nec- the Franciscan Crab easier and more plentiful. You Gemignani makes the best Phở gets much of its flavor tarines; roasted red potatoes; TRestaurant is the best place can grab a banquette and look pizza in the Bay Area, but from the bones, and because and lightly battered and fried some of the best dishes aren’t the owner is a butcher, he fresh calamari replete with to “get your crab on!” It’s all out the twenty foot windows even pizza. I love the giant uses the best cuts of Wagyu the best part — the tentacles. meatballs made with veal beef and free-range chicken, The daily pasta is also a win- about the crab and no mat- at the beautiful bay, watch the and beef, as well as the house- which is unusual for most ner, especially the squid-ink ter how you like it, you will boats come and go and gaze at made pastas. For pizza, the hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese fettuccine with calamari and classic Margherita is a great spots. The lotus root salad clams in tomato sauce. find it there. Start with crab the beauty of the city that we place to start, and the honey with pig ears and shrimp chowder, fol- all treasure. pie made with honey from and the grilled pork rice rolls Contact: www.tony1and Tony’s own rooftop beehives, with cilantro are also hits. only.com lowed by crab The chilly Caesar salad, Grab a banquette weather is move on to a and look out the perfect for the crab enchi- twenty foot windows Franciscan’s lada, crab at the beautiful bay. other seafood Alfredo or the options like big boy—two plus pounds of garlic-steamed clams and hearty whole roasted Dungeness crab! seafood Cioppino, perfect for a But there is more than just cold day by the bay. And if you crab on the menu for those can find room, try a decadent who may desire an alterna- dessert made with their house tive—there is artisanal salu- made frozen custard ice cream. mi and burrata, a shredded short rib sandwich and filet Pier 43 ½, 415.362.7733 The entrance to Verbena photo: courtesy verbena mignon, among many other franciscancrabrestaurant.com Verbena carrot sorbet and IPA caramel; and choco- continued from page 1 late and parsnip, ice cream, custard, and possibilities. Open daily at 11:30 am cranberry gelee. chokes with black trumpet mushrooms, The bar menu is just as eclectic, featuring red hummus, and faro; and artichoke cocktails such as Vodka and Brightness, with pickled green tomatoes, garlic, and with gin, lime, grapefruit shrub, jala- pine nuts. These peno, and orange portions, ranging bitters; and from $7 to $14, Beekeeper’s Folly are attractively The bar menu is eclectic, made from Pisco, presented and featuring cocktails such chamomile hop tend to combine honey, sherry, something mild as Vodka and Brightness absinthe, and an or sweet with an olive. The inter- intensely savory and Beekeeper’s Folly. national wine list or tart note, mak- is bountiful, and ing each bite better than the last. the well-stocked bar also features four local This is especially true of one of Verbena’s draft beers. mid-sized plates, duck meatballs with black Verbena is presently open only for din- mole, collards, hominy, and whey ($15). Not ner, but they’re giving us something to only are the meatballs decadently tender and look forward to: they plan to start serving rich, but also the explosion of smoky mole brunch this spring. and creamy hominy in your mouth is almost indescribable. Larger plates ($23–$28) Verbena: 2323 Polk Street, 415-441-2323, include Koji quail with grains from Sonoma, www.verbenarestaurant.com; Sunday– hedgehog mushrooms, and pumpkin juice; Wednesday 5:30–10:30 p.m., Thursday– and swordfish with a brilliant, savory ciop- Saturday 6:30–11:30 p.m. pino verde, fennel, and potato. Desserts ADVERTISEMENT. ($8–$9) include molasses ginger cake with E-mail: [email protected] www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 13 Food & Wine

La Vita Delizioso Recipe

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Searing over high heat: One simple method for duck breast, Iberico Secreto and Kobe beef Fat that’s good for you — what’s sexier than that for Valentine’s dinner?

by susan dyer reynolds Bryan’s. As always, make sure JAPANESE KOBE BEEF/ you buy organic, humanely AMERICAN WAGYU BEEF f you’re thinking of raised duck. I like buying Most people know making dinner for that from Whole Foods because Japanese A5 Wagyu as special someone for of their 5-Step Animal Kobe beef; but while all IValentine’s Day this year Welfare Rating Standards — Kobe beef is Wagyu, not instead of eating out, you’ll they know everything about all Wagyu is Kobe. Like want to be sure the meal is where their meat comes French wine, Japan produc- restaurant quality. Because from and how it’s raised, and es beef by region, or pre- it’s a splurging occasion, so should you. fecture. Kobe was known I’ve included as Tajima in three special ancient times protein choices I like buying from Whole (connoisseurs The place — duck, pork still refer to the and beef — of meat as Tajima varying price Foods because of their beef) and where locals ranges. All Five-step Animal Welfare the cattle are three are simple descendants of to cook by sear- Rating Standards. kuoge Waygu, ing over high or black-haired eat seafood! heat as long as you watch How to cook: With a Japanese cattle. Even today, them carefully (they’ll be very sharp paring knife, true A5 Kobe beef is a rar- ruined if overcooked), score the fat on each breast ity, raised on less than 300 and all three have an extra in a crosshatch pattern, small farms that pasture Spectacular Bay Views sexy component: fat that is taking care not to cut into fewer than 5 cows (the actually good for you. the meat. Season all sides largest has between 10 and with salt and pepper. Heat 15 at any given time). You DUCK BREAST a cast-iron or other heavy can purchase Japanese A5 At $12 to $14 per eight- pan over medium-high online at high-end butcher ounce serving, duck is heat (a drop of water in the shops like Debragga (www. my choice for a moder- pan should madly sizzle). debragga.com), but the pri- ately priced splurge this Reduce heat to medium, cetag ($100 for a 12-ounce Valentine’s Day. Mostly place duck breasts skin side ribeye not including over- dark meat, it can be cooked down in pan and cook for night shipping) takes medium rare and has a tex- 8 to 10 minutes (the skin it out of the mid-priced ture and taste more similar should be golden brown splurge range. to beef than chicken. and extremely crisp). The other choice is There are also health Remove duck to a plate and American Wagyu — a cross benefits: Duck fat, like olive pour off almost all the pan between Wagyu and Angus. oil, is high in heart-healthy fat (save it for a side dish of You can purchase sustain- World Famous Restaurant monounsaturated fats. sautéed potatoes). Return able, humanely raised Snake Studies have shown that the breasts to the pan, meat River Farms American Mediterranean-style diets side down, and cook 2 to Wagyu (found in many res- high in these fats reduce the 3 more minutes. Remove taurants) at Nijiya Market risk of cardiovascular dis- duck to a clean plate or and occasionally at upscale NO ease. Duck fat also contains cutting board and cover markets for around $25 per a high amount of linoleic loosely with foil. Resting pound. (On the last Friday 9 FISHERMEN’S acid, an essential fatty acid the meat for at least 5 min- of each month, Nijiya has that fights cancer, prevents utes is very important so a 20 percent off meat sale.) atherosclerosis, boosts cal- that the juices absorb back You can also order online 415.673.7025 cium absorption, and aids into the meat. Serve over (www.snakeriverfarms. Free Validated Parking GROTTO kidney function. duck fat-sautéed potatoes com), where two eight- You can find duck at or saffron rice with peas ounce ribeyes will set you No. 9 Fisherman’s Wharf at the foot of Taylor Nijiya Market in Japantown, and steamed haricot vert back $70 not including Marina Meats on Chestnut (petite, tender green beans) shipping. Again, this starts fishermensgrotto.com Banquet Facilities Available Street, and at better mar- finished with olive oil and a to creep out of our mid- kets like Whole Foods and pinch of coarse sea salt. delizioso, continued on 15

14 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM The Tablehopper What to watch I hope there’s room on your dining dance card by marcia gagliardi hours are Sunday–Wednesday 5:30 p.m.– 10:30 p.m. and Thursday–Saturday 5:30 new addition that has Russian p.m.–11:30 p.m. Weekend brunch will Hill all a-twitter is Verbena (2323 begin in the spring. Polk Street, 415-441-2323), in Athe former Marbella/Rex Cafe space (see COW HOLLOW/MARINA cover story). The project is from Berkeley’s Some tasty tidbits for you: Sabrosa Gather team, with chef Sean Baker lead- (3200 Fillmore Street, 415-638-6500) in ing the kitchen. The contemporary and the Marina is now serving brunch on seasonal California menu has some bites Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.–3:30 ($5–$7), an extensive, six-choice vegeta- p.m. The menu includes raw bar offer- ble section ($10–$13), and both small- ings, two chilaquiles varieties, and fideo er and larger seafood and meat dishes seco (fried angel-hair pasta) with shrimp ($15–$28), like and egg. And sardines, quail, yes, they have swordfish, and that full bar. duck meatballs. Verbena is the perfect place The very tiny, Yup, this is a very charm- perfect place for vegetarians and ing Le Marais for vegetar- carnivores to coexist nicely Bakery (2066 ians and carni- Chestnut vores to coex- at the dining table. Street, 415- ist nicely at the 359-9801) is dinner table. You’ll also notice the gor- expanding into the other half of their geous pottery: most, but not all, is cus- building. The new space will allow them tom from Jered’s Pottery, as is one of to add some additional seating (about the chandeliers. Michael Ireland (French 11 seats in all), plus it will give them the Laundry, Quince, Meadowood) is behind opportunity to add some savory options the producer-driven (and international) to their menu. Eventually, they also hope wine list; there’s also a full bar, with to hire a chef and start offering bistro- cocktails ranging from $11–$12, and four style fare at dinnertime. beers on draft (including Green Flash West Coast IPA and Linden Street Urban NORTH BEACH People’s Lager). Abueg Morris Architects Comstock Saloon (155 Columbus (Nopalito, Comal, Hi Lo, Roam) designed Avenue, 415-617-0071) just rolled out the space with room for 62 in the din- a lunch counter in their new second ing room (including bar seating). Also, bar area, with a variety of sandwiches an upstairs mezzanine has room for 12 (including a fried chicken sandwich, guests, and the sidewalk tables seat 16. rabbit currywurst, and the Comstock There’s an exposed brick wall, plenty of burger), some salads (beets or Brussels wood, and a splash of bright cobalt on sprouts), and more (like potato leek the back wall. You’ll also notice quite the soup) from chef Ronnie New, but don’t stash of backlit pickled items on the wall fall in love with just one thing because flanking the bar — no trying to sneak up the menu is subject to change. You can the ladder to get your own, OK? Verbena’s tablehopper, continued on 17

Delizioso shoe-leather tough. To for its beautiful marbling, continued from page 14 achieve medium-rare suc- especially the secreto. culence, I suggest searing Indigenous black Ibérico priced splurge range). both sides until you get a pigs wander freely through The fat of Wagyu is more nice, brown crust (a minute the dehesa forests of south- healthful than other beef. It’s or so on each side) and then west Spain munching on still a caloric disaster, mind resting for a few minutes herbs, grasses and most you, but Wagyu contains under foil. Serve with my important, acorns, which 30 percent more monoun- Best Mashed Potatoes Ever create its distinctive flavor saturated fatty acids than (find the recipe at www. (a cross between bacon and American Angus. It is also marinatimes.com) and beef steak). This acorn-and- higher in Omega 3 fats spinach or baby kale sau- herb-flavored pork is high (most commonly associated téed in garlic and olive oil. in monounsaturated fats with wild salmon), known so it’s more healthful than for heart-healthy benefits SECRETO IBÉRICO DE the fat from normal pork. such as raising good and BELLOTA PORK STEAK Because of the humane way lowering bad cholesterols. My big splurge is also the they’re raised and their spe- It’s not fair to compare it to hardest to come by: You cial diet, Ibérico can also be other steak because it’s more won’t find it in the United eaten rare to medium rare, like beef foie gras — melt- States, so you have to order just like good beef. ingly tender with a velvety it from Spain (www.tienda. How to cook: Secreto texture and intense, rich com). The cost isn’t pro- Ibérico is a thin cut (simi- flavor. hibitive ($40 for two half- lar to skirt steak) that is How to cook: Season all pound steaks), but the sec- highly marbled so it should sides with salt and pepper. ond-day air shipping can be be dealt with the same as Heat a cast-iron or other as much or more than the Wagyu beef — sear quick- heavy pan over medium- steaks. Still, if you’ve ever ly on both sides in a very high heat (again, a drop had this cut at Coqueta on hot pan to form a nice, of water in the pan should the Embarcadero, you will brown crust, then rest for madly sizzle). Reduce heat likely agree that it’s worth it a few minutes under foil. to medium and place steaks for a very special occasion. Serve with saffron rice with in pan. The rule with beef is The secreto (“butcher’s peas and a simple salad of to cook it five minutes per secret”) is a small, thin cut arugula with homemade inch, but the high marbling that is hard to locate on the lemon vinaigrette. 12 - 100 in Wagyu melts quickly and pigs, thus the name. Ibérico if cooked too long turns de Bellota pork is renowned E-mail: [email protected] www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 15 VALET PARKING Food & Wine

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New Tapas and Pestos by ernest beyl thou amongst women ...” As a youth in Ireland, Malachy heard the line “amongst Custom Label your own bottle of t’s good to live in a city whose women” as “a monk swimming.” Logical! Olive Oil or Balsamic for Birthdays, foremost citizens include a bartend- Alphie, 72, is the youngest of the Anniversaries,A Weddings, Corporate gifts er. We refer to Michael McCourt, McCourt brothers and lives in New York. Ithe Irish superstar behind the plank Free delivery in the Marina at Original Joe’s in North Beach, who MALACHY’S SALOON will celebrate his 78th birthday Feb. 24. When the late San Francisco writer McCourt’s birthday should be a national Ron Fimrite once asked McCourt if he holiday, and we hereby so proclaim it. intended to write his memoir, the Irish In an age that bestows meaningless wit said: “If I do, I will write of the dif- celebrity on politicos, tycoons, movie ficulty we had in hiring decent help, of and TV personalities, and social twits, a the decline in the quality of watercress bartender with skill, wit, and wisdom is sandwiches, of the trouble we had keep- to be highly valued. ing our palm trees trimmed and the To judge Michael McCourt as simply shamefully low price we received from a bartender is to miss the point. He is selling our polo ponies.” a populist philosopher and storytell- McCourt was one of seven impover- er who almost incidentally dispenses ished children, three of whom died in drinks. He’s variously an impish lep- their first three years. He came to the rechaun or a grumpy and disgruntled United States from Ireland in 1954 when warlock with an Irish choler. McCourt he was 18, and after his discharge from a offers strong opinions on just about four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, he anything, along with strong drink — joined his brother Malachy, who oper- when it is required — and does so with ated a New York saloon, and worked as style and self-assurance. Then, there is a bartender there for three years. It was his near encyclopedic knowledge of his his first experience behind the bar, and daily communicants’ favorite topics: old he found it agreeable. Then he did a movies, old actors, legendary drinkers, few years at Chez Jay’s in Santa Monica. football picks, baseball batting averages, There, McCourt says, he was privileged and a remarkable store of other valuable to pour drinks for — and to drink but arcane information. with — pros like John “Duke” Wayne, Lee Marvin, Howard Duff, and Neville ANGELA’S ASHES Brand who became his buddies. McCourt can be affable, with a crooked smile creasing his Irish mug when hold- A GYPSY BARTENDER ing an audience before supplicants revel- When he came to San Francisco ing in his presence. But, at times, he can in 1969, he was hired as a bartender be arch and acerbic when his patience for the classic retro saloon, Perry’s on is tried by the Union Street. He arrogant and remained there the pompous. 21 years honing He can deliver a “Now the hoity-toity are his saloon per- knockout punch born with cell phones in sona. He moved without raising to Monroe’s on his voice. their mouths so they can Laguna for a The silver- while, and then to haired McCourt call their stockbrokers.” the Washington is from a high- Square Bar & profile Irish family. One brother, Frank Grill in North Beach, Seal’s Cove on McCourt, now deceased, was the author the Embarcadero, the Buchanan Grill in of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir the Marina, and then to the reopened of a miserable Irish childhood, Angela’s “Square,” as regulars always called the Ashes, which described growing up in Washington Square Bar & Grill. “I was the Limerick slums with a ne’er-do-well your gypsy bartender,” he says now. father who spent his occasional wages When it was announced in 2012 that and the official dole money in the near- the benevolent Irish terror Michael est pub. Another brother, Malachy, 82, McCourt (not Irish tenor by the way), has been an actor, TV talk-show host would be behind the bar at Original and bartender. He also wrote a memoir, Joe’s, his disciples rejoiced. It was viewed A Monk Swimming. The Catholic Hail as a return to the glory days, which in a Mary prayer includes a line “Blessed art mccourt, continued on 17

16 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM McCourt gers, saloonkeepers, miners, and other Voted Best Romantic Restaurant continued from page 16 opportunists. They were born with silver spoons in their mouths. Some of their sense, it was. “There has been a terrible ancestors mined that silver from the epidemic of healthy living that has put Comstock Lode. Now the hoity-toity are a dent in the saloon economy. This, in born with cell phones in their mouths so spite of the fact that the medical journals they can call their stockbrokers.” are reporting that a little of the spirit is Politics and government: “The old good for you,” he says. politicians had a sense of humor. The new ones seem to have only a sense of RANDOM ‘MCCOURTISMS’ their own greatness. Perhaps if they took McCourt admits he was a hell-raiser a little glass of something each day it when he was younger. “I thought I should would improve their humor.” Chase Away the Winter Blues be part of Sinatra’s rat pack,” he says now The church: “When I grew up in with a note of regret. Today he’s a family Ireland the church was at its zenith. We with Three Cliff House Favorites man and lives in North Beach with his sec- didn’t dare to question anything. We ond wife, Joan. He has four children, two were scared witless.” The Bistro Wednesday Night Prix Fixe by his first marriage. None are bartenders. Death and dying: “What a shame; Many of McCourt’s distinguished aco- people are dying these days that never Three courses for $28.00 4:30 – 9:00 pm lytes have followed their man from one died before.” Please visit our website for the weekly menu. San Francisco saloon to another. These Taxes: “Taxes are OK for the rich. We include politicians, lawyers, police offi- should really have a special tax that just $4 Moonlight Cocktails cers, dockworkers, bartenders, authors, benefits the disabled and the homeless.” editors, reporters, musicians, advertising The mai tai: “The other day a woman Featured Cocktails Change Daily execs, and retirees from all the above came in, sat at the bar and asked me for Sunday through Thursday 6:00 – 9:00 pm pursuits. Trading sage McCourt utter- a mai tai. ‘Do you see any palm trees in ances has become a sport among them, a here?’ I asked her. She settled for a shot Wine Lovers’ Tuesday kind of cottage industry. Each new gem of bourbon straight up.” is polished and weighed carefully for its Wine experts: “I call them cork sniff- Every Tuesday bottled wines are half price* lasting truth, shock value, and humor. ers. A while back a guy came in and said all day with purchase of an entrée! Here are a few random McCourtisms on he wanted something woody and grassy. life, love, politics, death, taxes, and other I asked him if he wanted to start a fire or important subjects: did he want a drink.” Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. Saloons: “Saloons are us. Those of us *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. left are the keepers of the flame. Saloons They’re not making bartenders like are drinking establishments for what is Michael McCourt anymore. He’s an orig- left of the drinking establishment. They inal at Original Joe’s. are places to go to find out who has died.” High society: “It seems to me that those Our columnist Ernest Beyl, a Michael we call high society in San Francisco McCourt acolyte, may be reached at are just the descendents of carpetbag- [email protected]

1090 Point Lobos Tablehopper 415-386-3330 continued from page 15 www.CliffHouse.com sit and hang out (and order a drink!) or grab and go, but either way, the counter is open Monday– Friday noon–4 p.m. (The Friday lunch offer — free lunch if you order two drinks — still stands.) And here’s some spicy news: It looks like the The pie case at Chile Pies and Ice Cream in NOPA Lusty Lady (1033 Kearny photo: http://teatimeadventures.blogspot.com/ Street) will be getting a second life at the hands of HAYES VALLEY spring, calling it Papito Ken Friedman and April Corey Lee is targeting West (425A Hayes Street). Bloomfield. The pair, who a spring opening of his While the Potrero location reopened Tosca Cafe in modern (yet casual) bis- is casual, the Hayes Valley October, have taken over tro, Monsieur Benjamin version will feature a raw the space of the former (451 Gough Street). Chef bar (with oysters, ceviches, worker-owned strip club, Jason Berthold (RN74) and plateaux de fruits de which sadly closed in will lead the kitchen — mer — look for a little jala- September. Seth Boor, they both worked togeth- peño in the mignonette) whose previous projects er at The French Laundry and a menu that is more include Sightglass, The and Per Se. Monsieur restaurant oriented than Mill, and Southern Pacific Benjamin will offer a taqueria. There will be Brewing Co., is the archi- something that we don’t 40 seats plus some outside tect behind the remodel. have a lot of in this town: seating and beer and wine. They are hoping to main- traditional French bis- Bulow is hoping to open tain a lot of the spirit of tro dishes with seasonal by March 15. the beloved Lusty Lady, ingredients, and updated including its seediness, with some modern tech- NOPA with private booths avail- niques. There will be late Chile Pies and Ice able by reservation, and hours (yay), and Aidlin Cream (601 Baker Street, maybe even peep show Darling Design is design- 415-614-9411) will be windows that open onto ing the 95-seat space, serving weekend brunch. a bartender. (I foresee lots plus there will be 16 From 11 a.m.–2 p.m., of inappropriate cocktail seats outside. you can get some seri- shaking technique.) Ceri With the sad closure ous brunch goodies, like Smith and Randall Grahm of Moishe’s Pippic after breakfast egg pies and bis- will also be in charge of 26 years, that prime real cuits and gravy. the wine list, and Isaac estate was not going to sit Shumway will helm the for long. Jocelyn Bulow Marcia Gagliardi is the drink list. They’re still (Chez Maman) and co- founder of the weekly working on a name, and owner David Alexander Tablehopper e-column; sub- hope to open in the sec- are taking over the space, scribe and get more food ond half of 2014 (first they and are planning to open news and gossip at www. need to get a lock on a full a second location of tablehopper.com. Follow her liquor license). Potrero Hill’s Papito this on Twitter: @tablehopper. www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 17 Arts & Entertainment

writes the screenplay, and actor Academy Awards nominations. Rip Torn plays the lead in this In 1991, Zaentz brings out At gritty, music biz drama of an Play in the Fields of the Lord, a amoral country-western singer. powerful drama about man and Pauline Kael, film critic for The his primitive nature. New Yorker, praises the movie. Then, Zaentz produces The She writes in February 1973: English Patient in 1996 from a “Financed by Fantasy Records novel by Michael Ondaatje. It and com- sweeps nine pleted last Academy year, it was A w a r d s brought in Zaentz films have including for fewer best pic- than seven garnered 22 Oscars. ture and hundred best direc- and eighty Not bad for a kid from tor with thousand those hon- dollars. Passaic, New Jersey. ors going to Universal, Zaentz and Warner Brothers, Twentieth Anthony Minghella, son of an Century Fox, and Columbia all Italian immigrant to Britain. At turned it down for distribution — the Academy Awards ceremony in though it is doubtful if they could Hollywood, Zaentz also receives bring in a film that looked this the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg professional for three times that Memorial Award “For a consis- amount.” tently High Quality of Motion Hmm, thinks first-time film- Picture Production.” The New maker Zaentz when he reads York Times wrote, “He invests in Kael’s New Yorker review. his own films, possibly a singular Saul Zaentz with the Oscar he won for The English Patient in 1997 distinction, and helps bring them CUCKOO’S NEST to life with a hands-on style. He One day in 1974, Zaentz gets is perhaps the last of the great a call from Michael Douglas, independent producers.” Remembering Oscar-winning Kirk’s son who later becomes a Zaentz’s final film was Goya’s close friend. Michael Douglas has Ghost in 2006, a Milos Forman col- acquired the rights to One Flew over laboration starring Javier Bardem the Cuckoo’s Nest from his father, and Natalie Portman. Although it filmmaker Saul Zaentz who apparently no longer wants to received some good reviews, it was play McMurphy. “Still interested?” not a successful venture. by ernest beyl He does everything — fills orders, Golliwogs into his office; one of Douglas wants to know. packs records, talks to disk jockeys. them, John Fogerty, is a Fantasy Absolutely! The next year, TWENTY-TWO OSCARS he bare bones outline He learns the music business. warehouseman. Zaentz sug- Zaentz’s first major movie effort, If you’re keeping track, Zaentz for the life story of Saul gests that if the group changes One Flew over the Cuckoo’s films have garnered 22 Oscars. Zaentz, who died in SAUL’S FANTASY its name, Fantasy will give it a Nest, directed by Czech émigré How does that measure up TJanuary at 92, could be a plot for Soon Zaentz meets jazz impre- recording contract. Fogerty and Milos Forman and starring Jack with other San Francisco movie one of the many movies he made sario Norman Granz who lures his bandmates change the name Nicholson as McMurphy, sweeps heroes? Francis Ford Coppola during his lifetime. And therein him back East. While working for to Creedence Clearwater Revival. the top five Academy Awards has 14, including the Irving lies a story waiting to be told. Granz, he goes on the road man- including best picture. Thalberg Lifetime Achievement A young man from a Russian- aging concert tours with Duke PAYDAY WITH RIP TORN Award. George Lucas has one Polish-Jewish immigrant family Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Gerry In 1968, Zaentz and Ralph J. THE ENGLISH PATIENT, — the Thalberg Award. Who in Passaic, N.J., with a passion for Mulligan, and Stan Getz. Gleason, iconoclastic music and AMADEUS, AND MORE has the most Oscars for best jazz, baseball, and movies, drops Zaentz returns to San pop culture columnist for the San In just more than 20 years picture? It’s a tie between Sam out of high school and supports Francisco in 1955 and joins Francisco Chronicle, get togeth- and seven films later, Zaentz- Spiegel (On the Waterfront, himself by gambling. He joins the Fantasy Records. By 1967, with er and Gleason becomes a vice produced motion pictures are Bridge Over the River Kwai, Army in 1942 to see the world. the help of a few investors, he president for Fantasy. Soon, the awarded 22 Oscars — three for and Lawrence of Arabia) and He sees it, and in four years purchases the company. two are dreaming and scheming. best picture. After Cuckoo’s Nest, Saul Zaentz (One Flew over the attains the rank of sergeant major What Zaentz purchases is a They decide to make a movie. Zaentz makes Three Warriors in Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and and gets his first view of the city company with a diverse group of Zaentz has always wanted to 1977 and Lord of the Rings in The English Patient). by the Golden Gate. Still foot- artists including Dave Brubeck, do that. He wants to make one 1978. Then in 1984, in his second Not bad for a kid from Passaic, loose when he is discharged in Vince Guaraldi and Cal Tjader, from the Ken Kesey novel, One collaboration with Milos Forman New Jersey. 1946, he goes to St. Louis, largely even X-rated comic Lenny Bruce. Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But comes Amadeus — eight Oscars, because he is a fierce Cardinals Plus a bunch of unknown “new actor Kirk Douglas, who wants including best picture and best Editor’s note: For a longer version of fan. There, between home games, thing” rock groups. One day, to to play the part of the quirky director. He follows this with this column, including Ernest Beyl’s he attends business college for hear what he has in the archives, Randle Patrick McMurphy, owns Mosquito Coast from the Paul interview with Saul Zaentz, visit a couple of years, then picks up Zaentz listens to a local rock the rights. Negotiations slide Theroux novel. It stars Harrison www.marinatimes.com and drives west — all the way to group from El Cerrito called the and Zaentz moves on. He and Ford. Next comes The Unbearable San Francisco. Golliwogs, which has been play- Gleason are hell-bent to make Lightness of Being in 1988 from Ernest Beyl had a friendship with An employment bureau sends ing in pass-the-hat joints. The a movie. They do. It is called the Milan Kundera novel. San Saul Zaentz that went back to him to a phonograph record-dis- sound — a kind of swamp rock Payday. The late San Francisco Francisco’s Philip Kaufman the Fantasy Record days. E-mail: tributing company. He gets the job. — appeals to him. 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18 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM Michael Snyder on Film Review ‘Tim’s Vermeer’ by michael snyder his accurate-to-the-millimeter with the intention of eyeball- rendering of anatomical propor- ing a Vermeer owned by Queen ou could call inven- tion, and his representation of the Elizabeth. Jenison also compares tor and digital-tech engi- tiniest detail suggested something notes with British architect Philip neer Tim Jenison obses- beyond sheer skill with a paint- Steadman, whose book Vermeer’s Ysive. You could call him self- brush and pallet. Still, the details Camera: Uncovering the Truth indulgent, too. But his fixation (and possible mechanics) of his Behind the Masterpieces postu- on the beautiful, hyper-realistic approach remained a mystery. lates that the use of the antique, paintings of 17th-century Dutch Based in Texas, Jenison appears light-bending device known as artist Johannes Vermeer — and to have earned a comfortable a camera obscura was pivotal to his almost preposterous quest to income from the well-regarded Vermeer’s expertise. figure out the master’s technique Video Toaster and TriCaster As Jenison tries to build a means Recreating a classic painting: Tim’s Vermeer photo: © sony classics and attempt to personally paint systems he developed for the to reproduce Vermeer’s paint- an exact copy of a Vermeer — is NewTek company, and thus he ings (an apparatus that would keyboard is to see a man driven drum posed by the uncommon at the heart of Tim’s Vermeer. This had the capacity to pursue the have been possible to make in by what he perceives as a duty. beauty and precision of Vermeer’s unique and fascinating documen- years of research and painstaking the 17th century), the film shifts A viewer may possibly find Tim’s magnificent output, Teller’s docu- tary is produced by famed magi- craft that are at the heart of Tim’s its focus. Much of the final third Vermeer tedious in its deliberate mentary is a treat and a hoot. cians/debunkers Penn of Tim’s Vermeer is dedi- pursuit of a truth — a palpable Jenison’s mission takes on a crazy Jillette & Teller, narrated cated to Jenison’s rigor- answer to a centuries-old ques- glory. And rather than diminish by Jillette and directed ous attempt to perfectly tion. The depiction of Jenison’s Vermeer as a creative force, it adds by Teller. It’s also imbued For an art lover hungering duplicate Vermeer’s 1662 dogged attempt to understand another dimension to his genius. with Penn & Teller’s to understand, Jenison’s painting, The Music Vermeer’s gift and to render what Tim’s Vermeer: opens Feb. 14 trademark skepticism, Lesson. Jenison almost amounts to a perfect counterfeit at the newly renovated Landmark mordant wit, and will- diligence is admirable. single-handedly con- version of a masterwork could Theaters Embarcadero Center ingness to delve behind structs every physical strike the casual observer as the Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Center, the scenes of what appears magi- Vermeer. As Teller, Jillette, and the component depicted in the paint- decadent ministrations of a well- 415-352-0835, www.landmark cal or unfathomable but can, in camera accompany him, Jenison ing, fashioning something akin to-do dilettante. theaters.com fact, be explained in very real and travels to Europe to visit Vermeer’s to a theatrical set. He gathers But for an art lover with a understandable ways. base of operations, Delft, Holland; together models to sit in for the hunger to understand what was Michael Snyder is a print and broad- Vermeer’s work had previously he drops in on the Yorkshire, people in the original, and, using behind the greatness of a ven- cast journalist who covers pop cul- inspired speculation that he used England, home of artist David his own optical system and stan- erated artist, Jenison’s diligence ture every week on KPFK/Pacifica a primitive type of mirror-pro- Hockney, another Vermeer fan dard brushes and paint, meticu- is admirable, and the laborious Radio’s David Feldman Show, and jection system to achieve such whose ideas of his own about the lously goes about recreating the details of his quest are truly com- on Michael Snyder’s Culture Blast, glistening, quasi-photographic master’s process have long been Vermeer. To see Jenison deli- pelling. As an investigation into a available online at YouTube and paintings as Girl with a Pearl a matter of public record; and cately and thoroughly render the nexus of art and science and as a Digidev TV. You can follow Michael Earring. His command of light, he swings by Buckingham Palace miniscule designs on a vintage search for answers to the conun- on Twitter: @cultureblaster

Book Notes Book review The Best of Books Flying off the shelves Charles Plymell’s early writings revisited in ‘Benzedrine Highway’ by sharon anderson sess the fresh immediacy of a gas pedal pushed to the floor. “Plymell has as much to say about death as The Last of the Moccasins and Apocalypse Hemingway did and a lot more to say about Rose are included in this collection along it in terms of the present generation stillborn with what Plymell calls “… a selection into a world that can offer nothing.” of prophetic random poetic outbursts.” compiled by sandy mullin STAFF PICkS FOR ADULTS PICkS FOR kIDS — William S. Burroughs Benzedrine Highway is a trip down Route The Leonard Bernstein Ages 12 & up: Unwind, by 66, with dreams, madness, poetry, and con- BOOkS InC. HARDCOVER Letters, edited by Neal Shusterman was born in April 1935, during the vertibles. It’s a trip between San Francisco BEST-SELLER LIST N. Simeone It is the future. Between blackest dust storm ever to hit Holcomb, and the Wichita Vortex, and to uncharted 1. City of Thieves: A Novel, The legacy of the mul- your 13th and 18th birthday, Kansas.” Charles Plymell’s introduction regions of vibrant awareness. by David Benioff titalented maestro lives your parents may choose Iin Benzedrine Highway, a newly released 2. The Goldfinch, on! The correspondence to have you unwound, dis- anthology from Kicks Books, traces the Petal From The Rose by Donna Tartt is significant, with a mantled piece by piece. road back to where it began. 3. Tender Bar: A Memoir, wealth of famous names Connor, Risa, and Lev are Over the last 50 years, Plymell has writ- Baby, break that mind trap in time stigma by J. R. Moehringer that speak directly with- on the run from those that ten many books, including the novel, The though your outline has gone beyond the 4. Zagat 2014 San Francisco out any thought of publi- would destroy them. A Last of the Moccasins, the story of Plymell’s changes Bay Area Restaurants cation or posterity. There grim satire on abortion and experiences in and around San Francisco of the mercury in your flaming youth! 5. Season of the Witch, are helpful footnotes delinquency masquerad- in the 1960s, and his first volume of poetry, by David Talbot and ample biographi- ing as an exciting odyssey Apocalypse Rose. During his time, Plymell Weary streets of waiting, walking, 6. This I Where I Leave You: A cal sections. It’s a look of adventure, intrigue, and has pioneered new creative frontiers. He under the marquees of all night movies Novel, by Jonathan Tropper behind the scenes at a survival. Brilliant! was a part of the 1950s and 1960s sub- on the meat block 7. Where’d You Go, great talent. — Marie Siegenthaler culture in Kansas and California, develop- where teen age hustlers cruise. Bernadette?: A Novel, — Bill Dito ing what became a permanent affiliation by Maria Semple Ages 3 & up: Dream Animals, with the Beat generation. As a publisher, Market street 8. Book of Joe: A Novel, Bellman and Black, by Emily Winfield Martin he was a part of the underground comics and the moon is full. by Jonathan Tropper by Diana Setterfield What if you had your very movement printing the first editions of Zap We see an old newsreel with the face of 9. Are You Smart Enough A perfect, contem- own dream animal(s), one Comix with R. Crumb and S. Clay Wilson Dillinger. to Work at Google?: plative winter read! who led you to your dreams in 1968. He founded Cherry Valley Editions “He smiles on the right side of his face,” Trick Questions, Zen- Setterfield chronicles the every night at bedtime? with his wife, Pamela Beach Plymell, and You say, “Like Bogart.” like Riddles, Insanely life of a William Bellman Would you choose a bear, a together they printed books by writers such Difficult Puzzles, from boyhood to his final bunny, robins, or a red fox? as William Burroughs and Herbert Huncke. Voices in the fog and Other Devious meeting with his mysteri- Emily Martin’s evocative In the foreword to Apocalypse Rose, Allen dispelled the blocks Interviewing Techniques ous business partner, Mr. paintings and cozy, almost Ginsberg described Plymell and friends of waves bright lights hung on. You Need to Know to Black. Setterfield’s bleak whispered narration set the inventing the Wichita Vortex, a confluence Get a Job Anywhere in style captures a poetry tone for furred, finned, or of creativity forged out of solitude, space — Charles Plymell the New Economy, of oblivion, death, and feathered sweet dreams. and a death vibration, which “… had driven by William Poundstone the grim entertainment — Sandy Mullin a host of prophetic youths out of heartland Sharon Anderson is an artist and writer in 10. The Day the Crayons that colors the dance we Kansas.” The vortex vibration’s epicenter Southern California. She can be reached at Quit, by Drew Daywalt & call life. Sandy Mullin is the man- can be found in this book. Its stories pos- mindtheimage.com Oliver Jeffers — Marie Siegenthaler ager at Books Inc. www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 19 Calendar

PERFORMANCES ACT: Napoli! Tue–Sun, Feb. 12–March 9 February Events American Conservatory Theater (405 Geary St.) this dark and robust comedy about a feisty, what not to miss this month neapolitan mother during world war ii who sets up a lucrative black market business to get her family out from under the boots of fascism and poverty is a masterful blend of humor and pathos MAJOR EVENTS AFFAIRS OF ThE hEART — and a miraculous tale about a wildly entertain- ing family that is determined to survive at any Chinese New Year Festival Lesbian/Gay Chorus: cost. $25–$125, 415-749-2228, www.act-sf.org Various days thru Feb. 16 11th Annual Love Bites Various S.F. venues Sun–Mon, Feb. 9–10 Paul Jacobs: Organ Recital gung hay fat choy! lunar new year 4712, or Martuni’s (4 Valencia St.) Sunday, Feb. 16, 3 p.m. 2014, is the year of the horse . celebrate with this “love bites” performance is a hilarious anti- Davies Symphony Hall three weeks of festivities including the Miss valentine’s day cabaret about heartache, bitter- don’t miss the returning organist’s remarkable per- chinatown Pageant, a street fair, flower fair, and ness and revenge. 415-779-5428, www.lgcsf.org formance on the mighty ruffatti organ featuring a the colorful chinese new year Parade (details program of bach, Mozart, guilmant, and reger. below). 415-986-1370, www.chineseparade.com City Opera: Pre-Valentine’s Day Soiree $20–$30, 415-864-4000, www.sfsymphony.org Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7pm S.F. Beer Week The Pour House (1327 Polk St.) 14th Annual CityBeat Breakfast Celebrating Black History: Jazz & Poetry Daily, Feb. 7–16 Perfect for an elegant, romantic and no-fuss Friday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Various Bay Area venues valentine’s experience, enjoy opera, pop-opera Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7–9:30 a.m. The Beat Museum (540 Broadway St.) experience over 90 events at over 150 venues and classic songs in a casual, intimate venue. S.F. Marriott Marquis (55 Fourth St.) enjoy jazz poets charles curtis blackwell, gail Free, donations welcome, www.cityoperasf.com of rare beer release parties, tap takeovers, food Join the chamber of commerce at its larg- Mitchell, Q.r. hand & friends with jazz accom- pairing, and dinners at some of the region’s top est and highest-profile event of the year, paniment. Free, 415-399-9626, www.kerouac.com restaurants, meet-the-brewer nights, educational Valentine’s Day Magnolia Cocktails featuring s.f. trailblazers who are set- events, and much more. www.sfbeerweek.org & Magnolias by Moonlight ting the pace for business and govern- Lamplighters Music Theatre: Friday, Feb. 14, 5–9 p.m. ment innovation. $85–$100, 415-392-4520, Die Fledermaus S.F. Botanical Garden, Strybing Arboretum, S.F. Chronicle Wine www.sfchamber.com Fri–Sun, Feb. 21–23 Golden Gate Park Competition Public Tasting Lam Research Theater, YBCA (700 Howard St.) enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails garnished with Saturday, Feb. 15, 1:30–5 p.m. S.F.’s Watch Dogs — celebrate the group’s 61st season with Johann magnolia petals, then meander through the garden’s Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center The Civil Grand Jury strauss’s bubbly tale of temptation, revenge as the largest competition of u.s. wines in the moonlit paths of fragrant magnolias. includes hot, Saturday, Feb. 22, 3–5 p.m. and mistaken identity in a night of love, laughter world, this public tasting offers a refreshing fragrant tea and cookies. registration required. $50, Presidio Branch Library (3150 Sacramento St.) and levity where champagne is king. $15–$59, new way to learn and experience the joys of 415-661-1316 ext. 400, www.sfbotanicalgarden.org learn how the grand jury works, how issues 415-978-2787, http://lamplighters.org wine and delicious food. $65–$85, 650-548-6400, are selected, how investigations are under- www.winejudging.com 4th Annual Union Street Has taken, and what happens with the jury’s find- Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, a Crush on You Valentine Wine Walk Joey DeFrancesco, & Billy Hart Thursday, Feb. 13, 4–8 p.m. ings and recommendations in this communi- Thu–Sun, Feb. 20–23 Union Street (Gough to Steiner Streets) ty meeting that includes a brief presentation SF Jazz Center (201 Franklin St.) Fillmore Street (Union to Lombard) by former civil grand jurors and a Q. and a. 415-355-2880, www.sfpl.org four jazz giants come together in this histo- this evening stroll features wine samples, finger ry-making collaboration that springs from foods and special treats offered by our local mer- their brand-new Blue Note album. $25–$75, chants, so don’t forget to thank them with your 866-9205299, www.sfjazz.org support! $20–$25, http://SRESProductions.com, GALAS & BENEFITS http://unionstreetsf.com 800-310-6563 National Pancake Day Cutting Ball: Love Sucks Pity Party Wednesday, Feb. 5, 7 a.m.–10 p.m. NIGhTLIFE Feb. 14, 7 p.m. IHOP (2299 Lombard St. & 200 Beach St.) Exit on Taylor (277 Taylor St.) enjoy a complimentary stack of pancakes and celebrate the dark side of love, complete with help ihoP support the children’s Miracle network complimentary wine and candy; event admission hospitals and other local charities. Free (dona- included in the ticket price of the performance tion suggested), 415-924-4004, 415-837-0221, Chinese New Year Parade of Ubu Roi, a parody of Macbeth. $15–$30, www.ihoppancakeday.com 415-525-1205, cuttingball.com Saturday, Feb. 15, 5:15–8 p.m. Monte Carlo Night Market & Second Sts. to Kearny & Jackson Sts. BATS Improv: Romantic Farce Saturday, Feb. 8, 6:30–10 p.m. named one of the top 10 parades in the world, Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Museo Italo Americano this is one of the few remaining night-illuminat- Bayfront Theater, Fort Mason Center Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center ed parades in the country. highlights include After Dark: Sexplorations filled with big characters, mistaken identities, enjoy an evening of gambling, food, fun, and priz- elaborate floats, lion dancers, folk dancers, slamming doors, and lots of love, this full-length es in support of the museum. $100, 415-673-2200, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6–10 p.m. costumed school groups, marching bands, stilt story is sure to be a hit with couples and singles http://museoitaloamericano.org Exploratorium (Pier 15) walkers, chinese acrobats, and the 268-foot- alike. $17, 415-474-6776, www.improv.org oh, settle down — it’s not that kind of a pro- long golden dragon, gum lung. 415-340-3055, 34th Annual Academy of Friends’ Gala: gram. spend an evening peeking into the sur- www.chineseparade.com Return to the Emerald City prising hows and whys of sexual reproduction Sunday, March 2, 5–11:30 p.m. across many varied life forms. Ages 18+, Free– Tulipmania Festival Terra Gallery (511 Harrison St.) $15, 415-548-444, www.exploratorium.edu Daily, Feb. 15–23, 10 a.m. Join the excitement of watching the academy Pier 39 awards and enjoy an evening of cocktails, tasty LoCura Album Release Party come stroll down the pier and enjoy a spectacu- treats, entertainment, and more, all in support Saturday, Feb. 8, 9 p.m. lar and colorful display featuring thousands of of community organizations that help those The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) tulips and seasonal garden favorites and take a affected by hiv/aids. $250–$750, 415-995-9890, locura’s music is steeped in the sounds and history guided tour starting at the entrance plaza with www.academyoffriends.org of the bay area; also present will be Ziek Mccarter complimentary beverages. Free, 415-705-5500, and a “special brass band surprise.” $14–$16, 415- www.pier39.com 771-1421, www.theindependentsf.com ARTS & CULTURE Ana Popovic LAST ChANCE 28th Annual Tribal & Textile Arts Show Sunday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. How We First Met Thu–Sun, Feb. 6–9 Yoshi’s (1330 Fillmore St.) 13th Annual Sketchfest Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center the serbian blues guitarist blends electric funk Various days thru Feb. 9 Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. nearly 100 international dealers and galleries slide guitar, jazzy instrumentals, and a tight Various S.F. locations Marines’ Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) gather to display and sell thousands of arti- blues groove with her soulful vocals. $24–$28, this nationally recognized comedy festival mixes this hit comedy show shares real-life tales of facts, sculptures, textiles, masks, beadwork, carv- 415-655-5600, www.yoshis.com national headliners, local favorites and the best romance brought to hilarious life on stage by a ings, carpets, baskets, ceramics, jewelry, and up-and-coming groups from throughout north crack team of improv performers for an uplifting, clothing from the americas, africa, oceania, We Were Promised Jetpacks america for sketch, improv, stand-up, and alter- spontaneous theatrical experience. $40–$55, the himalayas, south east asia, Philippines, Saturday, Feb. 22, 9 p.m. 415-392-4400, www.howwefirstmet.com native comedy. $10–$30, sfsketchfest.com indonesia, and more. $15–$150, 310-455-2886, Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) www.caskeylees.com fresh off their sophomore album, Jetpacks is a The Art of Bulgaria: young group that has been raising eyebrows with its La Dolce Vita & Beyond 22nd Annual Noise Pop Festival talent and sound. $19.99, www.bimbos365club.com Tue–Sun thru Feb. 17 COMMUNITY CORNER Tue–Sun, Feb. 25–March 2 de Young Museum Various S.F. locations Throwing Muses this exhibition presents approximately 150 show- Black History Month Kickoff Celebration s.f.’s favorite indie music, arts and film festi- Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. stopping pieces from 1950–1990, along with Friday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. val returns with a film series that explores the JCCSF (3200 California St.) sketches and other materials from the bulgari Rotunda, City Hall intersection of music and art; Pop-n-shop, a the seminal indie rock band is back with its first archives with a decade-by-decade look at bulgari’s hear keynote speaker, historian dr. chad williams local designer fair; culture club, an interac- release in over a decade, Purgatory Paradise, a innovations in jewelry design and includes several from brandeis university on civil rights in america, tive workshop exploring diy culture, art gal- whopping 32-track album. don’t miss one of the striking pieces from the elizabeth taylor collec- this year’s theme. Visit http://sfpl.org/index. lery shows, happy hours, and much more. most important bands of the post-punk era in tion. $10–$22, 415-750-3600, www.famsf.org php?pg=1015767301 for a list of citywide events. www.noisepop.com concert. $25, 415-292-1200, www.jccsf.org

20 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM Condoms and Climate 36th Annual Chinatown YMCA CREATURE FEATURES FILMS & LECTURES Tuesday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m. Chinese New Year Run Sunday, Feb. 9, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Changing the Way We Die The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) Coats for Cubs alan weisman, author of Countdown: Our Grant & California Sts. to Kearny & Sacramento Sts. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 6–8 p.m. Daily thru April 22, 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? and benefiting the chinatown yMca Physical Latino-Hispanic Mtg. Rm., S.F. Main Library Buffalo Exchange (1555 Haight St. & 1210 Malcolm Potts, a population and family plan- education Program, this scenic race winds its way More than 1.5 million americans a year die in Valencia St.) ning expert at berkeley, discuss climate change through the city. costumes reflecting the year of hospice care and a vast industry has sprung up to give your furs back to the animals! your used furs and global population. $7–$20, 415-597-6705, the horse encouraged! $35–$40, 415-576-9622, meet the growing demand. Join us when authors will be donated to rehabilitation organizations www.ymcasf.org/chinatown fran smith and sheila himmel discuss their new www.commonwealthclub.org across the country to use for bedding and comfort to orphaned and injured wildlife. book Changing the Way We Die. a book sale fol- 3rd Annual Childhood Obesity 415-431-7733, 415-647-8332, coatsforcubs.com, buffaloexchange.com lows the event. Free, 415-557-4300, www.sfpl.org Bay Area Conference POTABLES & EDIBLES Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Conference Hall, UCSF Medical Center (500 Food from the Heart 2014 Parnassus Ave.) JUST FOR FUN Friday Feb. 7, 5:30–8 p.m. this conference brings together local stakehold- Ferry Building Marketplace ers in childhood obesity prevention to promote stroll down the candlelit nave and sample season- innovation and provide insight into work being al hors d’oeuvres and local wines, all to the sounds done on this critical issue. Proceeds benefit slow of music and tango dancing. Proceeds benefit food s.f.’s school garden program. $60–$80, slow food san francisco. $2–$8, 415-693-0996, 415-846-6396, www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com

Inside the California Food Revolution with Joyce Goldstein ChILD’S PLAY 16th Annual Saturday, Feb. 15, 3–4 p.m. S.F. Independent Film Festival Presidio Branch Library (3150 Sacramento St.) Sanjay and Craig Live Join the author as she talks about her new book, Saturday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m. Feb. 6–20 a very detailed study of the changes that took JCCSF (3200 California St.) Various S.F. locations place in california in food, food production, arti- the nickelodeon animated series comes home this festival brings little-known films together with sans, chefs, restaurants, restaurant design, menus, to the city where it was created. see the rad-awe- past favorites, such as Big Lebowski. $12 single Neal Cassady Birthday Bash service, and wine and how they ultimately influ- some stars perform a live episode accompanied film (multi-film packages available), 415-820-3907, by clips from the series. followed by a Q & a and http://sfindie.com/festivals/sf-indiefest enced the rest of the country. Free, 415-355-2880, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. the world premiere of a brand-new episode. $20, www.sfpl.org The Beat Museum (540 Broadway St.) 415-292-1200, www.jccsf.org this annual tribute to the “secret hero” of The Inside Story of Fox News Freedom Bell Craft howl by allen ginsberg and the inspiration Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road will feature Saturday, Feb. 8, 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. JCCSF (3200 California St.) cassady’s son, John allen cassady with reflec- Presidio Branch Library (3150 Sacramento St.) gabriel sherman, author of The Loudest Voice in tions and reminisces. Free, 415-399-9626, dr. Martin luther King, Jr. wanted freedom to ring the Room: The Inside Story of How Roger Ailes www.kerouac.com throughout america. learn more about dr. King’s and Fox News Remade American Politics, will discuss his inside-fox story with Pulitzer Prize- legacy and enjoy making the freedom bell craft. Ages 5 & up. Free, 415-355-2880, www.sfpl.org winning journalist lowell bergman. $25–$35, KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon 415-292-1233, www.jccsf.org Sat–Sun, Feb. 8–9, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Chinese New Year Family Concert KPFA-FM (94.1 & 89.3) P.J. O’Rourke Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m. host david gans promises a bounty of unre- Davies Symphony Hall Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m. leased and previously unheard music by the The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) welcome the lunar new year and the year of the grateful dead, Jerry garcia, and related artists, horse with this family event featuring music and his title is the “h.l. Mencken research fellow” plus a live performance from the KPfa studio instruments in a fusion of east and west. includes at the libertarian cato institute, but you don’t in this annual fundraiser for the station. http:// a festive reception (3 p.m.) with asian instru- care; he’s better known as the sharp-tongued cloudsurfing.gdhour.com ments, dancers, chinese calligraphers, and more. political humorist from Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Michael Mina & Michael Chiarello: Proceeds support the symphony’s community Stitchers Stash Sale Holidays in Hell, and more. $7–$20, 415-597-6705, Giants of California Cuisine Monday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. www.commonwealthclub.org and education programs. $46–$74, 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org United Church of Christ (501 Laguna Honda Blvd.) Monday, Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m. if you’re into embroidery, don’t miss this event where Grand Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel Year of the Horse Celebration you’ll find linens, needlework charts and books, hear rising star evan rich get these two mega SCIENCE & Sunday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. stretcher bars and hoops, and more. Proceeds chefs to open up about their passions, the pro- Asian Art Museum benefit embroiderer’s guild of america, a nonprofit ENVIRONMENT cess, the american dining landscape, and their see students from the chinese american dedicated to the study and preservation of embroi- experiences shaping california food. $25–$35, international school present classical music and dery. Free, 415-931-9018, [email protected] TV Hackfest San Francisco 2014 415-597-6705, www.commonwealthclub.org Wednesday, Feb. 5, 9 a.m. dance from china. the program ends, as tradi- Moscone Center West tion states, with a playful student-arranged ver- Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt this event brings together designers, developers, Cowgirl Creamery: sion of the lion dance, which is believed to scare Saturday, Feb. 15, 4–9 p.m. product managers, producers and the next generation A Conversation & Cheese Tasting away evil spirits and ensure a bright beginning Justin Herman Plaza of talent to get creative and build future tv app con- Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. to the year. afterward, enjoy amy Ma’s story in this largest and most popular treasure hunt cepts. Free, +44 (0) 117-973-2353, www.sixdegs.com JCCSF (3200 California St.) about chinese zodiac animals and their charac- of its kind in the u.s., teams have four hours Join founders sue conley and Peggy smith and teristics. Free with museum admission (free–$12), to solve inventive clues and find unique, little- 415-581-3100, www.asianart.org The Neurobiology of Mind & Behavior hear about their successful cheese-making busi- known treasure spots. $12–$50, 925-855-1986, www.sftreasurehunt.com Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. ness in Pt. reyes station as they discuss their new Nourse Theater (201–299 Hayes St.) book, . Cowgirl Creamery Cooks $40, 415-292-1200, The Whole Bead Show usc neuroscience professor antonio damasio www.jccsf.org talks with KQed’s amy standen about the latest Fri–Sun, Feb. 21–23 understanding of how our brains work. $25–$27, Napa vs. Sonoma Wine Showdown Fleet Room, Bldg. D, Fort Mason Center 415-379-6000, www.calacademy.org Thursday, Feb. 27, 6:30–9 p.m. discover vintage through contemporary pieces General’s Residence, Fort Mason made from glass, stone, metal, pearl, amber, offering more than 150 wines, 30 of the best winer- and porcelain, antique and handmade beads, findings, buttons, charms, and beaded jewelry. ies in the state are pitted against each other with access merchants, bead makers, and import- you as the final judge. www.uncorkedevents.com ers worldwide who are direct suppliers of many professional and novice jewelry makers. Free, 800-292-2277, www.wholebeadshow.com SPORTS & hEALTh 26th Annual Russian Festival of S.F. Brain Fitness Fri–Sun, Feb. 21–23 Tuesday, Feb. 4, 11 & 25, 2–4 p.m. Russian Center of S.F. (2460 Sutter St.) Latino-Hispanic Mtg. Rm., S.F. Main Library come experience live performances by russian in this incredibly social class, you will exercise Valentine’s Party dancers, vocalists, and musicians; sample russian your brain in fun, challenging and creative cuisine, tea and a variety of flavored vodkas; Thursday, Feb. 13, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ways to maintain and improve your cogni- and explore the Museum of russian culture, art Jamaroo Kids Studio (2001 Pine St.) Pacific Orchid Exhibition: tive vitality and memory. Free, 415-931-8679, gallery, and bazaar of russian gifts and crafts. take kids to make valentines and enjoy Orchids & All That Jazz www.sfpl.org 415-921-7631, www.russiancentersf.com special treats while they explore a terrific Thu–Sun, Feb. 20–23 Supporting Aging Parents play space. valentine’s storytime is 10:30–11 The Great S.F. Crystal Fair Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center a.m. activities geared for ages 1–7. $5–$10, Thursday, Feb. 6, 4:30–6 p.m. Sat–Sun, Feb. 22–23, 10 a.m. the largest orchid show in the u.s. features more www.jamarookids.com, 415-614-2001 Enright Room, CPMC (2333 Buchanan St.) Conference Center, Bldg. A, Fort Mason Center than 150,000 blooms and combines the sym- setting boundaries and role reversal with an a magical mix of crystals, minerals, beads, jew- phony of orchids with jazz music. events include aging parent can be challenging. Join this lecture Family Jazz Night with Six Roses elry, and the healing arts returns with over 40 wine-tasting gala preview, educational tours, about managing the shift in family dynamics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 6:30–7:30 p.m. vendors, while psychics bring their cards, aura and horticultural demonstrations. Partial pro- assertiveness, burnout, maintaining balance, and Golden Gate Valley Branch Library (1801 Green St.) cameras and magic for your entertainment. ceeds benefit the s.f. conservatory of flowers using a team approach to care giving. take a musical journey with a solid performance 415-383-7837, Free–$8, www.crystalfair.com and uc berkeley botanical garden. $10–$55, Free ($10 of renditions representative of black-american www.orchidsanfrancisco.org donation suggested), register at 415-923-3155 or [email protected] music. Free, 415-355-5666, www.sfpl.org E-mail: [email protected] www.MarinatiMes.coM THE MARINA TIMES february 2014 21 At home

Fitness First Into the water

PRESIDIO TRAILS RUN Rossi Swimming Pool in the Richmond District 10K · 5K · 1.5mi SUNDAY APRIL 27, 2014 Swim your way to Register now: http://presidiotrailsrun.eventbrite.com Learn More: www.ymcasf.org/trailrun Do good: Proceeds benefit youth programs at the Presidio Y fitness this winter Presidio Community YMCA | 63 Funston Ave San Francisco, CA 94129 | 415 447 9622 by julie mitchell Most San Francisco public pools have masters swim programs. Despite what lthough this winter so far has it sounds like, the term “masters” was

TM been warmer than many of our first used with adults who participated San Francisco Julys, it’s still too in track and field events and was later Achilly for most of us to want to take a adopted by organized swimming for plunge in the bay. Heated outdoor pools adults 18 to 55. During a masters swim are limited, but there are many options practice, coaches can help you learn marcia gagliardi for heated indoor pools at athletic clubs the basics of different strokes along as well as sever- with breathing the tablehopper’s guide al public loca- techniques. to dining and drinking in tions to keep Or, if you are san francisco A groundbreaking you in swim- During a masters swim still work- find the right spot for every occasion dining guide to ming shape ing on a new year around. practice, you can learn the stroke, using help you find the One thing basics of strokes along a kickboard to right place for the that makes make your way swimming — up and down resources for thoughtful recommendations on where to eat, drink, with breathing techniques. right time. along with the length of other water workouts like water aerobics the pool will provide you with a solid — such a great workout for almost every- workout. All of the city’s public pools one is that it provides whole-body exer- have daily lap-swim times, and their cise with no impact. The water cushions schedules are available online. If you the joints and provides buoyancy to the belong to a gym with a pool, sign up for body. Those nursing injuries or suffer- a private lesson with a trainer or coach ing from arthritis, stiff joints, or fragile to get started. Water workout classes www.tablehopper.com/book bones can easily take to the pool to burn that involve jogging or using water calories and build cardio fitness. weights in the pool are another way Swimming can also help improve both to build strength without putting any mental and physical health. According strain on joints. And even if you don’t to the Centers for Disease Control and want to swim laps, remember that most Prevention (CDC), swimming is a great children love playing in the pool, and way to get regular aerobic exercise, build spending time in the water as a family muscle mass, help with chronic diseases offers both exercise and fun to all. such as fibromyalgia, improve mood, and All you need to start swimming is a decrease anxiety. Water-based exercise durable swimsuit and a pair of goggles; can even improve the health of pregnant a swim cap is good for those who want women and their unborn children. to keep chlorine and other chemicals Swimming is excellent exercise for out of their hair. Of course, if you those of all ages, especially older adults. don’t mind the cold temperature or the According to www.medicinenet.com, one waves, there are many outdoor swim study of men who completed an eight-week programs available in the Bay Area, swimming program showed a 23.8 percent including the famous Dolphin Club, Since 1928 increase in the triceps (back of the arm) whose members swim year-round in muscle. While you won’t build big muscles the waters off Aquatic Park. by swimming, it is an excellent way to San Francisco Aquatics and Pools keep muscles toned. And swimming hard, Program: http://sfrecpark.org/recreation- with smooth, even strokes without taking community-services/aquatics-pools/ breaks, can burn upward of 500 calories an Dolphin Club of San Francisco: hour, just a little fewer than cycling. www.dolphinclub.org/swimming.html So how do you integrate a water workout into your exercise program? E-mail: [email protected]

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by liz farrell that are a step above the easy project for preschool supermarket or drug- children might involve t seems like just store choices. Most come stickers or rubber stamps. when we have put prepackaged in kits that Grade-school children away all the holiday range from $15–$20 that will be able to handle Idecorations, it’s already are sure to rival Hallmark. more complex projects time to start thinking Or you may want to con- involving cutting, glu- Mention this ad about Valentine’s Day. sider attending a work- ing and assembling. For for a chance to Whether your children shop. The Children’s Art them, you might try win a $25 Gift are in school and distrib- Center located in Fort incorporating some basic Certi cate math skills — cut- ting out supplies, adding up how Whether your children are in school many they have done, and sub- and distributing Valentines or you tracting how many send them to family and friends, it’s they have left. START EARLY a great time to get a little creative. Decide on your project, gather the • Spring Season begins March 1st, ute Valentines there or Mason is offering a fam- supplies, and then exper- Registration opens February 13th! you send them to fam- ily Valentine’s workshop iment yourself to make ily and friends, it’s a great on Feb. 8 from 10 a.m.– sure it is going to work. time to get a little creative. noon for $30 per parent/ Don’t wait until the night • SoccerTots classes in the Marina & all Now, don’t get scared, I child pair. or day before to start on across SF, 7 days a week. just said a little creative. the Valentines. Allow If you are like me, the KEEP IT SIMPLE several days or maybe thought of anything crafty The best way to keep even a week to complete • Is your child in preschool or daycare? or that requires messy it simple is to find some- them. Remember, chil- supplies like glitter or thing that is age appropri- dren have a short atten- We can bring our programs to them! glue has me running the ate for your child. It is also tion span and will not be www.sftots.com/enrichment other direction. However, important when choosing able to sit down and com- my wonderful and dear a project to keep in mind plete the project all in friend Gina Eggert has how many Valentines you one sitting. Making a few showed me over the years will be making. Making each night will minimize SF Tots (866) 4 SFTots www.sftots.com that with just a little effort, help from the Internet, and some patience, this can be a great activity for the whole family. With a few simple steps, you can find a DIY project that will have everyone in your household looking forward to candy hearts and kisses.

GET IDEAS With websites Make Valentine’s Day even more meaningful like Etsy, Pinterest, photo: andreWmalone / flickr and Spoonful, there is no lack of places to look for great You can also make it a fun inspiration. With a simple search, learning project without your you will find thou- sands of ideas and children even knowing. something for everyone. My son loves Valentines for 12 students the stress and frustration to make paper airplanes, versus 35 might drasti- for everyone. so this year we are going cally change the entire If you are all about fast to try making paper air- project. The last thing and easy, then Walgreens planes and writing cute you want is that you stay may be your best option, sayings on them like, up until the wee hours but don’t be afraid to get “You’re just plane cool.” of the morning finishing creative and have a little This definitely wouldn’t the project for 35 class- fun. The time spent work- “fly” with my daughter, mates because it was ing on the Valentines so she is going to attach more than your little one with your children may a flag onto a pencil that could handle. be frustrating at times, says, “You’re all write.” You can also make it but also may become one These are simple ideas a fun learning project of their treasured child- that fit my energy level without your children hood memories. I am and their attention span even knowing. When my convinced that the most- and interests. son was in preschool, I remembered Valentines If you are looking for had him write his name are those with candy (for something ready-made, (good practice) on all 30 obvious reasons) and try Paper Source on Valentines, and those let- those homemade. Chestnut Street. They ters were looking pretty have great, simple options good by the end. Another E-mail: [email protected]

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by julia strzesieski WATER-SAVING TIPS Make sure to keep these water-sav- ue to our dry weather and ing tips in mind around the house and below average rainfall over the office to help preserve one of our most last few months, the gover- precious resources: Dnor recently declared the dreaded “D” word: Drought. Unfortunately, because KITCHEN clean water is part of our everyday Faucet: Install an aerator, a simple, living, it is also easy to take for granted inexpensive device, which adds air into — we just turn the spigot and there the water flow. it is. Though water conservation is Cold drinking water: Keep a water always smart and saves us money, pitcher in the refrigerator for cold water rationing is a whole other ballgame. instead of running the tap until the water is cold. WATER-USAGE TIPS Pot size: Select Look around the the proper size pot house to see what when boiling water you can do to cut for pasta or other back on your water food — don’t boil usage. Two of the unnecessary water. highest indoor water Save leftover boiled guzzlers are toilets water for soup stock and clothes wash- or to water plants. ers. Toilets account Steam vegetables for one-third of all when possible — indoor water usage, you’ll also retain 0 and a leaking toilet more nutrients. (see below for how Washing fruits to detect leaks) can and vegetables: cost thousands of Wash these foods dollars in yearly in a bowl of water water and sewer instead of running charges. Clothes water for each fruit washers account for or vegetable. 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Real Estate Today Put it on the digital dotted line Time is of the essence meets real estate today by carole isaacs about signing documents. buyers, when many homes ness. Wet signatures while As I wrote in December: have back-up offers and traveling will require mak- round the Thanks- “San Francisco is different.“ sellers do not have as much ing plans in advance. This giving holiday I Between Thanksgiving and incentive to be accom- will mean going to the title was extremely for- Christmas, all of my buy- modating to buyers’ travel company’s office in another Atunate to have three buyers ers were traveling, and not plans, or other reasons that city, having a notary public have their offers accepted. just to Tahoe. During this may delay close of escrow. meet you at a place of your Digital signing is now widely accepted in the real estate world photo: gideonc / flickr Wow! The task of complet- period, there were trips to Normally the seller’s goal choosing, or in a foreign ing inspections and signing Canada, Asia, Southern is to close escrow in the country you will need to ing. The National Notary you will be signing at escrow off on contingencies took California, Chicago, and shortest time possible. make an appointment at Association in conjunction closing. Real estate today is the forefront once the initial Hawaii. There were also Contingency deadlines the American Embassy to with some states is, and an international business, excitement wore off. sellers’ travel plans and detailed in the contract need sign escrow and loan docu- has been for some time, and escrow officers and lend- Until recently, when I their agents’ travel plans to be met. Remember: Time ments. Mailing the escrow working on establishing an ers are well equipped to deal told clients about digital to consider. is of the essence. This does package back to the title acceptable digital notary with the nuances of your signatures and Docusign, Travel plans are frequent- not mean the ratified con- company takes extra tran- process. Also, there are travel plans and get the job I was met with either a ly a consideration today, tract is cast in stone. Along sit time, but all of this can some banks that will allow done to close escrow on time. blank stare or a look of so buyers and sellers must the road to closing escrow, be managed by planning digital signatures during Combining both digi- concern. Questions like: clearly understand that time it may be possible to add in advance. Another pos- the processing stage if they tal and wet signatures is “Are you sure this is safe or is of the essence in real estate. an addendum to a contract sibility is giving someone receive a specific, mostly accomplished every day. even legal?” were common. Digital signatures and the to change deadlines. This a power of attorney to sign proprietary, certification The key is planning in Fast forward to real estate ease of signing online is requires agreement between escrow and loan documents from the real estate agent. advance. Be sure to tell today and the digital age. great, but buyers and sellers buyer and seller. and have someone else do You can compare this with your real estate agent, It is the rare buyer or seller still need to carve out the Digital signatures are the signing. When there are banks’ eventual acceptance lender, and title company who even blinks when I tell time in their busy sched- great for contract docu- two buyers buying a prop- of faxed signatures. It is about your travel plans them about signing docu- ules to read documents, ask ments, but when it comes to erty and one is not available best to ask your lender if immediately when you ments online. Most people questions, and understand escrow and loan documents to sign, this is an easy way they accept digital signa- first make an offer, and do some form of banking or what they are signing. wet signatures are necessary to complete the signing and tures at the time you apply you can expect a smooth bill pay online, and the next When deadlines are not unless the purchase is cash. avoids additional document for a loan. escrow closing with no last- step to signing contract met, there is the risk of Oh, the groans when people transit time. Most home buyers and minute surprises. documents online is easy. falling out of contract. This hear this. 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The Marina Times Real Estate Mystery Housebuyer The real estate hunt Market Report: December 2013 By Hill & Co. How to lose friends SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON NEighBORhOOD ADDRESS BAThROOMS SALE PRicE ASkiNg PRicE MARkET and influence nobody

Cow Hollow 253 Pixley Street 2BD/1BA $1,300,000 Above 33 245 Pixley Street 2BD/1BA $1,300,000 Above 18 by john zipperer resulted from an unpermitted change made 2537 Greenwich Street 4BD/4BA $3,600,000 Above 27 by the owner; so that owner didn’t want to 2760 Lyon Street 3BD/3BA $3,825,000 Below 17 2601 Union Street 5BD/5BA $4,615,000 Below 0 have a friend — let’s call him take it to his insurance company and have Richard — who has almost every rea- to pay any fines or do anything else that was Lake 156 27th Avenue 2BD/1.5BA $1,525,000 Above 0 son to be a happy homeowner. But the necessary to bring it into compliance even 436 Lake Street 4BD/2.5BA $2,810,000 Above 26 Ione reason that makes him unhappy could with HOA rules. Laurel Heights 68 Blake Street 3BD/1BA $1,050,000 Above 56 ruin it all for him. Richard’s own insurance company said Richard had managed to get a condo this didn’t involve them, thank you very Lone Mountain 2486 Fulton Street 4BD/1.25BA $900,000 Below 31 for a reasonable price despite the high much. And Richard was left with the walls 473 Parker Avenue 6BD/4.5BA $3,500,000 Above 1 cost of housing here. Nice view out the torn down to the studs and plastic sheets Marina 1657 Beach Street 4BD/5BA $3,900,000 Below 49 front and the back of his unit. Situated separating it from his living room. And he’s up on a hill. He even has ample park- gotten very, very sick of eating delivery food Nob Hill 1335 Jackson Street 4BD/3.5BA $2,500,000 Above 83 ing, which is like winning the lottery in or cooking with a microwave in his bedroom 1350 Jones Street 4BD/3BA $2,900,000 Below 234 San Francisco. The HOA tried contacting the upstairs North Beach (no sales) When he moved into his place, he did owners, but they didn’t even reply. In every- the things a new resident should. He met thing they have done through this entire Pacific Heights 2039 Broderick Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,150,000 At 139 situation, they have shown 2315 Webster Street 3BD/2.5BA $3,200,000 Above 19 2635 Broadway 3BD/3.5BA $5,400,000 Below 45 themselves to be uninterested in 2666 Broadway 4BD/4.5BA $8,650,000 Below 267 being good neighbors; they have 25 Normandie Terrace 3BD/3.5BA $5,510,000 Below 58 A malfunction in some kitchen been interested only in their own well-being — the heck with Presidio Heights 3965 Sacramento Street 6BD/3.5BA $3,225,000 Below 66 equipment resulted in water 15 Arguello Boulevard 9BD/7.5BA $9,750,000 Below 120 everyone else. pouring into Richard’s kitchen. The fact that Richard lives in Russian Hill 1245 Lombard Street 4BD/2.5BD $2,400,000 Below 62 a condominium isn’t terribly

Sea Cliff 2993 Lake Street 5BD/5.5BA $3,250,000 Below 60 the neighbors, both in the owner-occupied crucial to this story. Many single-family units and the units that were rented. He homes in densely populated San Francisco Telegraph Hill (no sales) also paid attention to the things that would are literally wall-against-wall with their matter to his neighbors: He was careful not neighbors; they might as well be town- CONDOS to be noisy; he was conscientious about homes. But even a stand-alone house, BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON putting his garbage and recycling inside with nice walking space and maybe even NEighBORhOOD ADDRESS BAThROOMS SALE PRicE ASkiNg PRicE MARkET the bins and not beside them; he removed a tree and some bushes between it and its his laundry from the shared washing and neighbors, can be victimized by the care- Cow Hollow (no sales) drying machines as soon as they were done less (and thoughtless) neighbor who lets Lake 195 20th Avenue #4 1BD/1BA $615,000 Above 14 so no one else had to wait for him; he water runoff flood the other home’s back- 643 Lake Street 3BD/2BA $1,575,000 Below 21 attended homeowner association meetings. yard or who has parties every night on A good neighbor. the back porch. Laurel Heights 155 Parker Avenue 3BD/1BA $888,000 Below 71 His reward for the most part was enough Richard predicts that he will either con- Lone Mountain (no sales) to warm the heart. His neighbors were an vince his upstairs neighbor to pay for his interesting mix of ages and professions, and new kitchen or he’ll get his lawyer to do the Marina 1500 Francisco Street #5 1BD/1BA $795,000 At 33 almost to a one they were nice and pleasant. convincing for him. Either way, he’s lost all 3653 Buchanan Street #2 3BD/2BA $1,700,000 Above 14 Then there were the upstairs neigh- illusions about the upstairs neighbor being Nob Hill 1177 California Street #506 0BD/1BA $425,000 Below 81 bors. More accurately, the upstairs owners, cooperative or even well intentioned. 42 Salmon Street 1BD/1BA $535,000 Above 53 because they had long ago moved out of What could he have done to avoid this? 10 Miller Place 2BD/2BA $1,150,000 Below 105 1100 Sacramento Street #708 3BD/3BA $3,800,000 Below 33 their unit above Richard’s and have rented Nothing, realistically. There are bad owners 1100 Sacramento Street #902 3BD/3.5BA $4,200,000 Below 47 it out for the astronomical sums that rent- everywhere; just because someone scrapes 1100 Sacramento Street #PH 4BD/5BA $7,000,000 At 19 als can command in today’s market. He was together the money to buy a house or a fine with them being absentee North Beach 591 Francisco Street 3BD/1BA $710,000 Above 21 460 Francisco Street #204 2BD/1BA $716,625 Above 40 owners, as long as their tenants 747 Filbert Street #A&B 3BD/2BA $1,249,000 At 89 were good neighbors and the unit didn’t cause any trouble. Richard has lost all illusions Pacific Heights 2999 California Street #66 0BD/1BA $500,000 Above 50 But then the unit caused trou- 1800 Washington Street #112 1BD/1BA $722,000 Above 73 about the upstairs neighbor 2230 Pacific Avenue #102 1BD/1BA $745,000 Below 59 ble. It wasn’t the renters, who 1945 Washington Street #507 2BD/2BA $802,900 At 8 were in fact quite good neigh- being well intentioned. 3234 Washington Street #4 2BD/2BA $835,000 Above 22 bors; nice people, each of them. 1856 Franklin Street #4 3BD/2BA $850,000 Above 105 But a malfunction of some kitchen equip- condominium doesn’t mean they are ethi- 2425 Franklin Street #A 2BD/1BA $965,000 Above 33 1701 Jackson Street #309 2BD/2BA $1,000,000 Above 22 ment resulted in water pouring down into cal people. But Richard swears that if he 2100 Pacific Avenue #1A 2BD/2BA $1,200,000 Below 92 Richard’s kitchen and onward down to the ever buys another condo, he will look for a 2928 Washington Street 3BD/2BA $1,650,000 At 46 sidewalk. Richard had his insurance com- significant factor: the length of ownership 2326 California Street 4BD/3BA $1,800,000 Above 15 pany assess the damage, and his kitchen of many of the other owners. Yes, even jerks 2143 Jackson Street #2143 4BD/4BA $2,950,000 Above 20 2259 Clay Street 3BD/3BA $3,000,000 Above 0 cabinets and the soaked walls were removed; can hang onto their condos for decades. But 1980 Vallejo Street #10 4BD/3BA $3,175,000 Above 1 his kitchen was left a bare shell. he figures that if a lot of the other owners Richard was unhappy; not devastated, have been there for decades as well, then the Presidio Heights 333 Cherry Street #B 0BD/1BA $406,000 Above 18 186 Arguello Boulevard 2BD/2BA $1,525,000 Above 53 but unhappy. In fact, the prospect of a new jerks can’t be too bad. 3355 Jackson Street 4BD/4.5BA $3,950,000 Above 79 kitchen filled him with a happy anticipa- He still counts himself lucky. He got a tion. The old kitchen was fine; but now he great condo. He just doesn’t have a good Russian Hill 1050 North Point Street #1203B 0BD/1BA $510,000 Below 21 could get a new kitchen, and it would all be upstairs neighbor or a good kitchen. And 56 Glover Street 1BD/1BA $815,000 Above 32 1444 Vallejo Street #5 2BD/2BA $855,000 Above 41 paid for by his upstairs neighbor’s insurance he prays every day that the local real estate 2511A Polk Street 2BD/1.5BA $985,000 Above 41 company. He figured that was worth a little prices remain sky-high, so that the upstairs 1335 Filbert Street #306 1BD/1BA $1,020,000 Above 10 disruption to his life and the inability to owners will decide to cash in, buy some- 757 North Point Street #7 2BD/2.5BA $1,175,000 Below 72 cook at home for a while. where else, and be a pain in someone 1000 North Point Street #1101 2BD/2BA $1,210,000 Above 37 999 Green Street #3103 1BD/1BA $1,495,000 At 9 Nearly five months later, though, his else’s … kitchen. 1945 Hyde Street #2 2BD/2BA $1,980,000 Above 70 kitchen was still all bare studs and plas- 1020 Union Street #12 3BD/2BA $2,520,000 Below 128 tic sheeting. The flood from upstairs had E-mail: [email protected] 1945 Hyde Street #4 3BD/2.5BA $3,345,000 Above 52 1070 Green Street #1501 3BD/3.5BA $3,650,000 Below 86 1945 Hyde Street #6 2BD/2.5BA $3,800,000 Above 60 Advertise in the Sea Cliff (no sales)

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by john zipperer nesses in town. As a 2013 borhood commercial dis- report from Terranomics tricts are controlled by veryone has heard Retail Services (www.ter stringent zoning codes the “rule” that 90 ranomics.com) notes, “ris- that adamantly oppose percent of restau- ing rents and declining any formula retail tenants Erants fail within their first vacancy figures underscore opening store locations year. In fact, the first year the intense demand for within their jurisdictions” takes a heavy toll on small downtown retail opportu- — will continue to pro- businesses of all types; nities, and Class A land- tect some of the neigh- New Agreement if you don’t believe that, lords typically take the pick borhood business owners Options try opening up a book- of the litter. … [I]n this from competition from store in San Francisco. But atmosphere, entrepreneur- large chains, and therefore added to the usual chal- ial startup tenants often it will limit the number of lenges of small business- end up getting treated like institutional renters get- es is the same economic the runt. These small bou- ting long-term sweetheart boom that is making hous- tique retail hopefuls, often deals from landlords. But ing prices spike in the city. unique and creative, regu- that pressure will remain. Retail space, too, is getting larly get overshadowed and As Cassidy Turley notes, hard to find and harder to squeezed out by their insti- “Luxury retailers are back pay for. tutional competitors due to and are looking for space It might appear to their lack of longstanding in the nation’s high street be a paradox. When the credit. In some instances, shopping districts and local popula- trophy shop- tion booms, ping malls. We that should be also continue great news for To play with Las Vegas’ to see new con- local businesses. marketing line, what cepts from It means more abroad in this customers and happens downtown does category look- more foot traf- ing for new flag- fic outside their not stay downtown. ship locations stores. But San on top shopping Francisco doesn’t have a Class A landlords will streets in markets like large inventory of available require a letter of credit Manhattan, San Francisco, retail space any more than guaranteeing six months to Beverly Hills and Chicago’s it has a large inventory of a year’s worth of rent.” Michigan Avenue.” residential space, so land- In the commercial real And once you’ve plant- lords looking to fill new, estate world, “Class A” ed your luxury brand on refurbished, or even exist- refers to the newest build- Union Square, what bet- ing space that’s facing a ings with the most mod- ter place to put your sec- lease renewal are able to ern amenities. Younger ond local location than on command top dollar for and shinier is always rated Chestnut? Or, if there is their square footage. more highly than older no space in Union Square There are always busi- and experienced. to begin with, why not nesses going out of busi- Commercial real estate start out on Chestnut and ness. When you have many services firm Cassidy be right down the street Margaret Handelman, resident since 2011 thousands of shops, res- Turley (www.cassidy from where your custom- taurants, bike repair sites, turley.com) recently ers actually live? Again, and more in a city, there is released its 2014 retail as Cassidy Turley writes, The Life She a regular turnover, and it’s forecast, and much of the “The shortage of Class not always for nice mom- news in it is not likely to A space is now starting and-apple-pie reasons such make local retailers warm to discourage growth in as the elderly owners retir- and fuzzy, unless it’s from some trade areas. For ing after 50 years of success. drinking heavily. For com- example, we know of a WA N T S They also go out of business munity/neighborhood number of retailers who In The City She Loves. because one of the partners retail space (the second have slowed or postponed running the thing drank the largest category after “all planned expansion in The wonderfully fashionable mix of a life well lived profits, the food wasn’t very shopping centers” in San the San Francisco Bay good, they were swindled Francisco), Cassidy Turley Area as they patiently is right here at San Francisco Towers, the city’s most by an unscrupulous finan- predicts a low vacancy rate wait for quality space to cial advisor, or maybe they of 4.3 percent, with just become available.” appealing senior living community. Margaret finds just couldn’t sell enough of under 10,000 square feet To play with Las Vegas’ time to help organize both our fundraiser fashion whatever they were selling of space newly leased, and marketing line, what hap- to make their payments an average quoted rental pens downtown does show and our annual holiday trunk show. Be our to the bank. It’s sad, but rate of $27.68 per square not stay downtown. The it’s normal.CLIENT ESC / San foot.Francisco That’s theTowers lowest per- lack of Class A space in guest, come by and meet people like Margaret who What PUBis beyond Marina normal Times square-foot leasing rate and around the Financial right now is the very low of the various categories; District will keep up the still pursue their passions and are writing their next, AD NAME Margaret vacancy rates and very high specialty centers are high- pressure on retail space REF NO EPSF651-01re best chapter right here. 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Housing There’s something in that plan for continued from page 1 everyone, including activists seeking protection of existing units, developers he said with a straight face, doesn’t go seeking to build, new residents of all that far in a city like San Francisco. By incomes, and existing homeowners who the end of the episode, he had looked don’t want their home values to decline. at homes in Cow Hollow, Noe Valley, The mayor will seek to involve housing and Ghirardelli Square, finally settling advocates, developers, property own- on a $3.2 million condo in the last of ers, and others in a task force to study, Mary D. Toboni those locations. develop, and implement the plan. Toboni & Co. That story includes much of what is Critics will be watching closely Luxury Property driving the affordability debate in San to see over time how many of those Specialist Francisco. A multimillionaire wants so 30,000 units are new and how many c. 415.317.4255 are rehabilitated. Rehabbed d. 415.345.3002 units can be very important; [email protected] rehabilitation is often a time BRE# 00625243 Critics will be watching to when a lower-priced unit is spruced up at great cost and see how many units are new then put back on the market The Palace of Fine Arts was built for the Pan- and how many rehabbed. at a high price point. But the Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. While devil will be in the details. much to come into the city that he “settles” What will constitute “rehabbing”? Will other buildings built for the Exhibition were for an expensive condo (with, admittedly, that just be used to count some afford- not meant to last, the Palace still stands today an awesome view of the bay). Meanwhile, able housing units that got mold reme- because of its concrete walls. Once the exhibition new two-bedroom apartments are renting diation and a new coat of paint and ended, the upkeep of the palace proved to be for $3,600 or more, and low- and middle that were likely to remain affordable too costly and the city recognized that a loss Gillian Silver income residents are finding it impossible anyway? Or will it actually preserve to the palace was a great loss to the people. Toboni & Co. to get apartments to rent or homes to buy affordable units that were at risk of To keep the Palace intact it hosted 18 lit tennis within their budgets. And note that the being torn down or otherwise leaving courts during the 1930’s, and during World War c. 415.297.5572 stockbroker does not ride a corporate bus the affordable inventory completely? d. 415.345.3131 II it served as a home to army vehicles. In 1964, [email protected] to work at Google, which has become the philanthropists raised enough money to demolish BRE# 01523027 scapegoat of many of the activists. HELP FROM WASHINGTON and rebuild the palace, making it one of San Against that background, Mayor Lee At least one part of the plan almost Francisco’s most beloved landmarks today. has presented his plan to retain the immediately got a boost from the Obama city’s middle class administration. On and to ensure that Jan. 23, the mayor’s For a Custom Designed Market he is not made the office announced that Analysis and Opinion of Value on your new scapegoat come the U.S. Department Property (at no cost of obligation), reelection time. of Housing and or if you are interested in buying Urban Development THE PLAN property, please call 415.345.3131 or (HUD) had approved Mayor Lee made the city’s plan to email [email protected] the proposal in his leverage $180 million January State of the in private equity and City speech, laying other new sources of out a seven-point funding to rehabili- plan that would tate as many as 4,584 construct or reha- of San Francisco’s bilitate 30,000 new public housing homes in the city, units. San Francisco with at least one- Housing Authority third of them being Commission permanently afford- President Joaquin able to low-income Torres said HUD’s households (those Though the pressure on housing prices approval was criti- earning less than comes from more places than just the cal to the effort to 80 percent of the tech boomers, Mayor Lee’s identification improve living con- with the tech companies has made it median income, or a political necessity for him to address ditions “and to pre- $77,700 for a family housing affordability photo: John zipperer serve the existing of four) and moder- affordability for the ate income (less than 120 percent of over 31,000 seniors, families, children, median income, or $116,500 for a fam- and individuals who call San Francisco ily of four), and a majority of them public housing home.” targeting the middle income category Mayor Lee said the plan “allows us (which, in San Francisco, means a fam- to renovate public housing without ily of four with income up to $145,650, displacing existing tenants,“ some- which would be a princely sum in most thing that has not always been the parts of the country). case in other cities that have done The plan’s elements include reform of large-scale reform of their public the eviction process; stabilization and housing. In Chicago, for example, protection of at-risk rent-controlled since 2000, thousands of residents PedIAtrIc er | oPen 24/7 units, using rehab loans and a new were moved when the city tore down 3700 california (at cherry) program to permanently 415-600-4444 stabilize rent rates for these units; revitalization and rebuilding of public housing Mayor Lee said the plan “allows units; doubling the down ANOTHER BIG PLUS payment loan programs, us to renovate ... without A doctor neArne you which particularly can help displacing existing tenants.” middle class homeowners, Northern California’s top primary care doctors including on land under public con- its infamous high-rise public hous- and specialists. Plus, 50 neighborhood locations trol; building more affordable housing, ing estates and replaced 25,000 units near you. All with online access to medical relying more on the private sector to with low-rise new and rehabilitated records, prescription renewals, lab results, share the cost burden; building more mixed-income units spread through- physician messaging and appointments – even market-rate units, especially rental out that city. Like the redevelopment same day visits. It’s another way we plus you. units, to deal with the pent-up demand plans in Chicago, New Orleans, New from years of inventory constraint and York, and elsewhere, San Francisco’s the resulting price spikes; and easing strategy involves partial privatization construction of new housing by boost- of the housing stock and services, in FINd A LoCAL Sutter doCtor ing staff in city departments involved recognition of the lack of funding at 1-888-699-doCS (3627) in housing, streamlining the process Torres’s agency to carry out the rehab sutterpacific.org to speed it up, and boosting neighbor- projects on its own. hood infrastructure. housing, continued on 31

30 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM Housing Affordable housing develop- year, Dan Schreiber looked at continued from page 30 ment is very complicated, usually the effects of the city’s continued involves many layers of subsidy growth. Even with the boom- MAKING IT WORK and other funding, and many if and-bust cycles of California and For the mayor’s plan to be a not most of the people and com- especially the Bay Area, the trend success, for it to be a bold suc- panies involved in it are in it for has been and will continue to be cess, the city of San Francisco moral reasons instead of profit. more people in these 47 square will need to focus on getting as Even small affordable housing miles of San Francisco. “The close to 30,000 affordable units developments can involve tricky population of roughly 825,000 in newly built. With the mayor’s negotiations on deadline with 2012 will have steadily increased stated intent of moving much public and private providers of to a milestone by 2032, when a of the cost from the city to the financing, loan guarantors, bond projected 1 million people will private developers, that means underwriters, and others. It is not make their home inside city it will be even harder for the for the faint of heart, though hav- limits, according to an upcom- developers to make money on ing a heart helps. ing report from the Association the projects. So the best thing the Beyond the political balanc- of Bay Area Governments,” city can do is make the permit- ing act of Mayor Lee, all city Schreiber wrote. “By 2040, the ting and regulatory side of the leaders are facing a challenge. report speculates that the growth process much easier, and that That House Hunters stockbro- rate will begin to level out at risks poking the beast that is citi- ker who paid for an expensive 1,085,700.” zen activism, in which everyone condo in the city therefore also So if Mayor Lee and the cur- is entitled to a vote on whether a helped out the city budget with rent supervisors don’t get it right project gets built. the real estate transfer tax and with their current attempts to Some critics have argued that other fees associated with real address the problem of afford- such changes should ability during an eco- be made across the nomic boom, they board, and for good will be postponing reason: Those baked- Beyond the political the resolution until in costs of doing real their successors deal estate business in San balancing act of Mayor Ed Lee, with it, at which time Francisco are also all San Francisco city elected the population will be San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has staked his reputation on managing inflating the prices of even larger, the hous- the boom the market-rate hous- leaders are facing a ing stock even older, ing. If Lee’s plan comes and available invento- noting that the “robust economic tion and education, and attract to fruition in a form housing challenge. ry even less affordable. recovery creates new revenue to and grow good jobs for all San close to what he has Lee wasted no time fund vital city services, and it Franciscans.” proposed, he will be addressing estate deals. He is also likely to in demonstrating that affordabil- allows us to tackle the signifi- He is on-message. the pains of both market-rate be spending more money in San ity will be a continuing focus. Just cant affordability challenges that and affordable housing develop- Francisco than if he had bought a week after his State of the City still face working- and middle- John Zipperer is a former senior ers at the same time. a place in San Jose or Atherton, speech, he couched his praise class families in our City. That’s editor at Affordable Housing But if investors — large or and that helps jobs, local busi- of new employment numbers why we must continue to pursue Finance and Apartment Finance small — think now is a great time nesses, and city tax coffers. (showing that San Francisco’s an aggressive affordability agen- Today magazines, as well as a for- to get into the affordable housing In a series of articles in the unemployment is the third-low- da to build 30,000 new homes mer editor at the CCIM Institute. business, they should be cautious. Examiner at the turn of the new est for any county in the state) by by 2020, invest in transporta- E-mail: [email protected]

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ast year, we lost our dog. Wait: Don’t run away! This isn’t another sad dog story. Although we don’t have another one yet, embarrassingly, Lwe’ve become “those people” who are constantly on the hunt to pet other people’s dogs. We began by cruising places like Fort Mason, Washington Square Park, and the Marina, where we once took our little guy, and fortunately, people were incredibly sympathetic to us, allowing us to take our time while ogling their pups. Us: “Hey, cutie pie! Yes, YOU! Oh, look at YOU! You. Are.So.Cute! You.Are.So.Cute!” Virtually everyone was very nice — and tolerant — of our pathetic behavior for the first six months after our Charlie’s passing. Even the dog walkers who were hus- tling to round up their charges at Crissy Field for a trip back to the truck took the time to let us get our dog on, so to speak. Clockwise: A Boston terrier mix, just days old, will stay in a foster home with mom Betty and the rest of the litter until But then suddenly, seemingly overnight, my hus- old enough for adoption; Critty and Timmy, two Boston terriers rescued from a hoarding situation, will soon be ready for loving homes; One of five puppies abandoned at the Stockton shelter, where one puppy died; the four survivors will band and I apparently crossed an invisible line, and find homes through Wonder Dog photos: courtesy Wonder dog rescue our little habit started to become not so sweet, not so touching, but rather more like An Annoyance. Like when we found a dog particularly endearing (OK, every dog), and we found ourselves keeping just a slight yet visibly unnoticeable grip on the dog’s body while fawning over him or her so there was no chance Linda Beenau for bolting until we were finished smothering him or her with love. Or was it desperation? Director and founder, Wonder Dog Rescue Dog: That’s nice. I feel for ya losing your dog and all. But could you please let go of my leg so I can go chase that Lab by susan dyer reynolds people individually by appoint- Francisco Animal Care and Control. I with the big stick? ment. All of our dogs are in fos- didn’t wind up adopting a dog through Owner: “Oh, that’s sweet, but I think my dog wants to How many years have you been ter homes, so we only gather as Nancy, but we continued a lifelong go chase that Lab with the big stick!” involved with animal rescue? a group once a week. All events friendship. In those days, everything We’d become “those people” — you know, like I began in rescue over 23 years are posted on our website, www. was done on Rolodex cards. Nancy smokers who rarely buy their own cigarettes and are ago, working with Nancy Ford, a wonderdogrescue.org. We do not knew everything about Bostons and continuously bumming them from acquaintances Boston terrier rescue person (thus, have any benefits scheduled at this pugs, and most of what I learned in and perfect strangers on a daily, no, hourly basis. my love of Bostons!). time, but stay tuned and check our those first 10 or more years came from And eventually, those acquaintances and strangers website often. Nancy. I am sad to say that she passed get sick and tired of the smokers and send them on What are the upcoming events for away last year after a long illness. their merry way with a simple air-slapping wave of Wonder Dog? How did you get involved with the hand. Just like that, we had crossed over the line We hold adoption events and are rescue? Tell us about your organization. to becoming the poor slob bumming the cigarette. open to the public every Saturday I was thinking about adopting a Wonder Dog Rescue is an 11-year- It’s not like people run away when they see at our office at 2926 16th Street Boston terrier back in 1990 and got old nonprofit organization. Before us. I think some of them still like the fact that in San Francisco. We also meet the number of the rescue from San linda beenau, continued on 36 stalker, continued on 34

Pit of the Month Pigeon Rocket Dog Rescue saved Pigeon’s life, now she’s ready to be part of yours by susan dyer reynolds energy but, like most pitties, has a couch potato side, and s. Pigeon is loves to hang out at home probably one of with her people. the most special Pigeon loves to keep you Mdogs you will ever meet. laughing, even though there This tiny girl is a muscu- was nothing funny about the lar short stack, standing no way her life began. She came taller than the average per- to Rocket Dog Rescue from son’s knee. (Like my Skylar a high-kill shelter after being Grey, she’s a low rider, built dumped there with her dead photos: courtesy rocket dog rescue like a perfect little teapot, puppies inside her, and had short and stout.) Pigeon is to undergo emergency sur- future. (In fact, all of the dogs Pigeon’s ideal home is To learn more about and counting). You can a beautiful dog, around two gery to save her life. Despite rescued from Michael Vick’s with someone who has Pigeon, please visit www. also e-mail adopt@rocket to three years old, with one her rough start, Pigeon still infamous house of horrors experience with bully rocketdogrescue.org. You dogrescue.org about Pigeon golden-brown eye and one trusts and loves people, and were adopted and went on to breeds, and who will let can also buy the 2014 (put “I saw Pigeon in the sparkly blue eye (I’m partial is eager to move forward. happy, balanced lives, many her be an only dog (she Rocket Dog Rescue calen- Marina Times …” in the to blue eyes — my beloved Pitties like Pigeon are like in homes with kids and cats, deserves to be doggy dar there, which is gorgeous subject line). Jazzy had two of them). that — they rarely let their some as therapy or search- queen of the house after and benefits the many dogs She has a good amount of tough beginnings affect their and-rescue dogs.) all she’s been through!). Rocket Dog saves (6,296 E-mail: [email protected]

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Sky’s Buys Shopping Stalker pretty invasive, but to all continued from page 32 of you dog parents out there, please know that our we find their dog so bizarre behavior will end Dog for Dog treats give back with a simple compelling. once we shake it off, get Dog: I know: It’s almost to a dog rescue, and adopt philosophy: ‘You buy one. We give one’ hypnotic how cute I am. another pooch to be the But recently, I have seen dog by susan dyer reynolds I have to confess I took a publicize the plight of shel- Dogsbutter, which I plan to owners hurry nibble of both flavors and ters across the country, use when I make her fro- along when they It can be brutal he first time I could have eaten an entire where 4 million of 8 mil- zen yogurt (see last month’s see us coming. saw Dogsbars at bar (but I couldn’t do lion animals are euthanized issue or visit www.marina- For instance, in being dog-less when Pet Food Express that to Skylar). each year. times.com for the recipe). our building, a you once had a dog. TI purchased them because Founder Rocky Kanaka On a recent trip to Pet Like most dogs, Skylar particularly de- I wanted to help animals. Keever came up with the Food Express, I discovered loves peanut butter, so this lightful Corgi and his focus of all of our attention. The company that makes concept the company is a healthful alternative, owner, whom we have Yeah, I know what you’re the treats, Dog for Dog, while hold- also makes and best of all, Dog for Dog pestered frequently, seem thinking: Poor guy. has a straightforward mis- ing pet Dogsbutter, donates a jar for every jar to vanish behind the In the meantime, maybe sion: For every treat you adoptions at peanut butter sold just as they do with elevator door just as we you could consider it an buy, they donate one to his pet sup- especially for all their products. In addi- approach. There is also a act of mercy when you stop a dog in need. I bought ply stores. dogs without tion to the bars and butters, dog walker who crosses the and let a former owner both flavors — peanut but- He realized sugar, salt or Dog for Dog also makes street at the exact moment blubber over your dog. ter and blueberry — and that despite hydrogenated other treats like chicken when we come into view. Let’s call it volunteer work! as I was unwrapping them howev- oils. There are and lamb, as well as kib- Coincidence? I think not. It’s a win-win situation, at home, I was drooling er many three variet- ble, made with a variety Maybe they don’t want to unless, of course, this cuts right along with Skylar dogs were ies: Original, of blends, including pork, spend the extra time with into your dog’s digging-for- because they looked and adopted, simply made chicken, duck, and turkey, us while we gush in that field-mice time. If that’s the smelled better than any many more with peanuts, and a grain-free version now-repulsive doggy baby- case, just speak up. We had human granola bar I’d ever were left golden flax- made with salmon and talk voice to their pup, or a dog. We’ll understand. had. They’re made with in shelters. seed and palm ocean fish. maybe they just don’t want organic brown rice syrup, Celebrities fruit oil; Skin Dog for Dog, www.dogfor to feel our pain. Honestly, I Sandy Fertman Ryan has oats, blackstrap molasses, including & Coat, which dog.com: all products made in wouldn’t want to either. written for several national organic crisp brown rice, Michael Bublé, has added coco- the United States. Dogsbars, It can be brutal being magazines, including ‘TEEN, organic flax seeds, organic Snoop Lion and nut; and Immunity $3.99 each; DogsButter, $9.99 dog-less when you once Seventeen and Parade. She peanut butter, sunflower Chelsea Handler took note, & Digestion, which also each. Available at Pet Food had a dog in this dog-fren- is currently working with seed kernels, organic pota- and with the help of these has coconut, plus ginger. Express and other fine pet zied city of San Francisco. a therapist to stop talking to flakes, organic sunflower high-profile folks, Dog Because Sky has a sensi- supply retailers. And probably for the other baby talk to dogs. And her oil, and, for the blueberry for Dog has been able to tive stomach, I bought the doggy owners as well. I husband. E-mail: yipee633@ version, dried blueberries. promote the product and Immunity & Digestion E-mail: [email protected] realize our behavior is yahoo.com

Mews Briefs GGNRA update and Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital needs your help

by susan dyer reynolds saint of animals and the environment. areas, only allowing dogs to run free congressional representatives here: While Park Service regulations may ban in limited parts of Crissy Field, Fort www.crissyfielddog.org/news.html GGNRA EXTENDS PUBLIC COMMENT off-leash dog walking in National Parks, Mason, Ocean Beach, and Fort Funston. Mail your comments about the PERIOD ON DOG MANAGEMENT there is a long history of off-leash rec- The rules would be even stricter outside GGNRA Dog management Plan to: PLAN UNTIL FEB. 18 reation in San Francisco, which began of the city. In Marin County, for exam- Frank Dean, Superintendent, GGNRA, Shortly after Scott Wiener took office before the transfer of land from the ple, dogs would be allowed to run free Building 201, Fort Mason Center, San as District 8 supervisor in 2010, the City and County of San Francisco to in only one of the six areas where they Francisco CA 94123-0022 Golden Gate National Recreation Area the National Park Service. It is essential presently have unleashed access. The (GGNRA) began gearing up to ban the National Park Service fully con- GGNRA says the harsh restrictions are LINDSAY WILDLIFE REHABILITATION off-leash dog walking on most federal sider the wide-ranging consequences necessary because of complaints from HOSPITAL IN NEED OF DONATIONS lands. “I met with the GGNRA, and I of the new rules, including the impact bird watchers and other visitors who Donations to the Lindsay Wildlife spoke to Senator Mark Leno; I drafted on San Francisco parks, and carefully don’t like dealing with dogs. Museum’s rehabilitation hospital are legislation opposing the plan, and held review the concerns of San Franciscans In 2011 when the original proposal was down 25 percent from a year ago, and a hearing,” Wiener said. The hearing on officials are asking for money before the Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, garnered input busy spring season when the hospital from city departments, dog advocates, is overwhelmed with sick and injured and residents. Conspicuously absent: baby birds and mammals. It costs nearly representatives from the GGNRA and half a million dollars to operate the environmental groups like the Sierra 60-year-old organization, and they are Club, which support tightening the currently $100,000 short (more than 95 rules. Wiener’s resolution passed, and percent of the hospital’s funding comes the GGNRA backed off a bit, extending from private donations). public comment through Jan. 11, 2014. Lindsay is an extremely important “I don’t begrudge their ability to make hospital, and one of the few places in changes, but this plan goes way too far,” the Bay Area where citizens who find Wiener said. “This is an urban recreation injured wildlife can bring them for treat- area. They’re not taking into account ment. Last year the hospital took in 5,500 where all these dogs are going to go.” injured wild animals, including foxes, Wiener pointed out that at the dog park opossums, eagles, hawks, and many types located at 27th and Douglass streets, 100 of birds. In fact, Lindsay has cared for dogs enter per hour, and that number, District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener speaks up at the “Save Off-Leash Dog Walking in more than 27,500 animals in the past as well as the number of dogs at other the GGNRA” rally photo: courtesy scott Wiener five years alone. Every time a citizen city parks (dog parks and otherwise), brings an injured animal to the hospital, would only increase if off-leash access to as expressed by our elected Board of released, it prompted nearly 5,000 com- it also provides a crucial opportunity for GGNRA land were greatly restricted. Supervisors.” ments, most of which were critical and education, while the museum at Lindsay On Dec. 2, 2013, Wiener and his The GGNRA listened and granted the opposed the restrictions. In April of that provides educational programs for more supporters got a big boost when House extension, stating on their website that “due year, the Board of Supervisors went on than 40,000 school children each year. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San to continued concern from some stakehold- record opposing the plan. A new draft Donations can be made to Lindsay Francisco) wrote a letter urging the ers, the comment period has been extend- released in September 2013 didn’t fare Wildlife Museum, 1931 First Avenue, GGNRA to extend the public com- ed a second time,” until Tuesday, Feb. 18. much better, drawing continued oppo- Walnut Creek, CA 94597 or online at ment period on the dog management You can submit comments online at http:// sition from residents and the Board of www.wildlife-museum.org (click on plan for another month to Feb. 17, parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm. Supervisors as well as Representative Jackie “support”). Please note on your check 2014. In the letter addressed to GGNRA cfm?documentID=55416 (all comments Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo). or online that your donation is to be General Superintendent Frank Dean, must be entered before 11 p.m. Pacific Time). Sign an online petition opposing earmarked for the wildlife hospital. Representative Pelosi wrote, “Our city is The current GGNRA plan would the GGNRA Dog Management Plan, named for Saint Francis of Assisi, patron require dogs to be on leash in most and find contact information for E-mail: [email protected]

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Cathouse Finding the real cat The taming of Boris by john zipperer His backstory explained why agreed to, and so the skinny little he was so scared. Before I met my black cat joined a household with oris wasn’t the first cat partner, he lived in an apartment one human and one other adult I’d lived with, but he was in downtown Chicago. When a male cat, Max. The black cat was the one who changed my couple across the hall broke up quickly named Boris, and he and Bmind about cats. I like to think and the girlfriend moved out, Max settled into a tolerate-hate that, in return for that favor, I she (somewhat bizarrely) left her relationship that would last the helped change his attitude toward black tuxedo cat with her ex-boy- rest of their lives. those around him, too, and friend. That would be all fine and Years later, when I came into the I have some evidence that that dandy, and I’d be willing to blame picture, Boris was better but still was the case. the breakup on her — perhaps showing signs of his six months of Growing up, I was very much she was embezzling money, or she affection deprivation. When people No need to be scared of black cats what you would call a dog person. cheated, or she was never home came to visit, Max was a showoff; I didn’t dislike cats, I just he knew he was the most him in a way that didn’t startle he liked doing that so much thought they were not as gorgeous cat around, and him, and how to talk to him in a that we could never lie down to interesting or as fun as he loved to have people soothing manner. read or watch TV without him dogs. The cats who were Years later, Boris still showed pay attention to him. But He and I did in fact become climbing aboard. He had made a occasionally part of my Boris would run away and friends. A few months later, dur- 180-degree turn, from a cat fear- family household were signs of his six months of hide in another room. He ing our housewarming party, ful of everybody and putting out all fine and wonderful affection deprivation. didn’t like to be picked up, Boris climbed onto my lap and a tough-guy vibe, to becoming a animals, but it was the and he definitely did not settled down to sleep while I pet stereotypical pussycat who loved black Lab who slept on my bed; because she worked too much, I want to sit on your lap. him. Some folks who had known to receive and give affection. the cat stayed with someone else don’t know — but I can’t leave her When I joined the household, I him when he was a skittery, defen- Boris never made it out here to who appreciated her more, and I ex blameless. Because he promptly was greeted by an arched back and sive scaredy cat couldn’t believe San Francisco with Max and the can’t blame her. embarked on a six-month remod- a hiss from Boris, and I decided their eyes. “That’s the same cat?” rest of the household; he died of But when I got to know Boris, I el of his unit. For six months, he on the spot that the two of us were said one woman who had known cancer back in Ithaca, N.Y. But I came to appreciate just how much lived elsewhere but kept the cat going to do whatever it took to him from the start. take comfort that at least for the personality and emotion could be in his old unit, which was under become friends. So began a slow Soon Boris seemed to be happi- last few years of his life, he was stuffed into that tiny, furry body. construction, returning only to process of building trust, of learn- est climbing onto the stomach or able to live happily and securely, When I first met Boris, he was a feed the cat and change his litter ing just how much he wanted to be back of one of us while we were free of the fears that had driven scaredy cat. He was distrustful of box. For half of a year. pet, where that spot is between his lying down. He would then do his him for years. pretty much every human and a My partner offered to take front shoulder blades that he can’t ablutions, curl up, and fall asleep, bully to other cats. the cat off his hands, which was scratch himself, how to approach purring. He got to the point that E-mail: [email protected]

will be a comprehensive program, where and mom until the pups are 8 weeks old, when with him (this is the layman’s version of what both the vets and the dogs get the training they are weaned and can be put up for adop- search and rescue is about). He is housebro- and support they need to make it together. tion. We couldn’t have taken Betty without ken, well trained, and he does really fun tricks! We’re so fortunate to have the commitment this woman’s support. of a trainer who specializes in this work. The A dog who is a great success story … program will be free of charge to participants. What is the age range of the dogs at Cricket is my most recent wonderful suc- Wonder Dog right now? cess story. I received a call from the Turlock What is the biggest challenge facing your There is a wide variety, actually. We have shelter about a Boston with paralyzed rescue right now? a wonderful foster home that specializes hindquarters. As soon as I saw her photo I We have reached a point where we need in puppies and whelping moms, and she knew we just had to help her. Cricket’s back to hire a full-time administrator to manage takes in or oversees the fostering of the legs are paralyzed, but she uses her chest the flow of calls, inquiries, and paperwork. youngsters. We have young adult dogs and and front legs to lift the hindquarters off Finding the funding for this position has many older dogs too, so the age range right the ground when she walks. We all fell in been a challenge. Of course, we do not now is 1 day to 14 years! love with her sweet disposition, but I had a Sweet, smart, well-trained, and funny, want to divert funding away from the feeling I’d be keeping her, as you can imag- Brutus can’t wait to find the perfect family animals. But our ability to function as a What are some of the breeds you have ine that very few people want a severely photo: courtesy Wonder dog rescue vibrant organization necessitates a strong available for adoption right now? disabled dog. Well, I was wrong. Within a administrative presence. Finding the fund- We recently took in eight Boston terri- few weeks a former adopter contacted us Linda Beenau ing support is our goal for 2014. ers from a hoarding situation. They are cur- about bringing a new dog into their lives. continued from page 32 Our other challenge is finding long-term rently in foster homes, where they are being They told me that they’d learned so much foster homes. The number of animals we evaluated and retrained to prepare them for from their dog, Sterling, and this time they that, I founded Bay Area Boston Terrier can save is directly tied to the available loving homes. When wanted to adopt Rescue, which was breed specific. Today, foster homes. We provide good support to we rescued these a dog with spe- we have evolved to being a rescue that the foster parents, and match them with a Bostons, they lived cial needs. Within doesn’t rescue only Bostons, because there dog who is compatible to their living situ- outdoors in cages. The number of animals minutes of meeting are so many other needy animals at the ation. Increasing the number of available Therefore they’ve Cricket they were shelters. We specialize in the rehabilitation foster homes is another major challenge all needed help we can save is tied to certain that she was and placement of dogs with physical dis- and priority for Wonder Dog. with house train- the dog for them. abilities, very timid dogs, and senior dogs. ing. Some of them available foster homes. Today, Cricket lives We have a strong following on the Web and What is a short-term foster home, and become frightened in the Watsonville on Facebook, and find a great outpouring how can it make a difference? when their foster parents leave for work. It’s area. She has two dog companions, a won- of support for those dogs who are at gravest A short-term foster home is one that will understandable, given their prior situation. derful yard, and a loving home. She goes risk of being euthanized because of disabili- take the dog for a week or two. They are Providing professional training and support to on hikes with the family in a front car- ties or timid behavior. We love senior dogs, incredibly important, because just getting our foster homes will enable this transition to rier; she’s a real part of the family, and I too, and keep senior dogs in hospice care to the dog out of the shelter can be the dif- happen as smoothly as possible, and make sure couldn’t be happier. the end of their lives. ference between life and death. Once the those loving new homes are forever homes. dog is in foster care we can fully evaluate We also have two sweet adult pit bulls, Where can people go online to find out Can kids get involved with Wonder Dog? the medical and behavioral needs. This a few other Boston terriers, some pup- more, see adoptable dogs, volunteer, Yes, we love it! One of our volunteers is 12, isn’t always done at the shelters. We look pies, and a few middle-aged dogs. Most foster, or donate? and she’s been volunteering with Wonder at the euthanasia lists of shelters and have are small dogs. www.wonderdogrescue.org Dog for more than three years now. We have to sometimes make a snap decision — live To Donate: www.wonderdogrescue.org/donate an informal after-school program once a or die. Knowing that I have, say, six open A dog I’d really like to see adopted … Contact us at: [email protected] week where the kids get to interact with the foster homes means that I can say yes to six Brutus, a 4½-year-old Chihuahua we res- To foster: [email protected] dogs while doing homework and hanging of those dogs. So the more foster homes we cued from San Francisco Animal Care and Facebook: facebook.com/wonderdog out. It’s a win-win situation. have — short- or long-term — the more Control about nine months ago. Because he rescuegroup dogs we can save. is being fostered outside of the city he doesn’t Twitter: twitter.com/WonderDogRescue Besides the after-school project, do you One stellar woman stepped in to help a get the visibility others receive from being have any other special programs? pregnant beagle-Boston mix named Betty at at mobile adoptions. Also, let’s face it … tan Wonder Dog Rescue: 2926 16th Street, We are currently outlining a new program the Stockton shelter. The puppies are going Chihuahuas aren’t that popular these days. But San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-621- 3647 that will place dogs with veterans living with on 1 week of age, and all are doing well. This Brutus is amazing! His foster mom is a trainer PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). This woman has committed to fostering the litter who has been doing “nose and scent” work E-mail: [email protected]

36 february 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.MarinatiMes.coM We urgently need short and long term foster homes! This page sponsored by Grateful Dogs Rescue partners with the San Francisco city shelter to offer a safe haven and help save dogs’ lives. Foster ANNOUNCEMENT:homes – short or long term –We are need urgently foster needed. homes! Vet billsGrateful for Dogs Rescue partners with thefoster San dogs Francisco are paid city by Gratefulshelter Dogsto save Rescue. dogs Volunteersfrom euthanasia. and Make your home a short termdonations or long are alwaysterm safe welcome! haven Our and website help save features a dog’s more life. dogs, Vet bills for foster dogs paid by GDR.events, Volunteers training resources, and donations etc. Apply are today always to foster,welcome! adopt, Our or website features more dogs, events,foster-to-adopt! training resources, GDR is an etc.all volunteer,Apply today 501(c)(3) to foster, non-profit. adopt, or foster-to-adopt! GDR is an allMake volunteer, your year-end 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit.Make donation your year-end today! tax-deductible www.naturalbalanceinc.com donation today! MONKEYAUSTIN RUSSELLLULU Austin is an eight-month, RussellLulu is a little is an 6 pound, easy-going, 6 years puggleMiss Monkey (beagle will x pug). melt He’s your a15 heart. Three years old and Chihuahuaold sweetheart mix, Chihuahua. around 1 She or pound puppy full of curiosity weighing about 12 pounds, 2loves years to cuddle old. Russell and shares is drawn foster and affection. He’s very active Monkey is a fun, spunky, toy- tohome kids, with so a otherfamily small with dogs.dog- and loves going out for walks. She’s easy going and happiest loving terrier mix. She was savvy kids would be ideal. tooAustin shy is very in the affectionate shelter to with be when you are close by. Being Russell is an outgoing, gentle guy who loves people and adoptedeveryone he but meets. it hasn’t He likes taken to alone is not fun for her. Sleeping other dogs. He walks well on leash, is great in the car and hersnuggle long and to sleeps blossom. with Shehis people is equally at bedtime. happy He chasing enjoys aa in a crate is scary for Lulu, she would prefer sleeping near you. good game of chase with dogs his size. He is friendly with ball in the yard or snuggling in your lap. Monkey loves Lululoves was the terrified park. When of the Russell car but is happy,has gotten he rollsmuch on better. his back Lulu little kids. Austin is quite smart and already knows how to respectful children, is a bit wary of abrupt strangers, and isand great wiggles on her to leash, get a and belly loves rub. to He explore loves outdoors.to cuddle Sheup inis issit fineon command, with other he isanimals working as on long his houseas they training. don’t Austintry to housea little broken ball next and to alerts you her for fostera snooze, parents but that is crate-trained she needs to canoverpower be left alone, her. She but knows prefers the being sit aroundand down people. commands Are you goand outside. happy Thisto sleep little girlin his wants crate to beat nightyour friend. (if you Do can you resist have upand to is givinggreat onthis walks. active, If fun-lovingyou’re looking pup hisfor forevera new sidekick home? to bring fun and love into your life this Valentine’s Day, ahaving gentle, this loving ball home of cuteness for her? snuggle with you all night!). you can’t go wrong with sweet little Monkey!. Russell will surely charm his way into your heart. BAILEY PHARAOH Bailey is an adorable, huggable WILBUR NARU11-year-old Corgi-Pomeranian Pharaoh a 10-week-old Shep- Narumix (his is body a 7-year-old is mostly white Corgi Wilburherd mix is puppy. an adorable His foster 7-year- par- miniatureand his head poodle is the Pom who part!). is oldents “Puggle” have given (a pughim lotsand ofbeagle love friendlyHe currently towards weighs everyone. 23 pounds. He mix)and nurturingweighing since 30 pounds being born.who lovesBailey meeting is very healthy new dogs but during could isPharaoh ready LOVESto shower everything a forever in hisshed daily a walks few and extra visits pounds. at the familyhis world: with people, tons of playing love ball, and Bailey is looking for a companiondog park. he He’s can greathang indoors.out with snuggles. He loves his energeticsitting in walks your lap,to thegiving park. kisses, He Naru has a sweet temperament on the couch, at the park, or on a nice walk through the livesnapping, with puppy another treats, dog toys, and andwe thinkother he dogs. would He beis alreadya great neighborhood. His ideal homeand he will does be well one withwithout cats small and secondtrained todog. come He loves when kids called, and sit is for very treats, gentle. and We fetches. have children.dogs of all He sizes, doesn’t and require would a lotdo of best exercise in a buthome he withloves Pharaoh is trained to use wee wee pads. Pharaoh is looking not seen him with cats yet, but he is very sweet with ev- goingadults for and walks older and kids being as outdoors.his people. He Naru is good has aon goofy leash for someone to spend time with him, as he is too young eryone and everything he meets. Wilbur does not have andbouncy is fine walk with and other is thedogs. perfect Bailey is dog looking for someone for a walking in to be left alone. He will positively make you laugh and an aggressive bone in his body and is ready to make a companion-need of a service are you dogthe one? or emotional support animal. smile! Pharaoh will be your new best friend. He will love If you’re looking for a social and loving dog who will luckyyou Soooo person much! a very loyal and loved companion. Wel- bring joy into your life, NaruLADY is your perfect love match. come Wilbur’s love and affection into your life. Lady is a 4-year-old, 21-pound SHILOH SchipperkeROSIE mix but looks more WILLIEShiloh. He is a 6 year-old Rat likeRosie a combinationis a lovely 5-year-old of border Terrier mix and around 40 collieRottweiler and black mix. bear! She loves Lady WONKApounds. He loves his walks and hadromping, a miserable playing at beginningthe dog all the people he meets. Shiloh topark, her going life, on unloved walks and and lying tied Willie Wonka is as sweet as his is a pure joy at home and is toon aher short back cable so you by can day rub and name implies. Wonka is a tri- completely house trained. insideher pretty a storeroom tummy. Although at night. colored Chihuahua mix with long Despite this, Lady has adaptedRosie well currently to her foster lives home with lashesShiloh thatis not curl comfortable around his when eyes. and quickly learned basictwo manners big dogs, and five housetraining. adults, a strangeHe is a friendly dogs run guy up who to hisloves face. people. He gets Wonka nervous is about and 9 can 1/2 act out. His perfect home would be one with time to give cat,Gentle and Lady a toddler, loves her Rosie walks. would She loveloves a belly forever rubs home while pounds, is easy to pick up, and loves to be held. Willie Wonka him lots of love and time for daily walks. Someone to toss withlying upside-downan adult family. in your Rosie lap. is an Lady energetic thrives 75-poundon human does have some special needs: his hind legs are a bit “wonky” attention and would be happiest as the only dog in the his ball for him and rub his belly. He knows all his basic sweetie who responds to a variety of commands and not as strong as his front legs and he has difficulty with home. Lady is ready for a gentle, loving home where she commands. Shiloh is looking for the perfect companion when motivated by a treat! Rosie has some health steps, but his MRI revealed no significant problems. Wonka challengescan get the (sheattention is recovering she deserves. nicely from ACL surgery to share life’s simple pleasures. loves to walk and can cover surprising distances. Big dogs and for a torn ligament in November, and needs one children overwhelm him as they challenge his maneuverability. medicationGDR’S MESSAGE: daily) but Are she you would looking love to to be adopt your a dog in the San Francisco Bay area? Then you Valentine rose. Wonka is a gentle boy, looking for a gentle home. should come out to the Grateful Dogs Rescue Adoption event on March 16 at Pet Food Express on Market from 12:30 to 3PM. Our second March event will be at BellaPelle at 9 MaidenCheck the Lane Grateful on March Dogs 30th Rescue from 11AMwebsite to 2PM. for 2014 upcoming Adoption Events Calendar

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The Adventures of Skylar Grey Chapter 9

A devilish Skylar contemplates going for the golden tassels The land of low-hanging fruit

by susan dyer reynolds calling Skylar from the TV room. “Where’s my little blockhead?” she cooed in that high- It’s not what you look like, when you’re pitched puppy voice. When I returned to the doin’ what you’re doin’ sink to dry the dishes, I noticed Sky was no It’s what you’re doin’ when you’re doin’ longer in view. As I turned the corner into what you look like you’re doin’! the living room, there she was — sitting on Express yourself! one hip, her green eyes wild and devilish, and a gold tassel swinging from her mouth. — “Express Yourself!” by Charles Wright “Where’s my little angel?” Kickie called again. “She’s right here with me,” I shouted, ickie adored everything about and then I turned to Skylar. “Give me that her new “granddog,” Skylar Grey, tassel,” I said under my breath through grit- except for the way she slept: on her ted teeth. Skylar went into the play bow: Kback, front legs straight up in the air, back front legs stretched in front of her, butt wag- legs spread eagle. “She’s a little hussy,” Kickie ging in the air. “This is not a game,” I said, would say as Sky snored obliviously. but Skylar disagreed. She took off running I reminded Kickie that Jazzy often slept around the living room, with me chasing her on her back — it’s a pit bull thing. “Studies in tight circles. Small enough to get behind have shown that dogs who sleep on their chairs, end tables, and sofas, Sky took every backs are the happiest and most secure dogs, opportunity to pause where I couldn’t reach willing to expose their most vulnerable body her and show off her prize, which may as well part — their soft underbelly — to potential have been a diamond necklace as far as I was predators,” I explained. “Well, there are no concerned. “Stay!” I said, pointing to where predators here,” Kickie said with a chuckle. Sky was now sitting just a few feet away. I “She’s just a little hussy.” dashed out to the garage where I found a bag Lack of modesty aside, Skylar had passed of her favorite chicken jerky. Nonchalantly, I a very important test on her first weekend reentered the living room where Skylar was trip to Grandma’s: She never chewed any of sitting in the exact same spot, the tassel still Kickie’s prized tchotchkes, and that was a swinging from her mouth in slow motion feat considering the house was full of them. like a solid gold pendulum. “Here Sky,” I A few months before, when Kickie’s other said, holding up the jerky. “I’ll trade you.” stepdaughter Sara visited from Arizona, we Skylar’s eyes grew beady and suspicious, counted 56 tassels. Kickie loves tassels. She but she raised her nose in the air to see if puts them everywhere and on everything, she could catch a whiff of what I felt was a whether they belong there or not. There more than fair exchange. “Do you want this, are tassels hanging from mirrors, tassels sweetie?” I asked, crouching in front of her hanging from drapes, tassels hanging from and dangling the jerky just out of reach. She lamps, the ceiling, drawer pulls, photo- dropped the tassel and went for the jerky, graphs, and even other tchotchkes. Most which I held onto tightly until I had the of the tassels were at a safe height because tassel in my other hand. “Go see Grandma,” Skylar was only four months old, about 25 I said sternly. pounds, and like many pit bulls she was a As I surveyed the living room trying to fig- low rider — built like a sturdy little teapot, ure out where Skylar got the tassel, I noticed short and stout. But with 56 tassels, there a gold rope the exact color draped around a was still plenty of low-hanging fruit. small wastebasket covered in beige cherub The morning we were preparing to head brocade. With a sigh of relief, I wiped the back to San Francisco, I boasted to Kickie puppy slobber off and gently tied the gold that Sky hadn’t gotten into a single thing. tassel back in its rightful place. Skylar “That’s my good little blockhead,” Kickie When I went to get Sky from the TV said affectionately, patting Sky’s square head. room, she was already asleep in her favorite “You’re Grandma’s little angel.” position: on her back, front legs straight up Skylar followed me when I went to the in the air, back legs spread eagle. “I know,” I kitchen to do the breakfast dishes, but she said to Kickie, who was resting on the couch. made a detour into the living room. I watched “She’s a little hussy.” Kickie smiled, “Yes, but her snoozing in the sun through the window she’s also a little angel.” At that exact moment, above the sink, which conveniently peered Skylar stretched, yawned, and opened one into the living room via a sliding glass door. hazel eye as if to wink at me. “Uh-huh,” I said, “You are a little angel,” I said to myself, and “an angel, indeed …” turned to pack up her food, bowls and treats. After several trips to the car, I heard Kickie E-mail: [email protected]

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Please join us for Haute Dog SF 3, a canine runway event benefiting senior dogs! Date: February 7th | Time: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. | Location: San Francisco Design Center Get your tickets while you still can for San Francisco’s chicest canine event of the year. On February 7th posh pooches will once again showcase couture outfits designed specifically for them by some of the Bay Area’s most prominent interior designers with exquisite fabrics provided by show- rooms at the San Francisco Design Center (SFDC) as they walk the runway at Haute Dog SF 3. The evening is more than just a night of pretty faces strutting their stuff. This year it is also a chance for the SFDC to raise money for and awareness of Muttville Senior Dog Rescue! For tickets please visit www.muttville.org/events/haute-dog-2014.html

Meet a few of our available seniors:

Lily Daphne Levi Lily is recuperating from her time spent at Daphne is a sweet little Chihuahua with a Cute little Levi is a bit of a slow walker and a shelter, poor little girl. Her tail was tucked great easygoing personality. She weighs if he could talk he would be a slow talker! under her first two days at Muttville, but now about 6 to 7 pounds and seems to be on the Levi has a velvet-like coat; he’s low to the she is following volunteers around and really young side at about 6 to 8 years old. She is ground and long like a dachshund (though responding, showing that these dogs can re- completely house trained and is very good his darling little face says something else). ally forgive and bounce back. Soft, gentle and on leash. She loves sunbathing, chew toys, He is about 7 years old and 12 pounds. Levi long legged, Lily weighs 52 pounds and she’s going for walks or rides in the car, and snug- would like to be the king of his castle — he 8 years young. She is a sweet girl that will blos- gling with you under the covers. Daphne will can be a bit pushy with some dogs, though som in the right home. She is an agile dancer, win you over with her flirty brown eyes and he is OK with most dogs. He really is a true and would love someone to take her for long gentle nature — and she’s a real lover, too! charmer and likes to follow you around, walks. Lily is fine with dogs, big and small. And She’s good with other dogs, as her two foster though he also has a quiet, easygoing side. when you call her name softly, she will come siblings will attest. She can do stairs and is We love this little guy and you will, too. over for some loving, she is so sweet! It is a very adaptable. Give her a bed with a blanket wonder to look into her deep brown eyes. to burrow in and she is all set.

Vince Mister Henry Nilly What a dude Vince is! We think he is a dachs- Sweet little Mister Henry is a real cutie and he Nilly is a super girl, sweet and easygoing. This hund/poodle mix, as he’s incredibly cute and has the most expressive little face! He weighs lady can dance too, like Milly Vanilly! She is charming. Vince is 11 pounds and about 7 4 pounds and is about 13 years old. He was cute as a button and has lots of soul. We think years young, though he could be younger. picked up as a stray and his coat’s condition she is about 8 years old; she loves walks, and He is a happy, fun guy, and he loves other hints that perhaps he lived in a field with plen- she’s great with other dogs and humans of all dogs. He’s super playful and cuddly. Vince ty of foxtails. Mr. Henry is gentle and quiet and ages. She weighs 17 pounds and is perfect for would do well in an active home where he he loves to cuddle. He’s just a little pocketful an active home. Please think about making can get lots of love, and he would also like to of joy. Mr. Henry had one of the worse mouth this lovely lady part of your family! live with another playful dog. infections we’ve seen and Muttville is taking care of his health issues before he goes to his PHOTOS BY: J’ADORE LE CHIEN PET PHOTOGRAPHY, forever home. Won’t be long! WWW.JADORELECHIEN.COM

To view more adoptable dogs, or to find out about becoming a foster parent, volunteering, or donating, please visit us at www.muttville.org

ABOUT MUTTVILLE SENIOR DOG RESCUE: Muttville Senior Dog Rescue is dedicated to helping older dogs. When senior dogs end up at local shelters — because of a lifelong companion’s death or change in circumstance, or because they’ve been abandoned — they are often passed over for puppies, and overcrowded shelters may have no option other than euthanasia. Muttville rescues these wonderful dogs, gives them the medical care they need, spruces them up with grooming and good food, puts them in a loving foster home, and finds them new forever homes. Muttville is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.

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