11 News 19 Entertainment 20 Fall Arts Preview Broadway Art World: Ai Weiwei Get ready: The arts season Controversy: on Alcatraz 19 kicks off in earnest this David Chiu responds 4 month, and we’ve got an At Home expanded preview calendar Food & Wine Caring for Our Kids: highlighting the concerts, New and Notable: Liz Farrell’s back to galas, dances, and more to The Commissary 11 school plans 25 enjoy this autumn. 20

WWW.MARINATIMES.com Celebrating our 30th Year Volume 30 Issue 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 Political Animal It’s still Willie Brown’s town Personal politics runs amuck at City Hall

by susan dyer reynolds

ebecca Katz was no wallflower when it came to advocating for the animals of San Francisco. During her six years as executive direc- Rtor of Animal Care and Control (ACC), the city’s public shelter, she pushed for a bigger budget, more staff, and a Superstar pianist Yuja Wang performs at the San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night Gala. photo: san francisco symphony new facility to replace the current one, which is crumbling and outdated. She frequently went to the press with impor- tant issues, and she developed private partnerships to fill Fashion, fun and philanthropy: in where the city would not. When the Chihuahua overpopulation hit crisis lev- els, Katz partnered with Virgin Airlines for Operation The fall fundraising season begins Chihuahua Airlift, sending the little dogs to New York City where they were in high demand. After two pit bulls by maryann lorusso From now through the holidays, while also helping folks who really were shot in the back by San Francisco police officers in the city is awash in spectacular soi- need it. So put on that suit or dress, two separate incidents, Katz contacted me about the fact ummer’s over. You’re back rees designed to raise money for put on those dancing shoes, and get that the department was no longer participating in train- from that final vacation, you’ve some truly important organizations. ready for some philanthropic fun. ing for how to handle dogs in the field — despite know- finished that last novel, and If you’re fortunate enough to be able San Francisco Symphony Opening ing that SFPD’s chief, Greg Suhr, would rather she kept Syour tan is finally fading. It’s back to to purchase a ticket to one of the Night Gala (Sept. 3): Kick off the sea- quiet. I wrote two articles on the subject, and the SFPD work, back to school, back to reality. most charitable — and glamorous — son with the San Francisco Symphony’s reinstated its training. But here in San Francisco, with the seats in town, consider it. Whether annual black-tie gala, benefitting the When ACC couldn’t afford to feed the more than 11,000 autumn season comes yet another you have a favorite cause or strongly symphony’s award-winning education animals it takes in annually, Katz forged a relationship with great reason to socialize and cele- believe in supporting the arts, there’s and community programs that serve Pet Food Express (PFE), which brought in Halo Foods to brate: the fall fundraising galas. no more festive way to welcome fall gala season, continued on 21 Political Animal continued on 34 Appreciating Robin Williams

by michael snyder see the fruits of his labors was up aters and arenas; comedy albums; close and personal in a comedy TV specials; late-night talk-show is untimely departure, club — even a tiny closet of a joint guest shots; USO tours; and char- perhaps to dimensions like the now-defunct Holy City ity events like his annual co-hosted unknown, was devastat- Zoo in the Richmond District. Comic Relief benefits. He was elec- Hing to countless fans and admirers, A dropout from the drama pro- trifying, riotous, and relevant all but no one feels the recent painful gram at the prestigious Juilliard the way into the 21st century. loss of the protean actor and come- School, he first rattled cages as a After a few years of dazzling dian Robin Williams more acutely stand-up comic at the Zoo and audiences in San Francisco clubs than those of us who live in the San other local establishments in the and at high-profile establishments Francisco Bay Area. mid-1970s. His gifts as a comedian like the entertainment-indus- Robin was a very funny try showcase the Comedy man, a fine actor, and a Store in Los Angeles, Robin humanitarian. He was the Robin Williams was the became a TV star. Mork — pride of San Francisco, his his endearingly goofy alien adopted home, the place pride of San Francisco, character from the situation where he got his start in com- comedy Mork & Mindy — edy and where he continued his adopted home. made him a household name to live after achieving world- and turned “Nanu-nanu!” wide fame and acclaim in films and were instantly evident: a lightning and “Shazbot!” into inescapable on television. For all of his talent, wit, an omnivorous topicality, a gift catch phrases that were cheerfully the one thing that his friends and for impressions, and an inherently parroted back at him by delighted colleagues have emphasized in the lovable essence and vulnerability strangers for much of his career. wake of his passing was his genial that were palpable, no matter how He seemed to take it all in stride, nature. He was, by all evidence, a scathing the jokes and routines or genuinely embracing the love that sweet, kindhearted guy who found how brutally he skewered his tar- poured in his direction. joy in making people happy, a qual- gets — usually the pompous, the While he was still Mork-ing it ity that seemed to suffuse every nasty, and the humorless. Those up, he caught the attention of the Williams in 1979. The photo was used for the March 12, 1979 cover of fiber of his being. And the easiest skills of his remained vital through movie studios and the renowned Time magazine. It was installed in the National Portrait Gallery to com- and most immediate way he could decades of live sets at clubs, the- robin williams continued on 18 memorate Williams after his death. photo: Michael Dressler / wikimedia commons

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News Calendar Making law Special fall arts preview News Briefs reports on legalizing Airbnb, Make sure you don’t miss a minute of the push for a soda tax, Uber regulations, the best of the fall arts season; to help trying to reduce empty storefronts, and a you, we’ve expanded our calendar to Muni funding dustup; Susan Dyer Reynolds highlight the galas and concerts and gets David Chiu’s perspective on Broadway; more that will make the city sparkle Muni backs down on 30 Stockton; plus this autumn. 20 your letters. 3 At Home Community Health and life Reservoir of goodwill Thalia Farshchian gets into the contro- Supervisor Mark Farrell says the Francisco versial world of supplements; Liz Farrell Reservoir is an asset for the neighbor- gives her back-to-school resolutions; hood and the whole city now that it and Julia Strzesieski takes a look at will become a permanent park; plus the drip irrigation. 24 Police Blotter. 6 Real Estate Street Beat Building up and out The nice streets John Zipperer reports on the $19 mil- The Northsider notes how people are lion renovations at the Presidio Officers’ helping others from Larkin to Ocean Club; the Roundup has disagreements Beach, and Ernest Beyl mixes martinis over various real estate-related proposi- and Beats. 8 tions; Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg pro- vides a dictionary so you can understand Food & Wine real estate lingo; Carole Isaacs introduces us to the tiny house movement; and A taste of August John Zipperer tells a tale of renting in The Tablehopper welcomes the Le Marais five cities. 27 Bakery and Bistro to the Marina; Julie Mitchell checks out The Commissary in Pet Pages the Presidio; Ernest Beyl highlights signa- ture San Francisco dishes such as Celery Paying the cost Victor, Cioppino, Crab Louis, and more; Susan Dyer Reynolds explores the sudden and Susan Dyer Reynolds serves up a firing of respected Animal Care & Control favorite Not to Miss Dish. 10 head Rebecca Katz; John Zipperer recalls Krazy Kat, who was even crazier than his Arts & Entertainment cats; and Jazzy sends Susan Dyer Reynolds 34 Autumn arts a sign that it’s okay to let go. Ernest Beyl checks in with actor Claude Jarman Jr. of The Great Locomotive Chase, ONLINE SPECIALS The Yearling, and Rio Grande; Michael Evalyn Baron, Michael Snyder’s Coastal Snyder previews the fall’s movies to Commuter and more fall film openings, watch out for; and Sharon Anderson complete archives, and more. finds Chinese artist/activist Ai Weiwei on www.marinatimes.com at Alcatraz. 14

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News Briefs Airbnb, soda, Uber, and more Personal Laws and orders Online Banking

WILL SF MAKE in a Week to Week politi- storefronts. Citing pos- AIRBNB LEGIT? cal roundtable, the tax is sible crime and reduced After more than six actually levied at the dis- economic activity, the leg- hours of public com- tributor level, not the point islation fines landlords of ment, the City Planning of sale, so a retailer could empty stores. The prop- Commission voted in favor keep soda prices the same erty owners would be of supporting an altered or only slightly increased exempted under certain proposed ordinance legal- but still cover higher costs conditions, such as making izing Airbnb, VRBO, and by raising the prices on “good faith” efforts to rent, other short-term rental unrelated items, such as lease, or sell the store, but services. The proposal bananas or potato chips. they need to register the from Board of Supervisors vacant space with the city President David Chiu UBER IS THE and would have to either would legalize and impose NEW AIRBNB rent or pay a fine for the restrictions, such as lim- Uber, Lyft, and similar space within 270 days. iting the number of days car-sharing services are each year that a unit could facing a raft of proposed MAYOR, WIENER be rented out. regulations. The compa- DUEL OVER MUNI The commissioners want nies have earned devoted Many city leaders added provisions limiting followings since their acknowledge that Muni the use of below-market- smartphone-ordered rides has long-term funding rate units, funding enforce- first hit the scene. problems, especially as ment, and giving landlords Nobody is expect- ridership rises during the 30 days to register objec- ing local communities to current economic boom. tions to their units being copy the ban on Uber that But they don’t all agree used for these services. Berlin just implemented, on how to rectify it. This The proposal will be but California legislators November, voters will be heard at the Land Use have been considering bills presented with two bal- Committee in September that would require permits lot measures affecting the before heading to the Board for some carriers that work service: One, promoted by of Supervisors for a vote. with Uber and Lyft, as well Mayor Ed Lee and the full as require clarification of Board of Supervisors, sup- SODA TAX insurance coverage. ports a $500 million bond This summer, the Board Meanwhile, the Ex- for transportation infra- of Supervisors agreed to aminer reports that city structure improvements. put to voters in November taxi drivers are hoping The other, sponsored by a measure that would to unionize and thereby Supervisor Scott Wiener tax nonalcoholic sugary increase their clout in and opposed by the mayor, drinks, with the revenue union-friendly City Hall. would expand the portion being used to fund health of the general fund that programs, water fountains, RENT IT OR PAY UP goes to transportation. and recreational facilities. Though the number of The mayor reportedly Connecting our last Proposition E’s support- vacant commercial prop- believes that Wiener’s ers argue that the tax, if erties in the city is report- measure will restrict the passed on to consumers, edly down dramatically budgeting flexibility city 50 years with the next. would reduce soda con- over the past couple years, leaders need. In July, the sumption by 31 percent San Francisco’s Board of mayor’s budget direc- Banking has come a long way over the last 50 years. But and raise up to $54 million Supervisors approved leg- tor issued a notice to city we’re committed to ensuring it doesn’t go too far away from a year. However, as CBS islation by Supervisor Katy agencies telling them to the people-first values we’ve always delivered. So while our SF political analyst Melissa Tang to punish landlords prepare for budget cuts if Personal Online Banking let’s you do things like pay bills Griffin Caen pointed out who do not rent out empty Wiener’s law is passed. and loans and get handy eStatements, it also keeps you connected to the neighborly service we’re known for. And that will never go out of style.

same technoids that keep his Twitter The In-Box: account running smoothly. San Francisco has residential rent Letters to the Times control but not commercial rent con- trol, so if a business wants to pay SOWING NOSTALGIA $15,000 a month, there is nothing to I cannot believe you allowed the prevent that, and calling the landlord article by Michael Snyder to be names does nothing. And I, for one, printed in your newspaper (“Change don’t think it is worth printing in the and loss in the city of gloss,” Marina Marina Times. Times, August 2014, page 1). First, Harry Rabin you should abide by Tony Soprano’s San Francisco dictum: “Nostalgia is the lowest form Visit fnbnorcal.com to learn of communication.” Carl Nolte of the FLIP FLOP FLAP Chronicle and your own Ernest Beyl What is wrong with fixing up build- more and set up your account. hoe that garden once in a while. ings (“Flip Floppers,” Real Estate Second, the pejoratives flow like Roundup, Marina Times, August 2014, sludge when he has absolutely no page 26)? Bringing them up to current proof that there were “carpetbagging, codes and making them safer? Oh, Visit our Marina Branch overpaid and profligate technoids” and by the way, each time a building and talk to Branch Manager Reina Ceja. who have overrun San Francisco. And sells for more money the city receives is it a “greedy, speculating, real-estate more money in property taxes. Right? Your neighborhood bank. vampire” who bought the building? The 24 percent must be better 2197 Chestnut Street Does he know? Of course not. Did money for the city. The sellers will just San Francisco, CA 94123 he write an article when the Thai have to take the 24 percent into con- 415-287-8800 restaurant moved into the space and sideration and pass onto the buyers. paid $4,000 a month, which dislo- I don’t get it. cated another business who might Michael Kloepfer have been paying only, say, $2,000 a San Francisco month? I think not. Those overpaid technoids he crabs about could be the E-mail: [email protected] Your neighborhood bank. www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES SEPTEMBER 2014 3 News

Reynolds Rap City politics Broadway corridor controversy: David Chiu’s perspective by susan dyer reynolds than other similar businesses that are opening nearby without any ver the past several interference? (For example, the

months, I’ve written projects by Future Bars and the District 3 Supervisor David Chiu; the boarded-up shell of Tryst Lounge. photos: johnklin; © google street view extensively for the Marina Tosca Group.) OTimes about the efforts of Jordan Unfortunately, Mr. Angle has with related crime, public safety, that would be both financially suc- For example, not one word was said Angle to open a high-end lounge repeatedly twisted the facts of our and quality of life issues. The com- cessful and not create problems for about the bombing at Fame con- called Tryst in his grandmother’s attempts to work with him. He munity of stakeholders described the neighborhood, but Mr. Angle nected to the FBI bust that made building located along the strug- is not being held to any different above has been working hard to has not been able to do that yet. national headlines, and where gling Broadway corridor of North standard than other business. avoid repeating the past. Why are “stakeholders” like the perpetrator was connected to Beach, known more for crime and Mr. Angle proposed his Tryst As I understand, the key dif- Stephanie Greenburg — who’s only the strip clubs. E-mail: [email protected] strip clubs than for the family- business within a two-block area ference between the North Beach stake appears to be her condo sev- No one has been silent about oriented restaurants that neighbor- that has significantly greater crime community and Mr. Angle eral blocks away — not concerned the public safety problems along hood groups like the Telegraph Hill and nightlife-related issues than appears to be over the level of about the enormous amount of Broadway, particularly me. SFPD, Dwellers wish would open in the locations just one or two blocks entertainment intensity and fre- crime that happens in and around the DA, the Sheriff’s Department, area’s blighted, empty buildings. away. In general, and particularly quency he proposes for Tryst. Mr. the numerous strip clubs? (In fact, my office, and many others have District 3 Supervisor David on weekend evenings, Broadway Angle has suggested that he will the vast majority of incident reports been closely focused on the Chiu, who represents the area, has a different atmosphere, attitude, apply for a Type 47 license, which I read involve the strip clubs.) problems on those two blocks of reached out to me in an effort to venue size, and patron demograph- he has not yet done, but is simul- Ms. Greenburg is the president Broadway. All of the currently “set the record straight,” and agreed ic than locations around the corner taneously demanding that he be of SoTel Neighbors, an organiza- existing clubs have been cooperat- to answer some questions on the on Columbus. This is confirmed granted a full entertainment per- tion that has worked hard to help ing and instituting voluntary secu- topic. Here is my Q&A session not only by the experiences of mit. The community believes a clean up Broadway and improve rity protocols and funding addi- with Supervisor Chiu: neighborhood residents and busi- more appropriate approach would quality of life for area residents. The tional security services (through nesses, but also by San Francisco be thirty (30) one-night (general) neighbors in the area all share the the CBD), among many other In the case of Tryst Lounge, who Police Department (SFPD) crime entertainment permits per year concern about crimes that are tak- actions. I expect SFPD and other are the “stakeholders” you refer to data; SFPD reports that Central (since Mr. Angle has requested ing place along Broadway. In the law enforcement agencies to deal — besides Mr. Angle, his partners, Station rarely gets calls for service two events a month), in addition past, many establishments received with crime equally, no matter and his grandmother — and what on Columbus, but describes those to an unrestricted Limited Live permits and operated with very little where it originates. is their “stake”? two blocks of Broadway as “ground Performance Permit, given the oversight, leading to the situation in Do the stakeholders and your For the past six years, we have con- zero” for problems. rich live entertainment history of which we find ourselves today. SoTel office feel it is a conflict of inter- vened and worked closely with numer- SFPD Central Station recom- the neighborhood. SFPD Central Neighbors has consistently asked est for Joe Carouba to “donate” ous stakeholders along the corridor, mended the denial of Tryst’s appli- Station also prefers this approach all nighttime venues, including the nearly a quarter of a million dol- including many city so they can know strip clubs, bars, and dance clubs, to lars to fund the CBD which you departments, elected when large events be responsible for their patrons. helped to create and which also officials, neighbor- will be happening Do the stakeholders and your employs Ms. Greenburg as its hood organizations, Chiu: Mr. Angle proposed his business and plan their staff- office feel entertainment until 11 president and Joe Carouba as its Broadway residents, within a two-block area that has ing levels accord- p.m. at a high-end restaurant and vice president? and business own- ingly. Assuming all lounge is more of a concern than To the contrary, many of the ers who have been significantly greater crime than goes well with Tryst what goes on in and around the neighborhood stakeholders involved in a multi- after some time has strip clubs — stabbings, bombings, thought it was entirely appropri- year intensive effort locations just one or two blocks away. passed, the neigh- shootings, drugs, and “adult enter- ate for the strip clubs to make a addressing the prob- borhood and Central tainment” which includes being significant contribution to help lems we have all seen on Broadway. cation to the ABC for a Type 48 Station have expressed open- able to get a lap dance until 6 a.m., pay for security services for the More specifically, these “stake- liquor license because of the exist- ness to reconsider the frequency not to mention prostitution? neighborhood. The voluntary holders” have included my office, ing saturation of liquor licenses (18 of entertainment. Preventing crimes in and around contribution essentially dou- District Attorney George Gascón’s licenses) and crime on those two Why are you “negotiating” any nighttime venue — regardless bles the budget of the CBD and office, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s blocks of Broadway. Mr. Angle’s rather than allowing Tryst to go of the type of venue — is the goal allows for significantly more pri- office, the Department of Public property does not exist in a vac- through the normal city processes? of all of the stakeholders working vate security and other services Works, Central Station, SoTel uum, and license saturation and (Or, in the case of those other two along Broadway. We have asked the to happen within the CBD. The Neighbors, Telegraph Hill crime considerations are always projects, no processes at all?) bars, nightclubs, and strip clubs all board of directors determines Dwellers, North Beach Business important. Moreover, there has There is nothing preventing to step up in their responsibility for how all donations are spent. Association, and a majority of been a long-standing and frustrat- Tryst from going through the the corridor. It is my understand- Regarding the CBD leadership, the property and business own- ing history of venue operators along normal ABC and city processes; ing that the stakeholders are not the board of directors of the Top of ers in the Community Benefit that two-block stretch of Broadway however, since Tryst does not have opposed to live entertainment until Broadway CBD are not compensat- District, who represent the day- who initially promised to be “high- broad community support, as I 11 p.m., and there has already been ed, but rather volunteer enormous time businesses, restaurants, bars, end” establishments, which then have done with other controver- significant compromise on their amounts of their time to re-brand, and other nightlife establishments morphed into problematic night- sial projects, I offered to bring the parts regarding general hours of clean, and improve Broadway. along Broadway. clubs. Several previous venues with opposing parties together to see if operation and meal service. Officers are voted in to their lead- Why are Mr. Angle and his part- Type 47 liquor licenses (restaurant there might be common ground. It Why are the stakeholders and ership roles. All CBD meetings are ners being held to different stan- with full bar) over time became has been my hope that Tryst would your office silent about the prob- open to the public, and anyone can dards and much higher scrutiny operated as full-blown nightclubs be able to propose a business plan lems surrounding the strip clubs? get involved if they want to. 30 Stockton Muni station changes changed again by john zipperer who missed connections, were forced to patience to wait, and I usually walk the rest of Patricia Vaughey, a resident who has exit the bus in the street because there the way [home], which is OK during the day been collecting rider and Muni driver change of station stops by wasn’t room for the bus to pull up to the but late at night not OK. When I am almost reactions to the change, said the initial the 30 Stockton bus appears to be curb, and other inconveniences. home, a 30 drives past, very often empty change fits a pattern by Muni of mak- short-lived, following rider reac- The complaints came flooding in; the because most people don’t wait,” she noted. ing unilateral changes without proper Ation. Several folks complained that Muni Marina Times received numerous calls and “I understand that this is a pilot project, but it consultation with the public. She says failed to respond to their complaints, but letters from people upset with the changes. sucks; even the bus drivers detest it.” she received a two-day notice before the apparently those complaints were still heard Resident Janet Maslow pointed out that when In late August, an SFMTA spokesperson trial. “Why now?” she asked. “They had loud and clear. the driver stops to take a 15-minute break, told the Marina Times “We changed the already decided it.” She said the disrup- The controversy involves the switch passengers have to disembark and wait for the location of the terminal temporarily to test tion caused by the change included addi- of a stop from Divisadero and Chestnut next 30 bus. “Sometimes there is a bus waiting its effect on the line as a pilot. Based on tional wait times and missed connections, Street to Fillmore and Chestnut Streets. and sometimes not. If one is waiting and you what we’ve heard from our riders, we plan to meaning that for some people “it takes What should have been a simple switch get on it you usually have a few minutes’ wait locate the terminal at the previous location. them 30 extra minutes to get to work if of locations caused trouble for riders because he is still on break. I don’t have the We should have this in place by October.” they ride the bus.”

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spotted the vehicle and noticed sev- eral mechanical violations on it, so they tried to pull it over; however, Kill switch bill number 2 the car accelerated away. Heavy traf- fic forced it to slow down, and police alifornia’s legislators made HE’S WITH THE BAND NAILED IT were able to catch up and attempt to a big switch of their own in June 10, 5:06 p.m. June 20, 7:50 p.m. remove the occupants. A rear pas- August when they reversed their Eddy at Polk Streets 2700 Block of Octavia Street senger bolted from the vehicle but Cprevious votes against legislation requir- was quickly detained, as were the ing kill switches on new mobile phones Plainclothes officers observed a sub- More than 20 witnesses told police other passengers without incident. A sold in the state. The bill, pushed by Sen. ject taking a guitar case from a vehicle a similar story: Three young male search of the vehicle found several Mark Leno, had died earlier this year after and running away. As they got closer to subjects had come into a nail salon, loaded handguns and an assault rifle strong lobbying by the tech companies — the vehicle, the officers noticed broken pointed handguns at victims and stole with a large capacity magazine. One many of which happen to make quite a bit glass next to the car; they followed the purses, laptop bags, wallets, and jew- of the subjects was already on fed- of money selling new phones to victims of individual, who ran up Polk Street. He elry before fleeing. An officer spot- eral probation for possessing a short- smartphone theft. met up with another individual and ted the getaway car with three occu- barrel shotgun. They were booked at Now, assuming Governor Jerry Brown both of them ran up Polk; they were pants inside. Additional units were Northern Station. signs the bill, new smartphones sold here soon joined by yet a third subject. called. When officers turned on their would have so-called kill switch features When one officer yelled, “Police, stop” siren and lights, the vehicle sped installed and enabled. The feature would the subject with the guitar case dropped off at a high rate of speed. An on- MORE CAR CHASING allow the owner to remotely disable the it and ran away even faster with his again, off-again chase across the city July 13, 5:21 p.m. phone if it were lost or stolen. Some wire- compatriots — one of whom dropped ended near Ninth and Mission, where 1700 Van Ness Avenue less companies had preferred an alterna- a backpack. All three were eventually the getaway car had crashed into tive in which the features would have to caught and detained. The subjects were another vehicle. A citizen flagged down officers on be “opt-in,” in which case some consum- booked at Northern Station. Officers were able to locate and patrol and told them his store was just ers would not know or remember to turn detain the three subjects, who were burglarized. The officers saw two male on the feature. The legislation passed in positively identified by witnesses from subjects get into a vehicle and speed August is opt-out, which not only covers THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T the nail salon and others who had away. The officers pursued the vehicle, more consumers but puts in the minds HAVE NICE THINGS observed them flee the car after it had which did not stop when they turned of potential thieves the expectation that June 13, 7:43 p.m. crashed. Numerous stolen purses, cell on their lights and siren, and addi- that smartphone they are contemplating Fillmore at Bay Streets phones, and firearms were recovered tional officers were called into the area. grabbing from a pedestrian probably is from the car, and the subjects were At one point the passenger got out of protected against this very eventuality. A semi-intoxicated male was taken booked at Northern Station. the vehicle and began to run away, San Francisco District Attorney George into custody after a report of vandaliza- chased on foot by one officer while Gascón has said that the majority of rob- tion of a Muni bus. The bus driver had the other continued after the driver beries in the city involve smartphones. stopped to take a bathroom break when MORE GUNS of the vehicle. the subject entered the bus through the June 21, 2:20 p.m. Eventually, both suspects were taken The crimes below are a small snapshot rear door. The driver escorted him off 700 block of Turk Street into custody and were positively iden- of what the officers of Northern Station are the bus and left to take his break. When tified by the victim from the store. doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit he returned, the subject had kicked out A citizen called to alert police of a They were transported to Northern sf-police.org; under Compstat, select the both main door windows. The subject gray car driving around the area with Station for further investigation and link to CrimeMAPS. was booked at Northern Station. four armed males aboard. Officers later booked at County Jail.

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6 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com From the Chambers of our Supervisor Ensuring more open space Francisco Reservoir A neighborhood dream becomes reality by mark e. farrell Currently, the Francisco Under the terms of the but also endow its future main- Reservoir site will remain open Reservoir is the large block of approved agreement, the San tenance. To date, the working space for generations. arlier this year I concrete and chain-link fence Francisco Recreation and Park group has raised more than $9 Because the Francisco Res- wrote about a vision for bounded by Bay Street to the Department will purchase the million and continues to aggres- ervoir project has been a princi- the Francisco Reservoir north, Hyde Street to the east, land for approximately $9.9 sively raise additional capital to pal area of focus during my first Eon Russian Hill that has been in Chestnut Street to the south, and million, with a payment term complete the grand vision of a term, I wanted to ensure that the works for almost 60 years. Larkin Street to the west, square stretching over 12 years. These park that will be an asset not everyone in the neighborhood Since coming into office nearly in the middle of Russian Hill. structured payment terms will only for the neighborhood, but knew about our progress, and four years ago, this project has Originally a reservoir owned and ensure that the Open Space the entire city. invite everyone to stay involved been one of my main priorities, operated by the San Francisco Acquisition Fund, which is being During the last six months, as the ultimate designs are con- and I have been working closely Public Utilities Commission, the used to purchase the property, together we built a broad base templated. In early 2015, we with the surrounding neighbor- Francisco Reservoir has been out will remain structurally sound, of community support of more will begin to engage in a com- hood groups on Russian Hill, of service for more than 60 years and it will allow flexibility for than 40 San Francisco organi- munity-driven visioning pro- North Beach and Aquatic Park, and has remained an eyesore for more than $38 million in addi- zations that ultimately became cess for the final design of the as well as a number of citywide the neighborhood and entire city tional acquisitions across every involved with this effort, from new park. open space advocates, to aggres- ever since. other corner of San Francisco the local neighborhood groups It has been an incredible expe- sively move this project forward. From the beginning, I have over the life of the fund. to organizations such as the rience working with our local I am a firm believer that access viewed this project as a once- We all owe a debt of grati- Sierra Club. neighborhood organizations and to open space is essential to our in-a-lifetime opportunity, and tude to the four surrounding The Francisco Reservoir proj- amazing park advocates, and the quality of life in San Francisco, I am proud to have worked neighborhood associations that ect is a rare opportunity to create result is something I believe our and I will always be a strong so closely with these amazing partnered together to form the recreational space out of con- neighborhood and the entire city advocate for additional open neighborhood organizations Francisco Park Working Group, crete, a park out of a dilapi- can be proud of. space across every neighbor- and a number of key individu- which was the lead neighbor- dated reservoir, and improve the hood in our city. als who drove the project for- hood organization that coor- open space balance and quality To learn more about the After multiple hearings at City ward in the community. I still dinated all community efforts. of life for all San Franciscans. Francisco Reservoir project, Hall, the approval of three sepa- have vivid memories growing The working group was made The resulting park will be one including upcoming community rate commissions and finally the up playing with my friends near up of members from the Russian of the largest pieces of open meetings, visit franciscoreser- Board of Supervisors in late July, the Francisco Reservoir, and to Hill Improvement Association, space in the area and will serve voir.org, or subscribe to Farrell’s I am proud to announce that our think that future generations Aquatic Park Neighbors, North communities in the surround- monthly newsletter at mark- dream is going to become reality: will be able to enjoy what will Beach Neighbors, and Russian ing neighborhoods and across farrell.com, or follow him on Over the next few years, we are become one of San Francisco’s Hill Neighbors. These neighbor- our city. Though the landscape Twitter @markfarrellsf. Call his going to turn the old Francisco largest parks, instead of con- hood groups stepped up and of San Francisco may change office with questions at 415-554- Reservoir property into a brand- crete and chain-linked fence, committed to raise the funds over time, the advancement of 7752 or e-mail him directly at new 4.5-acre park. is inspiring. to not only build the new park, this project ensures Francisco [email protected].

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Northsider Life in the city Summer Fun at the Cliff House

Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites • Wine Lovers’ Tuesday – Half Priced Bottled Wines* • Bistro Wednesday Nights – $28 Three-Course Prix Fixe • Friday Night Jazz in the Balcony Lounge • Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays.

Hundreds of Larkin Street Youth Services supporters showed up for the annual Friends of Larkin Street gala. Photo: friends of larkin street Cliff House and Beyond! Guided Historical Walks A very supportive neighborhood Spend a memorable Saturday morning by john zipperer Festival Pavilion. Entry is free. beaches, building sand exploring Lands End. Start with a continental Friends hopes to raise castles is either illegal or, ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE about $1 million, and as in in other spots, are required breakfast at the historic Cliff House then walk The Mexican Museum previous years gift certifi- to be under a certain size? through Adolph Sutro’s magical ‘kingdom by at Fort Mason has inked cates from local organiza- That of course explains the sea’ with historian guide John A. Martini. an agreement with Mexico tions and restaurants are the worldwide reputation City’s Universidad Nacional hidden among the items Germans have for uninhib- Regarded as the ultimate authority on Autónoma de Mexico to and clues are given out each ited beach fun. this part of the City’s fabled past, John’s walks will be offered on bring artists and exhibits to day on Twitter (@friendssfpl) Here in the good ol’ U.S. September 13 and October 11. San Francisco. and Facebook (facebook. of A., we celebrate the abil- “Our initial vision com/friendssfpl). ity to build McMansions of For more information and to make reservations please for this pioneering pro- sand if we so choose. We visit www.cliffhouse.com/history/Johns_Walk.html gram involves bringing OVERHEARD ON MUNI BUS also hold sandcastle con- Universidad Nacional Man talking to friend: tests — it’s like we’re waving Autónoma de Mexico artists People don’t dress up any our beach freedom in our 1090 Point Lobos to our museum over the next more. It’s a real shame. German friends’ faces. Well, 415-386-3330 year,” said Andrew Kluger, Friend. Uh-huh. whether you’re German, www.CliffHouse.com chairman of The Mexican First man: I’ve been to American, or something Museum’s board of directors. other countries. You know else, you might want to “Each artist would partici- who are the biggest trou- start preparing for Leap’s pate in a five-day program blemakers? The most cor- annual Sandcastle Contest, that will include participat- rupt people are the ones which takes place early next ing in guest lectures and wearing uniforms. month — Oct. 11 — on classes, doing workshops Third man halfway up Ocean Beach. with children, and men- the bus: You just said peo- Leap, which supports arts toring gifted young San ple in uniforms are corrupt, education in schools, hopes Francisco artists. In addition, and you said people don’t to raise $240,000 to support UNAM is going to share dress up. Isn’t a uniform its programs for more than their educational materials dressing up? Isn’t that a 7,000 students. More than about the arts and culture logical fallacy? 3,000 people attend the of Mexico with supporters contest each year, and the and friends of The Mexican SUPPORTING LARKIN sandcastle building teams Museum community.” The good work of Larkin are made up of prominent The partnership includes Street Youth Services got a architecture, construction, a series of exhibitions at boost this summer when and engineering compa- the Mexican Museum from Friends of Larkin Street nies in the city. More at COMMERCIAL BANKING division UNAM’s collections, and held its annual gala and leaparts.org. the two organizations will raised more than $70,000. collaborate to invite nota- The money will support DIVING INTO ble artists and sculptors to Larkin’s programs for THE UBERPOOL showcase their work at the homeless and at-risk youth. Uber doesn’t like to be Live Music museum. For more info, More than 300 guests called a taxi service, but visit mexicanmuseum.org. gathered at the Hotel Kabuki what else do you call a Food & Drink for food, wine, cocktails, company that sells rides? BOOKAPALOOZA AT raffle, silent auction, wine Well, the app-directed Wine Tasting FORT MASON toss (sounds dangerous), service has announced Even in tech-crazy San and social gaming. “What a new service it’s roll- Entertainment Francisco, we love books. could be better than bring- ing out in San Francisco That helps draw thousands ing great food, great wine, that might make you Exhibits of people each year to Fort and a night full of dancing want to call them a bus Mason for the Friends of together for an equally great service: UberPool. With the San Francisco Public cause?” said Anna Rembold, this new offering, rid- Library’s Annual Big Book Friends of Larkin Street ers who are heading in Sale. This year is the event’s board member. “Since the the same or similar 50th iteration, and it will commencement of Friends route share the ride and Saturday, September 13 feature 70 categories of of Larkin Street in 2009, split the cost. Details at (free admission) 11am to 6pm books and multimedia, all we have raised more than blog.uber.com/uberpool. priced $1–$3. $215,000 for Larkin Street 1630 Stockton Street Friends members get Youth Services.” SIGN OF THE TIMES a preview and first dibs on Friends of the library. Actual Valleywag head- across from Washington Square park Sept. 23, 4–8 p.m., with wine Friends of Larkin. It’s good line: “People Keep Getting in the heart of North Beach and refreshments (don’t to have friends. Into Strangers’ Cars Because leave crumbs on the books, They Think It’s An Uber.” visit www.SFIACFESTA.com for details though). The sale itself then CASTLES IN THE SAND runs September 24–28, 10 Did you know that on News tips? E-mail: john@ a.m.–6 p.m., at Fort Mason’s some north German marinatimes.com

8 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Northsider Life in the city Sketches from a North Beach Journal The Beats, Upper Grant, the martini, and Live Worms by ernest beyl in those early days when San Francisco was just a sleepy village. Later it was ot long ago I heard from named Dupont Street for a prominent Ryan Russo, a young guy who naval figure of the time, Rear Adm. operates Walk SF Tours. He Samuel Francis Dupont. The Chinese Nliked something I wrote for my Sketches called it Dupon Gai. After the 1906 column and invited me to tag along earthquake and fire, the name was on one of his tours, The Beats in San changed to honor Ulysses S. Grant, the Francisco. Sounded like a good idea, Union’s great Civil War general and our so I met Ryan at the Beat Museum 18th president. Don’t call it Grant Street, on Broadway and did his walk with by the way. a small group of tourists. I learned a Upper Grant Avenue will forever lot. Ryan, who lives in North Beach, be linked with the counterculture and has done his homework, and is a per- memories of pot, red wine, jazz, poet- sonable and knowledgeable guy. He’s ry, and just plain sounding off about been in San Francisco for seven years. the state of affairs, the affairs of state, “I followed a woman here from my and all that. hometown, Houston, and it didn’t work out,” he told me. Houston’s loss is THE MCCARTHY MARTINI San Francisco’s gain. Let’s have James Thurber open this paean to the martini: “One martini is all SAN FRANCISCO BEATS right. Two are too many, and three are On Ryan’s Beat tour we visited the not enough.” Beat Museum in City Lights bookstore, I have a buddy, Jerry Gibbons, who Vesuvio’s, Jack Kerouac Alley, the site was one half of the celebrated ad agen- of the old Hall of cy Pritikin and Justice where the Gibbons back in “Howl” trial took the fifties. Jerry place, and a cou- Upper Grant Avenue will is a straight-up ple of Chinatown martini sort of restaurants the forever be linked with the guy. And when Beats favored. counterculture and pot, I saw him the Then we cut up other day, we to Broadway red wine, jazz, and poetry. toasted our lon- and over to gevity with a Montgomery to look at the building couple of big ones — with lemon twists where Allen Ginsberg wrote Howl. Then but no olives. “Never an olive in a mar- it was over to Upper Grant to reminisce tini,” Jerry said decisively. “And never at the sites for Beat hangouts: the Coffee with vodka and never on the rocks.” Gallery, the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, That got me musing over the arcane The Place — and the crash pad where subject of martinis. There’s a consider- Jim Morrison spent an uneasy night able amount of scholarship asserting long ago. Then over to the site of the that the martini began life in 1874 as the Cellar on Green Street where Lawrence “Martinez,” named after the old Gold Ferlinghetti and Kenneth Rexroth recit- Rush town across the bay on the south ed poetry to live jazz. And so it went. side of the Carquinez Strait. Barnaby I’m not giving you exact locations here Conrad III wrote a marvelous book on because I think you would love to tour the martini in 1995 and raised the mar- with Ryan. tini flag for Martinez, which has a brass If you want to spend a couple of hours plaque claiming origin. with him on the Beat tour, it operates Conrad’s father, Barnaby Conrad II, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, was a friend of mine, and as a devotee, I starting at 1 pm. Reservations only lifted many a martini mouthward in his ($30 per person) online at walksftours. classy club El Matador on Broadway. com or 415-779-5879. A fluent French- This musing got me started on a speaking guy, Ryan also operates A delicate research project to answer the Pied tours for Francophiles. Same con- question: Who makes the finest martini tact numbers. The other tours are in North Beach? What I concluded was Chinatown and North Beach Tasting this: George McCarthy, bartender at Tour ($59) and the Gold Rush Drinking Capp’s Corner, makes the best martini. Tour ($69). A more proper verb in this case would And by the way, Ryan gave up a be “create.” George is a creator. Here, in Silicon Valley tech job to hang out in his own words, is how he does it: North Beach, researching the Beats and “I pour a good gin into my cocktail offering walking tours. shaker and add a tiny drop or two of vermouth — or none at all. I always stir UPPER GRANT AVENUE my martinis, unlike James Bond who Since 1928 Clearly Upper Grant Avenue, where preferred them shaken. Shaking lets in the Beats hung out, is not your grand- too much air. You don’t want to drink mother’s white-gloved, department air, do you?” store or your Mill Valley girl’s subur- ban mall. It’s a gutsy few neighbor- LIVE WORMS hood blocks of bars, restaurants, and A high point to anyone’s visit to North idiosyncratic shops where shopkeepers Beach is a stop at artist Kevin Brown’s sell funny stuff. And “stuff” is defined Live Worms gallery at 1345 Grant loosely. I once almost bought a doctor’s Avenue. And if you don’t know why it’s tray full of turn-of-the-century, anatom- called Live Worms, you haven’t been ically correct glass eyes that I thought reading my columns. The news is Kevin might work on my coffee table from the is taking a break to paint and travel. His collectibles shop Aria. painting buddy Paul Fujii will be in resi- 659 Merchant Street (off Kearny) Grant Avenue — which now stretches dence and will continue to show Kevin’s from downtown through Chinatown work, his own work as well as that of www.alfredssteakhouse.com • 415.781.7058 and North Beach and clear out to the other artists. Complimentary 3-Hour Self-Parking at the Hilton Hotel's Public Parking Garage With Dinner Purchase Northern waterfront — began as Calle (entrace on Washington past Montgomery) de la Fundacion (Street of the Founding) E-mail: [email protected]

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The Tablehopper Get your credit card ready Bonjour to Le Marais Bakery and Bistro, Monsieur Benjamin and new lunch spots

by marcia gagliardi bar ($2 each), including Coromandels from New Zealand and Fanny Bays from British MARINA Colombia. Caviar service, check. My lunch Le Marais Bakery (2066 Chestnut Street, date and I enjoyed the little gems Caesar salad 415-359-9801) has added a bistro to its name and the smoked sturgeon with brioche toast and concept: It expanded into a space next (both $10), but the winner was the lobster roll door to include a kitchen and additional ($18) on a soft house-made brioche roll. The seating, and will be serving a bistro-style din- tuna panino ($18) was also very good — it’s a ner menu starting Sept. 1. bit like a tuna melt with a layer of Parmigiano- The new Le Marais Bakery and Bistro Reggiano inside. And whatever you do, be team includes Nicolette Manescalchi as exec- sure to have some Champagne. Lunch is utive chef, Emily Riddell on pastry, and Ty served Tuesday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Mecozzi as head baker. Manescalchi is taking You can stick around and seamlessly slide into The Original Old Clam House inspiration from the happy hour, which many different food begins at 3 p.m., with traditions along the On Farallon’s new lunch $6 specials on small CLAM BAKE CIOPPINO Mediterranean. She bites, cocktails, beer, previously worked at menu, the lobster roll and wine. Clams, Mussels, Crab, Shrimp, Calamari & Fish Fillet A16, and will offer a seasonal menu that was the winner. HAYES VALLEY Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Corn, Garlic & Black Olives will shift continually. Corey Lee (Benu) In a Spicy Cioppino Sauce There’s an oak wood grill in the kitchen, and has opened Monsieur Benjamin (451 they are butchering most of their meat in- Gough Street, 415-403-2233), and is work- house from whole animals (look for a fair ing with chef Jason Berthold (RN74) — both amount of seafood too). Almost everything share extensive French Laundry and Per on the menu will be made in-house, includ- Se training and experience. With Monsieur ing the pastas, cured fish, and, of course, the Benjamin, they are offering a modern bistro bread. Dinner service will also include wine; experience, which means they have updated the bakery side is open daily 7 a.m.–7 p.m., the cooking methods and ingredients used but will begin closing earlier once dinner with a modern sensibility, while making ref- service begins. erences to classic French flavor profiles. For Vegetarians and fans of Indian food will example, the steak tartare (which Lee notes is want to note that Udupi Palace (3242 Scott a dish that has been done to death) is made Street) has opened a new location in the with hand-cut beef, and there’s a pudding of former Cedar Hill Kitchen + Smokehouse yolk that is seasoned and piped onto the plate. space for you to enjoy their affordable meals You’ll also find a pissaladière that is sheeted of dosas and thali plates. (it has a crisp, lavash-like texture) with the flavors of anchovy and olive, and on the plate RUSSIAN HILL there are pulverized dried capers (which Lee Looking for a new lunch spot? Belcampo says are more delicate) — when you take a Meat Co. (1998 Polk Street, 415-660-5573) bite with your eyes closed, you taste a deli- is now open for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–3 cious (but updated) tartare. Lee says: “We p.m. daily. The menu includes sandwich know the playbook of French flavors well, choices like the fried chicken sandwich with and have stayed connected to them.” slaw or a French dip with jus, a chopped It’s an extensive menu with many small salad, and of course, their cheeseburger. plates (from deviled eggs to oysters grati- nées), a list of appetizers I want to try each NORTH BEACH and every one of (the sweetbreads and mar- Lovers of seafood will be happy to know row bones “Blue Ribbon” with Della Fattoria Ferry Plaza Seafood (653 Union Street, 415- bread were outstanding), plus 13 entrées that 274-2561) has opened its new location, practi- average around $28 — you’ll find steak frites cally kitty corner to Washington Square Park. ($36) and a burger ($18.50), as well as roast The space seats 49, with room for 11 at the bar, chicken and Arctic char amandine. These and there are some outside tables. It has a mini- à la carte dishes are not compositions: You malist look, with elements of the previous loca- have a sauce, a garnish, and voilà. Dessert tion incorporated throughout: The tables are includes a palmier ice cream with Calvados made with marble salvaged from the bar, and caramel; mon dieu was that good. the taxidermy marlin and salmon still grace the Aidlin Darling Design (Bar Agricole, walls, although now there’s a new salmon mural Bar Bambino) is behind the handsome (by local artist Letty Samonte), too. urban 90-seat space. The dining rooms Many classics remain on executive chef are in charcoal hues (including the hex- Joey Ng’s menu, along with some new choic- tiled floor), with deep brown wood panels es, because there is a kitchen at this location. around the center bar island, and chestnut There is a larger oyster selection, with six banquettes along the walls, with glowing current varieties and an additional six to filament bulbs suspended from the ceiling. nine coming soon (depending on availabil- The tables are topped with paper, and the ity). There will also be a rotating meat dish wood chairs are in a classic shape. There’s on the menu, and a house-ground burger definitely an urban aesthetic in play — will make an appearance. There’s a new wine especially noted in the custom metal shelv- list, with white, rosé, bubbly, and red options, ing and the table legs of the communal plus six beers on tap, and four by the bottle. table — mixing with references to classic There are plans to offer lunch and happy Parisian style. Seamless windows surround hour in September, too. Dinner is served the space with no breaks in the panels, cre- Monday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. ating a light-filled indoor-outdoor feeling; there will be outdoor seating added, too. UNION SQUARE A big deal is that this modern bistro is serv- Another spot for lunch is Farallon (450 Post ing until 1 a.m. nightly. Lee has longed for a Street, 415-956-6969), which just started lunch late-night bistro since he moved here in late service in the Jellyfish Lounge and Oyster Bar. 2009. It will definitely be the spot to go after Whether you’re looking for a spot for a lei- the symphony and opera. Hours for now are surely ladies-who-lunch kind of vibe, a lunch 5 p.m.–1 a.m. Brunch will also be added soon. 299 Bayshore Boulevard | San Francisco date, a birthday lunch, or even a nicer business lunch, this should do nicely. The lunch menu Marcia Gagliardi is the founder of the weekly 415.826.4880 | theoldclamhousesf.com includes small bites ($6), like Dungeness crab tablehopper e-column; subscribe and get more toast with a piquillo aioli, and of course, food news and gossip at Tablehopper.com. there is a variety of oysters from the oyster Follow her on Twitter: @tablehopper.

10 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com New and Notable The long and short

Basque-inspired plates and drinks from California and Europe are on the menu at The Commissary. photos: Aubrie Pick Photography The Commissary brings new age dining to Old World mess hall by julie mitchell small and large plates The Commissary has a and truly meant for shar- full bar serving cocktails, n keeping with its ing. Appetizers ($8–$9, beer, and a carefully culled history as a former with the exception of the wine list that offers up a mess hall in one of Fermin Iberico sausage nice mix of varietals from Ithe row of redbrick with aged Manchego for California, Spain, and buildings in the Presidio $16 and marinated olives Portugal. Some patrons known as “infantry row,” for $6) include savory have complaints about the The Commissary has the bites like blistered pep- restaurant’s small, juice- wide-open feel of a dining pers, salt cod fritters, and glass-like tumblers and hall, but in the best pos- sweet pea and ham cro- small pours for the price sible way. Dark Douglass quetas that literally burst by the glass ($7–$16), fir tabletops are crafted in your mouth. Medium- but pricey wine in scant from salvaged wood, sized plates ($11–$15) amounts is pretty much par lighting fixtures come are creative and surpris- for the course in the city’s from an old Presidio ing — roast cuttlefish is restaurants, and the tum- gymnasium, and the open paired with verde rice and blers are deceptive. If this kitchen with views from squid ink; seared mack- is a concern, then it makes three sides are all show- erel comes with cucum- sense to order a bottle — cased by the restaurant’s ber, fennel, and marinated usually a less expensive clean lines, glossy hard- chickpeas; and clams are option — and take home wood floors, pale walls, served with chorizo, aioli what you can’t finish. and ample windows and and grilled bread, remi- The Commissary is light. Much of the seat- niscent of paella. open for lunch, dinner, ing is at communal tables. Large plates ($19–$29) and coffee and light break- But probably the most are just as inspired by fast (pastries) service. Just exciting thing about this Basque flavors. Lamb walking up its front steps modern, Spanish-inspired shoulder is accompanied bordering the green of the restaurant is its partner- by candied eggplant, faro Parade Grounds, the strik- ship between the Presidio and chermoula (a tangy ing view of the bay, and Trust and celebrated San mix of herbs, pickled lem- the historic buildings is as Francisco superstar chef ons, olive oil, garlic, and much of a treat as the meal Traci Des Jardins. salt), and roasted chick- you’re certain to enjoy. Des Jardins, best known en comes with marcona The Commissary: 101 for Jardiniere in Hayes almonds and dates. The Montgomery Street (Main Valley and Mijita in the vegetarian entrée is a Post in the Presidio), 415- Ferry Building and AT&T chickpea galetta with sum- 561-3600, thecommissarysf. Park, has created a menu mer squash and harissa com; daily light breakfast at The Commissary driv- vinaigrette. Desserts ($7– 8–10:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 en by sustainable, locally $10) range from seasonal a.m.–2:30 p.m., social hour sourced ingredients that granita to fresh churros (with drink specials) 4–6 deftly blends Spain’s influ- and chocolate and a deli- p.m., dinner 5:30–9 p.m. ence on California cuisine. cious olive oil almond cake (Fridays 9:30 p.m.) The menu, like many with fresh fruit, caramel, these days, is divided into and almond milk sorbet. E-mail: [email protected]

Chef Traci Des Jardins, executive chef Reylon Agustin, and culinary director Robbie Lewis. www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES SEPTEMBER 2014 11 Food & Wine Appetites and Afterthoughts

Crab Louis salad. photo: marjotekken / flickr Signature San Francisco dishes by ernest beyl Mediterranean — no fisherman ever came up with the grandfather of all cioppinos. enjoy reading about food. I’m As a devoted cioppino lover, I have been assuming you do, too. So here are a few doing some research. stories about signature San Francisco Giuseppe Bazzuro who, in 1850, turned Idishes, a bit of history on your plate. an abandoned ship into San Francisco’s first Italian restaurant, created cioppino, CELERY VICTOR closely related to ciuppin, the fish stew of If there was such a thing as a celebrity Genoa. He used whatever seafood was at chef in the 1920s, it was Alsatian Victor hand, including Dungeness crab. My main Hirtzler. Instead of wearing a white toque, man on just about anything gustatorial or a backward baseball cap as would-be is the incomparable Waverley Root, who superstar chefs do today, Hirtzler wore a wrote the authoritative twin volumes, The red fez, a goatee, and an attitude. Food of France and The Food of Italy. Root Before coming to San Francisco and tak- never mentions cioppino, but traces bro- ing over as chef de cuisine for the Hotel St. detto, ciupin, burrida, cassola zimini, ghio- Francis, he cooked for King Don Carlos tti, zuppa de pesce and, of course bouil- of Portugal, for whom he created a din- labaisse, which he describes as “… the very ing experience in 1910 so elaborate it led ancient fish chowder said to have been to an assassination. For invented in Athens Don Carlos, Hirtzler and spread throughout prepared mousse fai- the Mediterranean by son Lucullus — pheas- I spend a lot of Greeks …” There we ant breast stuffed with time thinking about have it — precursors to truffles and woodcock what in North Beach is with a Champagne and cioppino. called cioppino. Madeira sauce. It was All these noble elix- said the dish cost $180 per serving — a lot irs include tomatoes in some way or anoth- of money then, and now too — and that so er. Tomatoes were introduced to Europe in incensed Portuguese patriots they tossed a the 16th century from across the Atlantic bomb into the king’s automobile and con- in the New World. So it figures that a fish- cluded that monarchy. Hirtzler got the mes- erman in a small boat netted a mixed bag sage and immigrated to the United States. of Mediterranean fish, boiled them with Mousse faison Lucullus notwithstanding, some seawater, and threw in a few chopped Hirtzler’s most famous recipe, and one tomatoes, onions, and whatever else closely associated with San Francisco, is cel- was at hand. ery Victor. As far as I can determine there Perhaps this is more than you ever want- are no restaurants serving Celery Victor ed to know about cioppino, but my defense anymore, so here’s the recipe, right out of is cioppino is sublime. his Hotel St. Francis Cookbook: Wash six stalks of celery. Make a stock CRAB LOUIS with one soup hen or chicken bones, and five The Old Poodle Dog, a French restaurant pounds of veal bones in the usual manner that dated its founding back to 1849, is said with carrots, onions, bay leaves, parsley, salt to have created the Dungeness Crab Louis and whole pepper. Place celery in a vessel and in 1908. The chef was Louis Coutard, and strain broth over same and boil until soft. the salad and dressing were named for him. Allow to cool in the broth. When cold, press Another old San Francisco establishment, the broth out of the celery gently and place Solari’s, had a Crab Louis on the menu in on a plate. Season with salt and fresh ground 1914. Today Crab Louis is ubiquitous in black pepper, chervil, and one-quarter white San Francisco restaurants. Louis dressing — wine tarragon vinegar to three-quarters of something like Thousand Island — is usually olive oil. mayonnaise, chili sauce (or ketchup), pickle relish, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. CIOPPINO Some might say that I spend an inordi- GREEN GODDESS SALAD nate amount of time thinking about cioppi- I remember Green Goddess salad from no. And I suppose I do. Cioppino occupies when I was a kid, and on special occasions, me more than, let’s say, frozen fish sticks. my folks took me to the Garden Court in The story behind this succulent, tomato- the old Palace Hotel. That was good living based fish stew is that it originated in San and good eating. Chef Philip Roemer creat- Francisco with Italian fishermen in North ed the salad in 1923 for actor George Arliss, Beach, where it can be found on many who was starring in a play here called The menus today. Green Goddess. Roemer’s version is not Now I don’t want to be a spoilsport, found on menus today. Yes, you can find and I bow to no one in my love of San Green Goddess salad at the Garden Court Francisco’s North Beach, not to mention in the Palace, but not like this: On a bed its Italian fishing community. Nevertheless, of shredded iceberg lettuce, place a sliced I refuse to believe that along the coast of tomato and sliced hard-boiled egg. Position Mare Nostrum — that ancient sea, the signature dishes continued on 13

12 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Not to Miss Dish A taste of Rhode Island Clam bake cioppino at The Old Clam House “A place worth finding.” by susan dyer reynolds with garlic and fresh pars- arrived at the table in a gar- -hÖ홽‘ߐÖh=áß~ÁÁdß~ÁÖߣľßñh=ÖÛ| ley, and she added mussels, gantuan, rustic cast-iron pot y grandfather shrimp, and calamari. big enough to easily feed six was a Sicilian For all the years I enjoyed to seven people (they also fisherman, and both dishes equally, I never offer an individual portion MI spent my summers in thought about how easy it for $25.95 and a pot for two Rhode Island with him pull- would be to combine the priced at $49.95). Our serv- ing up lobster traps and er removed the lid to clamming along the reveal a steaming toma- shoreline. Every week- to sauce bursting with end we had a clam- fresh clams, mussels, bake, sometimes on the crab, shrimp, calamari, beach and sometimes and fish filets nestled in my aunt’s backyard with potatoes, carrots, — a briny broth loaded onions, corn on the with steamers (soft- cob, and black olives. shelled clams), Maine The sauce had a spicy, lobster, red pota- garlicky kick but didn’t toes, corn on the cob, overwhelm the delicate and hot dogs with a seafood. The shrimp, snappy casing. mussels, calamari, and During the win- clams were fresh and Sunday through Friday ters here in California plump, cooked just where lobster was rare until done, and the crab and expensive and was sweet and meaty. If steamers were nonex- Clam bake cioppino. photo: susan dyer reynolds you’re a clambake or a istent, my mom made cioppino lover (or both, cioppino with the abun- two — until a recent visit to like me), it’s well worth a dance of fresh Dungeness The Old Clam House, San jaunt across town. crab, often purchased Francisco’s oldest restaurant The Old Clam House: right off the piers of Santa (serving in the same loca- 299 Bayshore Boulevard, Cruz or Half Moon Bay. tion since 1861), where I 415-826-4880, theoldclam- Unlike the clear broth of discovered their “clam bake housesf.com; daily 11 a.m.– a clambake, she made her cioppino.” My dining com- 11 p.m. cioppino with a tradition- panions and I ordered the al tomato sauce redolent family size ($89.95), which E-mail: [email protected]

Signature Dishes unloading vegetables from the San Joaquin continued from page 12 and Salinas valleys. Around midnight they would drop into one of the small cafes an artichoke heart in the center. Fill it with that sprang up there and have a Midnight Dungeness crab legs — legs only please. Special — eggs, a few vegetables like spin- Smother this with Green Goddess dressing ach or chard, a little ground meat, and — mayonnaise, sour cream, chervil, chives, maybe a few hot peppers, all scrambled tarragon, anchovies, lemon juice, salt, pep- together. Joe Ingressia put it on the menu at per, and a bit of minced garlic. New Joe’s around 1930, and that was how Joe’s Special was born.” HANGTOWN FRY You can still find Joe’s Special on menus This intriguingly named dish can still be around town, and when I’m in a Joe’s found on the menus of Tadich Grill and Special mood, I go to Original Joe’s in Sam’s Grill. Basically, it’s an omelet with North Beach. bacon and oysters. But it’s the story behind the dish that is worth telling. The Gold Rush SOURDOUGH town of Placerville up in El Dorado County Bagels are fine. English muffins have was known as Hangtown — and that needs their charm. Warm tortillas have doting no explanation. Frontier justice was harsh. fans, as do steamed pork buns. Even foamy There are two versions of the Hangtown white commercial bread has devotees and Fry story: The first is that a prospector who responds well to tuna salad. But it’s the made his poke of gold nuggets invented iconic San Francisco sourdough that turns the dish. Eggs were very expensive, so were on residents of this bread-wise city. oysters shipped on ice from San Francisco. It began with the Gold Rush in 1849. So that’s what this Gold Rush gourmand Many believe the miners brought sour- ordered from his hotel kitchen. dough “starter” or “mother” north from The second story is a stopper: A quick- Mexico. While panning for gold they had thinking, condemned man in the local to do things for themselves, even making hoosegow was asked what he would like for their own bread. Some say miners car- his ritual last meal. An omelet with oysters. ried their mother under their saddles to Granting his request delayed his hanging, keep it warm and alive. Others tell they but only for a day. kept mother in their armpits. Mother was just a bit of yesterday’s bread dough JOE’S SPECIAL — flour, water, salt, and wild yeast. But What’s so special about Joe’s Special and not all 49ers were miners. In 1849, a what’s its origin? I spoke to the indispens- French immigrant, Louis Isadore Boudin, able Alessandro Baccari Jr., retired San opened a bakery here. Boudin’s is still Francisco historian, whose knowledge of going strong, and is the mother ship of North Beach knows no bounds. This is sourdough bakeries. It says its mother what he told me: dates back to the original 1849 supply. In “Joe’s Special was introduced at New Joe’s 1941, the Boudin family sold out to Steve on Broadway by Joe Ingressia who ran the Giraudo. Steve’s son Lou operates the place. But the real origin of the dish was bakery, but he doesn’t keep the mother in the old wholesale produce market, which his armpit. was where Embarcadero Center is now. The produce workers were up all night E-mail: [email protected] www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES SEPTEMBER 2014 13 Arts & Entertainment

The Back Story A life in and after Hollywood Oscar-winning movie kid Claude Jarman Jr. Nashville’s loss became San Francisco’s gain by ernest beyl to a film selection committee that included Shirley Temple, writer and nightclub owner laude Jarman Jr. will be 80 on Barnaby Conrad, and novelist Herb Gold. Sept. 27. He doesn’t look it. He Jarman and Temple were on opposite sides doesn’t act it. He doesn’t live it. of a controversy over the Swedish film Night C Many years ago I saw a movie with a Games, which had overtones of sexual per- youngster named Claude Jarman Jr. in a versity, lesbianism and incest, then consid- starring role. The movie, which came out ered highly controversial. Jarman voted to in 1946, was The Yearling. It was based on screen it; Temple denounced it as “pornog- a story about a backwoods kid named Jody raphy for profit,” but while the others had who adopts a fawn and bumps up against the watched the film, she had not. Night Games realities in the life of an impoverished family. was shown and the world did not end. Gregory Peck played Jody’s father. Later that year Jarman was named execu- tive director of the influential event. NATIONWIDE TALENT SEARCH In 1974, Mayor Joseph Alioto tapped MGM Studios conducted a talent search Jarman for director of the city’s cultural for an unknown kid to play Jody. Jarman, Claude Jarmen Jr. with Gregory Peck in The Yearling; Jarman now. affairs department. He oversaw operations of son of a railroad accountant, was 10 years old the opera house and other civic arts organiza- and living in Nashville, Tenn. His only acting ment. Occasionally, the studio arranged sity’s Officer Candidate School, he joined the tions as well as the film festival. experience had been in school plays. The publicity photo dates for kid actors, and Navy, became a lieutenant (j.g.), and served Jarman took another shot at acting, studio sent him to Hollywood for a screen it arranged several for 13-year-old Jarman three years. appearing in an episode of the TV produc- test and he got the part. His terrific reviews with 10-year-old Margaret O’Brien. “Hardly “Because I was colorblind, I was assigned tion Centennial. He also served as execu- won him a Special Juvenile Academy Award Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor stuff,” to the P.R. staff and wound up in Hollywood, tive producer of the well-regarded “rocku- for his performance. With that success, the Jarman says. this time not as an actor, but as a member of mentary” on Bill Graham and the Fillmore Jarman family moved to Southern California, the Armed Forces P.R. office, where I worked Auditorium. And, to bring you up to date on and for almost a decade Claude Jarman Jr. JOHN WAYNE TO LASSIE with studios making movies about the Navy,” that earlier magical period in Jarman’s life, he was in 10 movies. Following his success in The Yearling, he recalls. appeared as a past Oscar winner at both the Jarman appeared with some of Hollywood’s “My wife was from Birmingham, Ala., so 1998 and 2003 Academy Awards ceremonies. GOLDEN AGE OF MGM biggest stars like Van Johnson and June when I was discharged we moved there, and Several other kids received Juvenile Oscars. Allyson in High Barbaree in 1947, and Jeanette I got a job with an advertising agency. One A LONG WAY FROM NASHVILLE Shirley Temple was the first in 1935. Jarman MacDonald and Lassie in The Sun Comes Up client I worked for was the John Hancock Always a dedicated social saloonist, Jarman got his in 1947. Others were Deanna Durbin, in 1949. Later, Jarman was picked for a young Insurance Company, which decided to open hung out at the Washington Square Bar & Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Margaret adult role in the big John Ford movie Rio an office in San Francisco. They offered me a Grill and played shortstop for proprietor O’Brien, and Hayley Mills, who won the last Grande, starring John Wayne, who played a job there and I accepted. I had never been to Ed Moose’s quirky softball team, Les Lapins one in 1960. At that point, the Motion Picture cavalry officer, and Jarman played his son. San Francisco,” Jarman says. Sauvages. Once again he enjoyed the lime- Academy did away with kids’ Oscars, and “That was my favorite film to work in. light. In 1980, he was recruited by the Shaklee gave out the big ones regardless of the actor’s It was filmed on location in Moab, Utah, THE DORENBUSH DAYS Corporation to run its public relations and age. Retroactively, in 1983, they gave Jarman and I got to ride horses, which I loved,” Immediately he met Glenn Dorenbush, travel departments. In 1986, he founded and the big one. Jarman remembers. a charismatic tippler, bar philosopher, and operated his own travel agency until earlier Now a tall, blue-eyed, senior citizen with Another high point was a 1952 film, publicist. Dorenbush, always quotable, had this year, when he finally shut it down. a full mop of silver-gray hair, and rangy in Hangman’s Knot, which starred Lee Marvin. an inside track with San Francisco columnist These days Jarman is sitting back and the Gary Cooper mold, Jarman reflected on “I was 17 at the time. Marvin was a larg- Herb Caen, so top saloons like Perry’s and smelling the roses of a career that took him those Hollywood years. “I was lucky. It was er-than-life tough guy. He befriended me, the Washington Square Bar & Grill employed from Hollywood actor to San Francisco pub- the Golden Age of MGM, and I was part of it.” and we rode around Hollywood in his red him to get their names in the papers. Jarman lic figure. Most weekdays he hangs out in Asked what he thought of his success at the Thunderbird convertible,” Jarman says. was quotable himself and had that magic North Beach, perhaps having lunch with time, Jarman said, “I had nothing to compare There were a few other films like The Great Hollywood background. Overnight he buddies at Capp’s Corner or Original Joe’s. it to. I thought, Doesn’t everyone have this? I Locomotive Chase, but that was about the end became part of San Francisco’s well-lubri- An Academy Award Oscar sits on the man- had my own dressing room, my own makeup of Jarman’s Hollywood career. He was grow- cated saloon culture. Though not much of a telpiece in his Marin County home. He has person and wardrobe person. I went to a two- ing up, and few youngsters make the transi- drinker, he enjoys the sociability of bars and seven children, including two daughters with room school on the MGM lot. tion to major adult roles. counts several bartenders among his friends. his present wife Katherine. “There were about 12 kids under con- Asked the inevitable question, “What if?” tact to MGM. Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, NEVER BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL he concludes: “If I had not been picked for Margaret O’Brien, and Dean Stockwell The family moved back to Nashville in Soon Jarman became involved with the that role in The Yearling, I would probably among others,” he recalls. 1950, where Jarman finished high school San Francisco International Film Festival, still be in Nashville.” Adult stars were frequently matched and studied prelaw at Vanderbilt, graduat- founded in 1952, and one of the oldest events romantically by MGM to gain press excite- ing in 1956. Having been in the univer- of its kind in the country. He was named E-mail: [email protected].

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Michael Snyder on Film Films and festivals that deserve your attention Fall movie preview by michael snyder star along with TV luminaries er a couple of wealthy American Adam Driver of Girls, Timothy tourists (Viggo Mortensen and all arts previews in the Olyphant of Justified, and Connie Kirsten Dunst) and a crafty expat media are almost as inevi- Britton of Nashville and Friday American tour guide (Oscar Isaac). table as autumn itself — and Night Lights. Directed by Shawn Their initial encounter and sub- Fthey usually include a look at com- Levy, whose all-ages-friendly Night sequent relations result in serious ing attractions in cinema, so here’s at the Museum movies are broadly consequences for all. one for the Marina Times. The comic but genuinely funny. Gone Girl (Oct. 3): Based on hitch? When it comes to sheer Tracks (Sept. 19): The first of a the bestseller by Gillian Flynn and forecasting, I wonder if a movie number of biographical features directed by David Fincher (Seven Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst in The Two Faces of January. critic is any more reliable than a slated to be released in the fall, and The Girl with the Dragon photo: courtesy of magnolia pictures meteorologist, but I can tell you Tracks is an account of a real- Tattoo), Gone Girl traces the what looks good to me, what has life odyssey. Its heroine is Robyn descent of a marriage in free fall as Interstellar (Nov. 7): Christopher tler. Schultz sees his chance when the positive buzz, and, pedigree- Davidson (Mia Wasikowska), a a husband must grapple with the Nolan is the visionary director the oddly mannered multimillion- wise, what should be a must-see young woman who decides to trav- repercussions from the disappear- responsible for Inception and The aire John du Pont (Steve Carell) owing to the talent involved in el alone across almost 2,000 miles ance of his wife on their fifth wed- Dark Knight trilogy; he and his encourages him to move onto the front of and behind the camera. of stark, unforgiving Australian ding anniversary. Ben Affleck and brother Jonathan cocreated TV’s du Pont estate and train for the Those are all good barometers of desert, accompanied by her dog Rosamund Pike play the couple. thrilling and provocative series 1988 Seoul Olympics, but tragedy quality in my book. and four camels. During her jour- Costarring Tyler Perry and Neil Person of Interest. They’ve teamed results. With Vanessa Redgrave So even though it’s a bit of a gam- ney, she meets a skilled photog- Patrick Harris. up to produce this epic and highly and Sienna Miller. ble, let’s roll the dice on a “lucky rapher (Adam Driver) who pro- The Book of Life (Oct. 17): From anticipated science fiction investi- seven” of features that would seem ceeds to chronicle her adventure. its trailers, The Book of Life appears gation of interstellar travel. Matthew FILM FESTIVALS to deserve our attention in the next Director John Curran should be to be one of the most gorgeous and McConaughey and Anne Hathaway The San Francisco Silent Film few months. And we’ll also address a good choice as director, having fanciful animated movies in mem- star, along with an impressive col- Festival’s Silent Autumn 2014 some of the intriguing Bay Area helmed the faithful, heart-breaking ory. Produced by Guillermo del lection of supporting players led (Sept. 20): Following its success- film festivals in store this fall. and visually splendid 2006 adapta- Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim), by Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, ful 19th annual festival this past tion of W. Somerset Maugham’s a master of spectacular widescreen Casey Affleck, and Ellen Burstyn. May, the San Francisco Silent Film FEATURE FILMS novel The Painted Veil. imagery, it depicts the incredible, Foxcatcher (Nov. 14): A psy- Festival will present a special Silent This Is Where I Leave You The Two Faces of January sometimes fear-fraught escapades chological drama based on actual Autumn event on Sept. 20 at the (Sept. 19): This mix of drama and (Sept. 26): If you’re a fan of film of a young man who traverses three events, Foxcatcher (directed by historic Castro Theatre. The day comedy concerning an extended noir and suspense, director-screen- fantastic worlds. Partially inspired Bennett Miller of Moneyball fame) will feature five silent film programs family that gathers for its patriarch’s writer Hossein Amini’s adaptation by the Latin American Day of the tells the story of Olympic Gold with live musical accompaniment. funeral could be a crowd pleaser, of a novel by Patricia Highsmith Dead celebration, it features voice Medal-winning wrestler Mark Highlights will include a series of aided by a top-drawer ensemble (The Talented Mr. Ripley) should work from the likes of Channing Schultz (Channing Tatum) who Laurel & Hardy shorts; Rudolph cast adept at conveying the dark be ideal. Set in exotic Greece and Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, wants to escape poverty and is Valentino’s last film, The Son of and the light. Jason Bateman, Tina Istanbul during 1962, The Two Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, and driven to compete with his brother the Sheik, from 1926, accompanied Fey, Jane Fonda, and Rose Byrne Faces of January brings togeth- Cheech Marin. 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ally stunning and heartfelt What Dreams Ultimately, the guy won every signifi- May Come may have succumbed to trea- cant American entertainment award out cle, but Robin himself was never less there other than the Tony: one Oscar, two than earnest and committed to whatever Emmys, four Golden Globes, two Screen role he undertook. And he worked with Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammys. some major cinema auteurs, includ- Tony aside, he garnered favorable notices ing the aforementioned Altman; Terry when he co-starred with his pal Steve Gilliam who directed him in The Fisher Martin at Lincoln Center in a produc- King; and Woody Allen who cast him in tion of Waiting for Godot in 1988. Not Deconstructing Harry as an actor perpet- too shabby. ually out of focus — a part that required His return to the TV sitcom format someone of Robin’s larger-than-life pres- with the 2013 series The Crazy Ones ence to have an impact beyond the blur. didn’t last beyond a single season, and If he was given comedic and emotional he clearly had serious emotional and latitude in a jubilant and life-affirming physical issues that plagued him. Yet the project that didn’t aim for the lowest sense that Robin had so much more to common denominator, he was at his give audiences only increased the wide- Hundreds of flowers left in memorial to Robin Williams at the steps of the San Fransicso populist best. Thus, he nailed it with spread sadness at his death. Though he house used for Mrs. Doubtfire. photo: lynette majer family-friendly comedy Mrs. Doubtfire remained popular enough to sell out a that featured him as a beleaguered hus- concert hall, he still relished dropping Robin Williams the manic real-life Armed Forces radio band trying to keep his family together by into clubs unannounced and flexing his continued from page 1 D.J. Adrian Cronauer he brought to the- impersonating an elderly female Scottish prodigious talent for hours — even when aters in Good Morning, Vietnam. The housekeeper, and the his comedy peers out- Oscar-caliber director Robert Altman, latter, which gave Robin a chance to creative and whimsi- numbered the paying who cast Robin as the title character flagrantly exercise his comic skills in a cal all-ages action fan- customers. in Popeye, the good-natured but tep- wartime setting with all the drama that tasy Jumanji, where he This whirlwind, Yes, his work and idly received live-action interpretation of entailed, brought him a 1987 Academy was the grownup Alan this genius, is now memory will live on. the classic comic strip about the squint- Award nomination for best lead actor who was ensnared by It’s nowhere near ing, heroic, spinach-eating sailor. Robin — the first of four such acknowledge- a mystical board game at peace. enough to make up was undaunted by the less than ecstatic ments. He would follow that with a when he was a kid for what has vanished reaction to Popeye, and subsequently best actor nomination for playing an and trapped inside it for 26 years. His from our lives. The only consolation embraced his first truly serious film role inspiring, unorthodox English teacher hilarious, rapid-fire voice work as the beyond our continuing pleasure at his as the conflicted, ill-fated lead in the 1982 in 1989’s Dead Poets Society, and another garrulous, pop-culture-infused Genie in talent as it survives on various platforms adaptation of the tragicomic John Irving best actor nod for his movingly embodi- Disney’s animated Aladdin was a tour is that this whirlwind, this treasure, this novel The World According to Garp. And ment of a disturbed homeless man in de farce probably unmatched by anyone genius is now at peace. when he showed uncommon depth and 1991’s The Fisher King, finally winning before or since. grace in that part, it was a revelation. a best supporting actor Oscar as a dedi- He eventually accumulated over 100 Michael Snyder is a print and broad- The manic television clown had become cated psychotherapist in 1997’s Good acting credits on the big and little screens, cast journalist who covers pop culture on a respectable and respected movie actor. Will Hunting. and did some of his best work in recent KPFK/Pacifica Radio’s David Feldman From that point on, Robin began to He made his share of less than stellar times — as the unhinged photo techni- Show and Thom Hartmann Show and build a broad, impressive, and admittedly movies, particularly those comedies that cian in One Hour Photo, the cunning on Michael Snyder’s Culture Blast, avail- checkered filmography. Early high points went for cheap laughs like Club Paradise, crime writer in Insomnia, and the frus- able online at GABroadcaster.com and ranged from his warm, earthy Russian and those dramas that went for cheap trated novelist/single father in World’s YouTube. You can follow Michael on immigrant in Moscow on the Hudson to sentiment like Patch Adams. The visu- Greatest Dad. Twitter: @cultureblaster

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18 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Art World China’s most prominent artist/activist peers into Alcatraz @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz by sharon anderson Conservancy to bring the work to Alcatraz. “If my art had nothing to do with Far from discouraging his people’s pain and sorrow, what is voice, Ai continually transforms “art” for? “ his activism and adversity into — Ai Weiwei more art. Political struggle is an aesthetic essential to his artistry. ith ai Weiwei’s For Ai, art is also an oppor- arrest in a Beijing air- tunity to deconstruct society’s port in 2011, ques- assumptions of value, mass pro- Wtions arose. What could one art- duction, information, and its ist do to be perceived as a threat impact on the human race. But to authorities? The Chinese it’s not enough to present new government held him for 81 possibilities for self-awareness. days, and he is currently unable Ai Weiwei encourages all of us to to leave the country. Despite Ai Weiwei in Beijing, 2012; Second and third floors of A Block in the cellhouse at Alcatraz, site for the “... do one small thing every day these obstacles, Ai has not been exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. photos: jan sturmann, courtesy for-site foundation to prove the existence of justice.” silenced. @Large: Ai Weiwei on His new work, @Large: Ai freedom of expression and our signpost pointing toward a kind ral target for Chinese authori- Alcatraz: Sept. 27–April 25, Weiwei on Alcatraz, opens on own country’s prison culture. of rebirth and departure from ties that attempt to censor his 2015. Daily, tickets $30–$37 at Sept. 27 and consists of seven Ai’s sculpture, photography, tradition. Remembrance, 2010, output. Though he has never 415-981-7625, alcatrazcruises. site-specific sculpture, sound, film, artwork, ceramics, per- is a voice recording listing the been to Alcatraz and cannot com or Alcatraz Landing ticket and mixed media installations. formance art, and messages via names of over 5,000 students travel outside China, Ai devel- office at Pier 33. Tickets include It will occupy four locations on social media are an idiosyncratic who died in collapsed, poorly oped these artworks in his access to all Ai Weiwei instal- Alcatraz, spaces usually off limits output that emphasizes power constructed schoolhouses during Beijing studio with the sup- lations and the award-winning to visitors on the tour, creating a through loss. Undermining the the Sichuan earthquake. Stories port of San Francisco gallery Alcatraz audio tour. Exhibition new context for the famed feder- original intent of an object or taken from contemporary his- owner and For-Site Foundation organizers recommend allocat- al penitentiary and its history. A space creates a disturbance that tory mix with parts of China’s founder Cheryl Haines and an ing 3½ to 4 hours to experience team of art guides at each instal- promotes evolution. Dropping a distant past along with remnants international team of collabora- both the @Large: Ai Weiwei on lation site will provide the viewer Han Dynasty Urn from 1985, of temples, found objects, and tors from organizations, includ- Alcatraz exhibition (minimum 90 with additional understanding for example, is a series of photos relics from antiquity — a col- ing Amnesty International and minutes) and the Cellhouse Audio about the location’s history and showing the artist dropping and lective history reinvented into Human Rights Watch. For-Site Tour (approximately 2 hours). the meanings suggested by Ai. shattering the ancient vessels on new narratives. Foundation, which seeks to It is hoped that this extra effort a sidewalk. Subverting the origi- Ai’s sociopolitical art, cultur- bring art to public places, teamed Sharon Anderson is an artist and will encourage a dialogue about nal intent of an object transforms al criticism, and human rights with the National Park Service writer in Southern California. She broader social issues related to it into a talisman for change, a activism has made him a natu- and the Golden Gate Parks can be reached at mindtheimage.com

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Lunafest Thursday, Sept. 18, 7:30 Palace of Fine Arts Theater This program of eight short films, by, for and about September Events women celebrates the unique, touching and inspi- rational roles of women in our local, national, and what not to miss this month international communities. Proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Fund. $25, 510-596-6607, lunafest.org

50th Annual Big Book Sale MAJOR EVENTS LAST CHANCE COMMUNITY CORNER Wed–Sun, Sept. 24–28, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center SF Playhouse: Into the Woods Find over 500,000 quality books of all media at Tue–Sat thru Sept. 6 $3 or less, including $1 books on Sunday, literary 450 Post St. (in the Kensington Park Hotel) crafts and ephemera, and collectible and rare In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retell- books. Proceeds benefit S.F. Public Library educa- ing of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar tion programs. Free, 415-626-7500, friendssfpl.org folktale figures find their way “into the woods” and try to get home before dark. See this edgy Komen S.F. 24th Annual Race for the Cure production before the upcoming film later this Sunday, Sept. 28, 7:30 a.m. year with Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep. $20–$75, Starts: Ferry Building, Embarcadero 415-677-9596, sfplayhouse.org The largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, this race raises significant funds and awareness for the Matisse from SFMOMA 3rd Annual S.F. Lawn Party fight against breast cancer, celebrates survivorship, Tue–Sun thru Sept. 7 and honors those who have lost their battle with the Legion of Honor Wed–Mon thru Sept. 7 disease. $10–$40, 415-397-8812, komensf.org Don’t miss the 25 paintings, drawings and bronzes The Walt Disney Family Museum that trace four decades of the artist’s career from Sept. 6, noon–5 p.m. Architecture and the City Festival his early, Cézanne-inspired still lifes to his richly Marina Green patterned and brightly colored figural paintings San Francisco’s largest one-day waterfront ARTS & CULTURE Tue–Sat (except Monday, Sep 16), Sept. 1–30 made in the 1920s and 1930s. $15, 415-750-3600, party features a baggo tournament, bocce Various S.F. venues legionofhonor.famsf.org ball, volleyball, croquet, live music, and The festival theme, “Home: My San Francisco,” gourmet food trucks. Proceeds benefit The explores the shifting nature of home, the differ- Guardsmen’s programs for at-risk youth. $40– ent elements that contribute to its definition, $80, sflawnparty.com and its relation to the urban fabric. Enjoy tours, films, exhibitions, and lectures. 415-362-7397, aiasf.org/archandcity Sunday Streets: Western Addition Sunday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Fillmore St. (Geary St. to Fulton), Fulton St. S.F. Chinatown AT&T Autumn Moon Festival (Fillmore St. to Baker), Baker St. (McAllister St. Sat–Sun, Sept. 6–7, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. to Grove), Grove St. (Baker St. to Central), Central Grant St. (btw. California & Broadway) Ave. (Grove St. to Hayes) Pacific St. (btw. Stockton & Kearny) Explore by biking, walking, skating, playing, or A grand parade kicks off this festival, where just people watching in this perfect opportu- Chinatown’s streets become pedestrian-only Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair nity to be outside in a car-free environment. Free, bazaars with live entertainment, including acro- sundaystreetssf.com bats, martial artists, ribbon and lion dancers, magic Wed–Mon thru Sept. 7 Jonas Faber: Inuit sculpture The Walt Disney Family Museum shows, cultural demonstrations, and more — like S.F. Walk to End Alzheimer’s This comprehensive exhibition explores the Tue–Sat, Sept. 13 thru Oct. 9, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. the dog costume contest. Free, 415-982-6306, Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. artistic process and development of one of Images of the North Gallery (2036 Union St.) moonfestival.org Mission Creek Park (290 Channel St.) Disney’s most influential designers and art Known for his bold and expressionistic sculp- Join the world’s largest event held in over 600 com- directors, whose most notable projects ture and his creative and sensitive treatment Craft Spirits Carnival munities to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s Sat–Sun, Sept. 20–21, 2–5 p.m. were Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter of cultural themes and myths of the Inuit, this care, support and research. Alzheimer’s is the nation’s Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Pan, and the ever-popular Disney attrac- controversial artist uses a beautifully veined sixth leading cause of death. 408-372-9900, alz.org Try and buy over 100 spirits brands of all tion, It’s A Small World. $20, 415-345-6800, and colored soapstone he mines on his prop- tastes, shapes and sizes as well as craft brews waltdisney.org erty in British Columbia. Free, 415-673-1273, from the Bay Area and beyond. $75–$100, imagesnorth.com craftspiritscarnival.com Free Shakespeare in the Park: Taming of the Shrew Festa Coloniale Italiana Monday, Sept. 1 & Sat–Sun thru Sept. 14, 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Main Parade Ground Lawn, the Presidio Stockton Street (btw. Union & Filbert) Bring your family, friends, a blanket, and a picnic to The S.F. Italian Athletic Club Foundation invites you enjoy some of your favorite Shakespearean twists, to celebrate the rich Italian and Italian-American hilarious clowns and ridiculous disguises, along heritage in this festival featuring Italian music and with a subversive and challenging love story. Free, dancing, a pizza toss, and more, including Italian 11th Annual S.F. 415-558-0888, sfshakes.org wine tasting. Free, 415-781-0166, sfiacfesta.com Out of the Darkness Community Walk Gorgeous 7th Annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival Sunday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m.–noon Tue–Sun thru Sept.. 14, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat-Sun, Sept. 27–28 Mission Creek Park Asian Art Museum Beat Museum (540 Broadway St.) Walk to honor loved ones and raise funds for the 19th Annual Kaiser Permanente A collaboration with SFMOMA, this exhibition This celebration of poetry, art and music seeks American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. S.F. International Dragon Boat Festival presents 72 uniquely stunning artworks from to promote social, environmental, and political The event includes guest speakers, music, both museums’ collections and spans over 2,200 change. Free, 415-399-9626, kerouac.com refreshments, and a prize drawing. 408-639-4644, Sat–Sun, Sept. 20–21, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. years and dozens of cultures, inviting you to outofthedarkness.org Treasure Island explore what “gorgeous” means to you. $15, The largest competitive dragon boat festival in 415-581-3500, asianart.org the U.S. features racing, cultural performances MUSEUMS and fun-filled activities for the whole family, GALAS & BENEFITS & GALLERIES including arts and crafts, international food, and entertainment. Free shuttles from Kearny Tour de Fat 2014 & Sacramento Sts. and outside the Parc55 Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wyndham Hotel (near Powell St. BART station). Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park Free, sfdragonboat.com This ballyhoo of beer, bikes and bemusement starts with a parade followed by a fun bike cruise in your Oktoberfest by the Bay most fabulous bike costume, then an all-day live Fri-Sun, Sept. 19–20 music jamboree, tasty eats and more. Proceeds bene- Pier 48 fit S.F. Bike Coalition and Bay Area Ridge Trail Council. Celebrate in the true tradition of Munich’s famed Free (ride only), 415-431-2453, newbelgium.com Oktoberfest with nonstop music, dancing, singing, and German food and drink — according to AOL 9th Annual Party for the Parks: this is one of the top 10 places in the country to Wild in the City The Poetry of Parmigianino’s enjoy this tradition — never mind it’s held in Sept. Saturday, Sept. 13, 6–11 p.m. “Schiava Turca” tember. $25–$75, oktoberfestbythebay.com Motown, the Musical Randall Museum (150 Museum Way) Help raise funds for S.F. parks in this event that Tue–Sun thru Oct. 5, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Tue–Sun thru Sept. 28 Legion of Honor 34th Annual Comedy Day highlights the natural world that survives and Orpheum Theatre (1192 Market St.) On loan from the Galleria nazionale di Parma in Sunday, Sept. 24, noon– 5 p.m. thrives in the city and the magic of the urban Don’t miss the story of Motown founder Berry Parma, this painting provides a glimpse into the Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park wilderness while enjoying some of the best views Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to painting style of Francesco Mazzola, an originator This original, longest-running, free outdoor com- in the city, a tented buffet with music and danc- the heavyweight music mogul who launched the of Mannerism. “Schiava Turca” refers to the head- edy concert features 40 (or more) of today’s top ing, and special appearances by the animals of careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey dress worn by the subject of the painting, a young performers from the Bay Area and beyond. Free, the museum. $275 & up, 415-621-3260, ext. 104, Robinson, and many more. $45–$210, shnsf.com Italian noblewoman. $10, 415-750-3600, famsf.org. 415-820-1570, comedyday.org partyfortheparks.org

20 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com DANCE 21st Annual Dancing Poetry Festival Saturday, Sept. 20, noon–4 p.m. Florence Gould Theater, Palace of the Legion of Honor This festival is a showcase for prize-winning poetry and visual art partnered with inspired dance. Original artworks on canvas and silk will be fea- tured by being woven into choreographed per- formances. $15, 415-681-0618, [email protected],

Picturing the Presidio Yatra: Masters of Kathak and Flamenco Sat–Sun, Sept. 27–28 Daily thru Oct. 31 Palace of Fine Arts Theater Forest Gallery, the Presidio This highly anticipated collaboration between This public art installation features eight kathak icon Pandit Chitresh Das and flamenco star 52-inch panoramic images captured by pho- Antonio Hidalgo Paz will take audiences on a jour- tographer Lyle Gomes and are displayed ney of spellbinding dance, powerful rhythm and Fall Arts Preview – Galas along the Presidio’s trails in the location evocative music. $28–$58, 415-333-9000, kathak.org where they were originally made, enabling viewers to consider the past, present, and Gala Season marks the silver anniversary of the annual future of key forest landscapes. Free, NIGHTLIFE continued from page 1 gala benefiting Ronald McDonald House 415-561-5300, presidio.gov/picturing of San Francisco. This national organiza- more than 75,000 students in the Bay tion supports critically ill children and their Natural Expressions Area. This year, the celebration honors families by providing them with temporary Tue–Sun thru Nov. 23, noon–4 p.m. Michael Tilson Thomas’s 20th anniver- housing during the child’s medical treat- Museo Italo Americano (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) sary as music director. The evening begins ments. The black-tie-optional 20th annual View paintings and sculpture by Alberto Cristini, photography by Vincent Galassi, and stain paintings at 8 p.m. and includes a pre-party, a con- event takes place at the Four Seasons Hotel by John Malveto. Free, 415-673-2200, sfmuseo.org cert featuring singer-songwriter Bonnie starting at 6:30 p.m. The evening includes Raitt, and superstar pianist Yuja Wang a reception and silent auction, dinner, live performing alongside the symphony, and auction, and entertainment until midnight PERFORMANCES an after-party with entertainment, danc- (415- 673-0891, ronaldhouse-sf.org). ing, cocktails, and treats from favorite San This Old Bag: The Power of the Purse 10th Annual S.F. Improv Fest Francisco restaurants. A variety of ticket (Oct. 17): Benefitting the Breast Cancer Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson St.) packages are available at sfsymphony.com. Emergency Fund, the 10th Annual This Daily, Sept. 10–20 San Francisco Opera’s Opening Night Old Bag Gala celebrates a decade of hand- Don’t miss a lineup of longtime favorites and new acts Gala (Sept. 5): Celebrate the start of bags and philanthropy. Designers, retail- from around the country. $20–$30, 415-788-7469, the opera’s 92nd season at Bravo! Club’s ers, fashionistas, and celebrities gather theeurekatheatre.com Annual Opening Night Gala. This elegant at the Bently Reserve at 6:30 p.m. for a black-tie affair begins at 6:30 p.m. with a great cause: to help low-income women 39th Annual S.F. Naive Melodies Standup Comedy Competition formal pre-performance reception on the maintain life-extending medical care and Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 9:30 p.m. outdoor balcony of the War Memorial living expenses while they’re fighting can- S.F. Jewish Community Center Boom Boom Room (1601 Fillmore St.) Opera House, followed by the opening- cer. At the silent and live auction, guests Laugh until it hurts as the best new comedic From Arcata, Calif., comes this Talking Heads night performance of Bellini’s master- will have the chance to bid on beautiful talent from across the country hits the stage tribute band, performing the art-rock music piece Norma. After the opera, an after- bags, vacation packages, and more (415- in the preliminary round of head-to-head com- from New York. $10 (free before 9 p.m.), party at Jardinière restaurant includes 558-6999, bcef.org). petition. For mature audiences only. $25–$35, boomboomtickets.com hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, music, and San Francisco Fall Antique Show 415-292-1200, jccsf.org dancing (415-865-3330, sfopera.com). Preview Gala (Oct. 22): Recognized as Kabul Dreams and Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama the oldest and most prestigious contin- Rana Mansour & Karmandan 2014: Fashion Rocks (Sept. 12): uously operating international art and MUSIC Sunday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. Glamorama is a high-end fashion show antiques show on the West Coast, the San Yoshi’s (1330 Fillmore St.) and musical production benefitting the Francisco Fall Antique Show holds its Get an earful of this post-Taliban Afghan rock music AIDS Emergency Fund, Glide Foundation annual Preview Gala to benefit Enterprise group, joined by Iranian-American Rana Mansour and Project Open Hand. This year’s event for High School Students. This year’s and the Karmandan. $30–$45, 415-655-5600, celebrates 32 years of fashion and compas- show will be open to the public from Oct. yoshis.com sion for HIV/AIDS. The event kicks off 23–26 at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. Son Lux on the red carpet at the SHN Golden Gate The preview gala will be held from 7–10 Saturday, Sept. 20, 9 p.m. Theatre at 7 p.m. The evening also includes p.m. on Oct. 22 (415- 989-9019, sffas.org). The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) a fashion show starring award-winning Root Division’s 13th Annual Art Catch this inveterate collaborator as he prepares to designers such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Auction Fundraiser (Oct. 23): Root release his latest recording. $12–$14, 415-771-1421, Hilfiger, Weekend Max Mara, and Diesel, Division’s mission is to improve apprecia- Opera in the Park theindependentsf.com performances by pop star and headliner tion and access to the visual arts by provid- Sunday, Sept. 7, 1:30 p.m. Jason Derulo and other musical acts, and ing subsidized studio space to working art- Super Diamond Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park a pre-party at the Warfield Theatre (888- ists in exchange for their service in “creating Saturday, Sept. 27, 9 p.m. Bring a picnic and enjoy arias al fresco while pre- 346-1799, macys.com/glamtickets). shared learning opportunities for the com- Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) viewing a sampling of the upcoming fall season. Bay Area Arthritis Auxiliary Fashion munity.” The organization hosts its 13th Free, 415-864-3330, sfopera.com Come hear 30 years of Neil Diamond interpreta- tions. $22, bimbos365club.com Show (Oct. 1): Carmen Marc Valvo is Annual Art Auction Fundraiser to support bringing his 25th anniversary fashion its after-school art classes for Bay Area Noontime Concerts: show from the runways of Mercedes youth. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a Bertamo Baroque Trio FILMS & LECTURES Benz Fashion Week in New York to San VIP cocktail hour, and includes both silent Tuesday, Sept. 16, 12:30 p.m. Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel for the Bay and live auctions featuring original artwork Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (660 California St.) Area Arthritis Auxiliary. The event begins from more than 100 established and emerg- Hear Works by Telemann, Bach and other 17th at 10:30 a.m. with a champagne recep- ing artists (415-863-7668, rootdivision.org). and 18th century composers. Free, 415-777-3211, tion and continues with a luncheon, live Lamplighters Annual Champagne noontimeconcets.org auction and, of course, a runway show Gala & Auction (Nov. 2): The fall fun- featuring cocktail dresses, couture gowns, draiser benefitting Lamplighters Music and more of the designer’s stunning fall Theatre, held at the Palace of Fine Arts 2014 silhouettes (415-356-5484, arthgwr. Theater, features an original satire set to ejoinme.org/2014fashionshow). the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan (415-227- San Francisco Performances 35th 4797, lamplighters.org). Season Gala (Oct. 17): San Francisco San Francisco Ballet Encore! Performances celebrates the start of its Opening Night Gala (Jan. 22, 2015): fall season with its annual gala featuring Held at San Francisco City Hall and the cocktails, dinner, a Fund-A-Need drive, historic War Memorial Opera House, and a jazz concert starring the Kenny this black-tie event is one worth waiting Barron and Stefon Harris Duo. The party for. The evening starts with a cocktail Oakland Jazz Choir Film Night in the Park: takes place at the Julia Morgan Ballroom reception and dinner at City Hall, ramps Sunday, Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Grand Budapest Hotel at the Merchant’s Exchange Building from up with a Prosecco Promenade in the Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) 6–10 p.m. All proceeds from the event Opera House lobby and an opening- Don’t miss exquisite five- and six-part harmonies Saturday, Sept. 6, dusk benefit San Francisco Performances’ night ballet performance, and culmi- performing original and contemporary arrange- Washington Square award-winning arts education programs nates with an after-party at City Hall ments from Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Grab a blanket and a picnic to enjoy this com- (415-677-0326, sfperformances.org). (415-865-2000, sfballet.org/events). Hoagy Carmichael, Pat Metheny, Thelonius Monk, edy starring Ralph Fiennes as Gustave H., the Ronald McDonald House Home Away Bobby McFerrin, Tears for Fears, and more. $17, concierge of a fictitious hotel in the Republic of From Home Gala (Oct. 17): This year E-mail: [email protected] 415-474-1608, oldfirstconcets.org Zubrowka. Free, sfntf.squarespace.com www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES SEPTEMBER 2014 21 Calendar

Sheryl Sandberg & Marianne Cooper California Coastal Cleanup Day Talk: The Anxieties of Modern Families 30th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m.–noon Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) Various coastal locations Stanford sociologist Cooper and Facebook COO Pitch in and lend a hand throughout the Golden Sandberg dive into the struggles facing families Gate National Parks and help keep our parks, today. $5–$75, 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org neighborhoods and shorelines clean, safe and beautiful for everyone. Free, register at 415- 561-3077, [email protected], or parksconservancy.org; presidio.gov

Off the Screen: Impossible Light Thursday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. Exploratorium (Pier 15) See the reality of 25,000 LED lights on the Bay Bridge while watching Filmmaker Jeremy Ambers’s documentary explaining how it all came to be. Fall Arts Preview – Music & Art Ages 18+, $10–$15 (included in museum admis- sion), 415-528-4444, exploratorium.edu

Quartet (Sept. 20); Eric Harland, MUSIC 4th Annual Legacy Film Festival on Aging Marcus Miller, Charles Lloyd Quartet POTABLES & EDIBLES CLASSICAL (Sept. 21). Performances take place Fri–Sun, Sept. 12–14 2014 Celebrating Michael Tilson Thomas’s in the arena or throughout the New People Cinema (1746 Post St.) Rock Wall Wine Company: 20th season, the San Francisco festival grounds (831-373-3366, This one-of-a-kind festival celebrates older Urban Paradise Symphony celebrates throughout montereyjazzfestival.org). adulthood and addresses the challenges and Saturday, Sept. 6, 1–4 p.m. September and beyond with an impres- Cal Performances at UC Berkeley triumphs of aging. The 15 films from five coun- Rock Wall Wine Company sive lineup of concerts, including Ravel & presents Grammy Lifetime Achievement tries include short- and feature-length docu- (2301 Monarch St., Alameda) Taste nine new releases in addition to the winery’s Stravinsky (Sept. 5–6) and Tchaikovsky’s Award-winner Mavis Staples (Oct. 30) mentaries, comedies and dramas by award- winning filmmakers. 30+ wines paired with gourmet food bites from Fifth Symphony (Sept. 18–21). October and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the $10–$50, 415-338-2467, legacyfilmfestivalonaging.org local restaurants and food purveyors. Includes brings two Rachmaninoff programs with New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Nov. 16) in tours, barrel tasting, chocolate tasting, music, Garrick Ohlsson (Oct. 10–12) and a their fall programming (510-642-9988, and more. 21+, $45–$55, 510-522-5700 ext. 22, violin program (Oct. 15 & 17–18). Also calperformances.org). MadCat 13 Women’s Film Festival rwurbanparadise2014.eventbrite.com Daily, Sept. 16–early October, 8:30 p.m. scheduled is Copeland’s Appalachian Spring (Oct. 22–24); and MTT conducts CONTEMPORARY El Rio (3158 Mission St.) Mahler 7 (Oct. 29–Nov. 1). In November, The San Francisco Electronic Catch the latest avant-garde videos and films in this edgy showcase of female creators from violinist Gil Shaham (Nov. 6–9) joins Music Festival (Sept. 11–14) at the around the world. 21+, $8–$20, 415-282-3325, the symphony before it embarks Exploratorium features laptop-gener- madcatfilmfestival.org on its national tour (415-864-6000, ated sound, analog synthesizers, and sfsymphony.org). amplified found objects combined San Francisco Irish Film Festival No fall season would be complete with performance art and improv Daily, Sept. 18–20 without our beloved San Francisco (415-528-4444, exploratorium.edu). Delancey Street Theater (600 Embarcadero) Opera, whose season opens with Bellini’s A fall staple, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass This three-day celebration of Irish films ranges Norma (Sept. 5–30), which shares the (Oct. 3–5) is back for its 14th year from the opening night screening of Good month with Floyd’s Susannah (Sept. in Golden Gate Park and is sure to Vibrations (the punk godfather Terri Hooley 6–21). October brings Verdi’s A Masked promise its typical spectacular lineup, story) to the documentary Natural Grace. sfirishfilm.com Ball (Oct. 4–22); Handel’s Partenope which was not available at press time Taste Around Town Festival (Oct. 15–30); and Puccini’s Tosca (hardlystrictlybluegrass.com). S.F. Neighborhood Newspapers: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2–6 p.m. (Oct. 23–Nov. 8). Rossini’s Cinderella The Warfield will feature some oldies Creating Healthy & Informed Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center (Nov. 9–26) and Puccini’s La Bohème but goodies with Pink Floyd (Sept. 22); Environments & Neighborhoods This walk-around tasting event offers artisan (Nov. 14–Dec. 7) round out the year King Crimson (Oct. 3–4); and Cheap Monday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m. wines and beer paired with cuisine from some of (415-864-3330, sfopera.org). Trick (Nov. 22) for the fall season Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) San Francisco’s favorite food trucks and features The New Century Chamber Orchestra (415-345-0900, thewarfieldtheatre.com). Join S.F. media and news publishers who have cre- wines from around the world, craft beer, culi- stages a repeat performance of the com- The Fillmore features Tribal Seeds ated and maintained a “hometown view” of what nary activations, gourmet bites, and more. $75, pany’s biggest hit featuring composer and (Sept. 5–9); The Airborne Toxic Event is happening in the city and its diverse communi- 650-329-0400, bottlenotes.com clarinetist Derek Bermel and Schedrin’s (Sept. 18–20); Patty Griffin with John ties. $20, 415-597-6700, commonwealthclub.org Carmen suite for strings and percussion, Fullbright (Oct. 30), and Citizen Cope: What Makes a Perfect Loaf? written for a balletic version of Bizet’s Clarence Greenwood Recordings Friday, Sept. 12, noon opera (Sept. 10–14) to open its season 10th Anniversary Tour (Nov. 4–5) SCIENCE & Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) (415-392-4400, ncco.org). among many others (800-745-3000, ENVIRONMENT Journalist Samuel Fromartz and renowned baker Singing in a choral music tradition, thefillmore.com). Chad Robertson delve deep into bread attempt- the male a capella group Chanticleer On the lineup at the popular Treasure ing to define a great loaf and what it takes to make opens their season with The Gypsy in Island Music Festival (Oct. 18–19) is it. $20, 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org My Soul (Sept. 19–28), which explores Outkast, Massive Attack, Zedd, Alt-J, 19th Annual Ghirardelli the influence of the gypsy culture in Janell Monae, The New Pornographers, Square Chocolate Festival music and celebrates wanderlust, curi- Washed Out, and a host of others Sat–Sun, Sept. 13–14, noon–5 p.m. osity, nostalgia, and reverence for the (treasureislandfestival.com). Ghirardelli Square natural world from the Renaissance to Over at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre, This chocolate celebration features sampling by today (415-392-4400, chanticleer.org). the Avett Brothers & Brandi Carli1e some of the finest local dessert companies and (Sept. 13) and New Zealand’s teen sensa- of course Ghirardelli chocolate. Come enjoy live JAZZ tion Lourde (Oct. 2) share the fall bill (510- music, chef demonstrations, ice cream eating Moving on to jazz, the SF Jazz Center 642-9988, thegreektheatreberkeley.com). contests, and more to benefit Project Open Hand. opens Sept. 11 with a sold-out perfor- $20–$40, 888-402-6262, ghirardellisq.com mance of Eliane Alias, who also per- CABARET forms Sept. 13–14. Paula West (Sept. It’s a Linda lineup at Feinstein’s at the SPORTS & HEALTH 11–14) will offer a loving tribute to Nikko, with Linda Edar (Sept. 4–6), A Deep View on the Early the pioneering jazz vocalist and actress Linda Lavin (Sept. 18–19), and Linda Universe: Extreme Makeovers and S.F. Mountain Bike Festival Ethel Waters. More season headliners Kosut (Oct. 15) highlighting the fall per- Overweight Galaxies Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. include The Cookers (Sept. 26); the formances (415-394-1111, hotelnikko.com/ Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park Monday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Joshua Redman Trio (Oct. 2–4); Dennis feinsteins). This unique urban event features mountain biking Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences Perrier (Oct. 18) with a tribute to Dinah opportunities for all ages and abilities, includ- UC Berkeley astronomer Mariska Kriek explores Washington; and the second annual ART ing competitive events, noncompetitive rides, the very different types, shapes, and sizes of San Francisco Boogie Woogie Festival youth programming, and lots of fun spectator galaxies and explains what they mean — how (Nov. 9) for the fall season lineup ASIAN ART MUESUM action. Proceeds benefit SF Urban Riders and they were formed and evolved. $8–$12, 877- the McLaren Park Bike Park project. Free–$60, (866-920-5299, sfjazz.org). Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and 227-1831, calacademy.org The Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. History in the Kingdom of Saudi sfurbanriders.org 19–21), the longest continuously run- Arabia (Oct. 24), which features more Rolex Big Boat Series ning jazz festival in the world, cel- than 200 objects ranging from one- Deepak Chopra & Rinaldo Brutoco: 50th Anniversary Regatta ebrates its 57th season with some million-year-old stone tools to 17th- Changing Energy, Changing Consciousness Monday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m. Thu–Sun, Sept. 11-14 50 jazz greats, including Michael century gilded doors from the Ka’ba, Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) S.F. Bay Feinstein, Herbie Hancock, Robert Islam’s holiest sanctuary uncovered Fossil fuels and nuclear plants? Renewable ener- The St. Francis Yacht Club hosts this premier West Glasper, and Cecile McLorin Savant in the past 40 years and transform- gy? Chopra and Brutoco believe that changing Coast regatta showcasing top sailing talent and (Sept. 19); Booker T. 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3rd Annual Marina Family Fest Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Marina Green Enjoy a variety of entertainment, including bounce houses, a petting zoo, climbing wall, music, gourmet 10th Annual Peak2Peak food trucks, a beer and wine garden, as well as local merchant-sponsored booths. Paid wristbands required Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. for child participation in the child-focused attractions. Glen Park Canyon Park to Park Chalet Partial proceeds benefit SF SAFE. mca-sf.org Discover hidden stairways, explore little-known

pathways, and take in breathtaking views over Fall Arts Preview – Art & Performance 12 miles and 10 peaks, while you support Walk S.F.’s work to create safer streets and more walk- CREATURE FEATURES able, livable neighborhoods. Includes breakfast, ART Hats (Sept. 10–Oct. 5) featuring the artistry of lunch, snack, one-year membership to Walk S.F, SF/ACC 25th Anniversary Gala Bill Erwin and David Shiner and combining and more. $95, 415-431-9255 , walksf.org Saturday, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m. FINE ARTS MUSEUMS magic, slapstick, and hilarity with inventive Delancey Street Foundation (600 Embarcadero) OF SAN FRANCISCO technology and original music. Also scheduled Join ACC’s spokesbird, the cockatoo Pineapple, in On display at the de Young Museum is is Testament (Oct. 29–Nov. 23) by Colm Toibin Mini Medical School on Women’s Health a garden reception, silent and live auction, special Saturday, Sept. 20, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Celebrating the Spectrum: Highlights about a mother who believes fanatics have guests, and dinner to support SFACC, the only from the Anderson Collection (Sept. taken her son (415-749-2228, www.act-sf.org). Enright Room, CPMC (2333 Buchanan St.) organization in the city that accepts all animals 13–Apr. 5), which opens in conjunc- After a successful production of last sea- This program offers clinical examples and physi- in any condition, and provides food, shelter, and cian insights on women’s health concerns. Topics medical attention to over 11,000 animals annually. tion with the Anderson Collection at son’s Bauer, which plays in New York this include digestive disorders, arthritis treatment, $150, sfanimalcare.org/25 Stanford University. The exhibition fall, San Francisco Playhouse opens with healthy aging, and more. $25 donation, register at includes works from Jasper Johns, Roy Aaron Loeb’s compelling and dark comedy 415-600-0500 or cpm.org/chrc Lichtenstein, Josef Albers and more, and suspense thriller Ideation (Sept. 23–Nov. focuses on the use of color in printmak- 8). The company closes 2014 with the Pedaling the Presidio ing (415-750-3636, famsf.org). perfectly entertaining Promises, Promises Sunday, Sept. 21, 1–3 p.m. Houghton Hall: Portrait of an (Nov. 22–Jan. 10), a musical comedy clas- Meet: Beach Hut Cafe, Crissy Field East Beach English Country House (Oct. 18–Jan. sic based on Neil Simon’s book with music Spin your pedals and explore history and scen- ery on this six-mile, moderately strenuous bicy- 18): Downton Abbey fans are sure to by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David cle ride through the Presidio. Helmet required. flock to this show at the Legion of (415-677-9596, sfplayhouse.org). Free, reservations required at 415-561-4323, Honor that re-creates some of the interi- The ambitious 42nd Street Moon parksconservancy.org ors of the 18th century home of England’s Theatre, which produces only American first prime minister, along with other classical musicals, starts their lineup with 3rd Annual Yoga Day at the Park rarely exhibited treasures and furniture the only collaboration between Richard 6th Annual Moolah for Mutts: Mutt Magic Saturday, Sept. 27 (415-750-3600, legionofhonor. famsf.org). Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim, Do I AT&T Park Saturday, Sept. 27, 6:30–10 p.m. Hear a Waltz (Oct. 1–29), set in 1960s Join instructor Janet Stone and Bay Area musi- S.F. Design Center (101 Henry Adams St.) S.F. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Venice, and continues with English flap- cian Michael Franti for a private on-field yoga This annual fundraiser for senior dog rescue session 30 minutes after the final out of the 1:05 SFMOMA has temporarily moved — pers afoot in the French Riviera in the Muttville is an award-winning gala — a fun-filled p.m. Giants vs. division rival San Diego Padres everywhere. Under construction but not farce The Boy Friend (Oct. 29–Nov. evening of food, drink, music, auctions, raffles, game. Includes limited edition Giants-themed forgotten, the museum’s collection continues 16) followed by Cole Porter’s farce and goody bags. $125, moolahformutts.org yoga bag and game admission. $47.75–$160.50, to make appearances in the Bay Area. At the Something for the Boys (Nov. 26–Dec. 415-972-2298 , sfgiants.com CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary 14), filled with World War II spirit and Arts, Vienna-based artist Markus Schinwald quirky characters to close their fall season (Sept. 9–Dec. 13) presents his first major (415-255-8207, www.42ndstmoon.org). CHILD’S PLAY JUST FOR FUN museum commission in the United States. Across the bay at the Berkeley Rep, An His installation is an architectural invention Evening with Meow Meow (Sept. 5–Oct. James andthe Giant Peach Walking Tour: Palace of Fine Arts/Marina Saturday, Sept. 6 & 20, 1 p.m. that changes the size, shape, and overall feel 19) opens the season with a cabaret-style Sat & Sun, Sept. 12–28 Meet: Corner of Bay St. at Lyon of 19th century paintings and sculptures in show featuring the international award- Young Performers Theatre Discover and learn about the site of the 1915 surprising ways. Fertile Ground: Art and winning singing sensation. Party People (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) Panama Pacific International Exposition and the Community in California (Sept. 20–Apr. (Oct. 17–Nov. 16) mixes live video, hip-hop, A magical peach, an imprisoned boy, insect surrounding neighborhood. Free (donations wel- 12) shows up at the Oakland Museum jazz, rock, gospel, blues, Latin rhythms, and friends, and an incredible journey — this delightful come), 415-557-4266, sfcityguides.org dramatization reveals wickedness, goodness, and of California, where the exhibition com- spoken word to tell the story of the 1960s indecision encountered when faced with crises. bines works from both museums to tell activists the Black Panthers and Young $10, 415-346-5550, ypt.org the stories of four creative Bay Area com- Lords. And last but least, Tony and Oscar munities from the 1930s to the 1990s and nominee Kathleen Turner stars in Red Hot Mountain Lake Science Saturdays includes works from Diego Rivera, Frida Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins Saturday, Sept. 13, 2–3 p.m. Kahlo, Mark Rothko, Richard Deibenkorn, (Nov. 21–Jan. 14), portraying the sassy, Meet/Park: 14th Ave. (at 1080 Wedemeyer St.) Wayne Thiebaud, Barry McGee, and more quick-witted political journalist and author Join the Dirt Dude, soil scientist and natural (415-357-4000, sfmoma.org). (510-647-2900, berkeleyrep.org). resources educator Stephen Andrews, and learn Opening at the Artist’s Gallery in about wetland soils, which provide important Fort Mason is works by Willard Dixon, DANCE habitat to many plant and animal populations KUSF Rock ’n’ swap specifically adapted to the anaerobic conditions Chiyomi Longo, and Anthony Delgado The Smuin Ballet kicks off their 21st found in wetland areas of the lake. Meet a guide at (Sept. 6–Oct. 23), which will display the season with six performances at the Palace Sunday, Sept. 14, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. landscape oil paintings on panels by of Fine Arts Theater. Their Untamed (Oct. 1:45. Free, [email protected], presidio.gov McLaren Hall, USF (2130 Fulton St.) Dixon, abstract paintings on panels using 3–Sept. 26) dance series features Serenade This giant music lovers’ fair with vendors offer- ing music-related items in various formats and mixed media by Longo, and Delgado’s for Strings set to Tchaikovsky; the evocative genres, many hard-to-find and rarities supports photographs of holy days (415-441-4777, Objects of Curiosity; and Michael Smuin’s KUSF-FM (90.3). $3, 415-386-5873, kusf.org sfmoma.org/visit/artists_gallery). sinister Latin saga Frankie & Johnny, dedi- cated to dancer/choreographer Gene Kelley (415-912-1899, smuinballet.org). Urban Air Market PERFORMANCE Fort Mason Center with Mark Foehringer Sunday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. THEATRE Octavia Blvd. at Hayes Dance Project (Sept. 13) present Dances of This curated marketplace for sustainable design This area’s long tradition of live perfor- the Sacred and Profane, inspired by the features independent designers of clothing, acces- mances continues and this season gets off music and art of the Impressionist peri- sories, jewelry, and home decor selected based on to a vibrant start with exciting produc- od. Six performances are scheduled at the their quality, originality, cleverness, and method of tions. Fort Mason’s Magic Theatre opens its Cowell Theater (800-838-3006, mfdpsf.org). sustainability in design. Free, urbanairmarket.com 2014–15 season with the new comedy Bad At Cal Performances, you’ll find Jews (Sept. 9–Oct. 5), which pits religious their usual varied and prolific program- 2nd Annual Historic Home Tradeshow Exploratorium Market Days: Homespun and secular relatives as they battle it out ming with dance performances by Sunday, Sept. 14, noon–5 p.m. Old Testament-style over what it means to Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Golden Gate Club, the Presidio Saturday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. be “chosen.” Naomi Wallace’s I and Silence Ensemble (Sept. 25), the Australian Featuring lectures and demonstrations for Public Plaza in front of Pier 15 (Oct. 9–Nov. 23) about two women in Ballet performing Swan Lake (Oct. homeowners, craftspeople, historians, and art- Enjoy this open-air mini-festival bringing togeth- ists, this premier event provides an opportu- 1950s segregated America wraps up the fall 16–19), and Sasha Waltz & Guests (Oct. er scientists, artists and educators that features nity to network and showcase products and season (415-441-8822, magictheatre.org). 24–25) performing a program set to curated art, science demos, hands-on activities, services. Food and refreshments available at Off The American Conservatory Theatre Schubert’s Impromptus (510-642-9988, exhibits, and craft displays. Free, 415-528-4444, the Grid Picnic at the Presidio. $5, 415-474-4435, opens its new season with the delightful Old calperformances.org). exploratorium.edu historichometradeshow.com www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES SEPTEMBER 2014 23 At Home

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Real Estate Investor Officers’ Club reopens; luxury sales climb; office space squeezed Tenant improvements by john zipperer ry-through-high-school students to learn directly from Presidio Trust educators, and a n this densely populated, built-up state-of-the-art archeology lab “will support city, some of the most desired prop- ongoing research and enable the community erty is something you can’t have. The to observe archeologists at work through IPresidio is land like any other land, but it’s live digs,” according to the Trust. Thursdays run by the Presidio Trust on behalf of the through Sundays, the site will also host live government (which ultimately means on music and dance programs, discussions with your behalf). This autumn, we will get to public figures, theater, films, and family pro- see one of the most significant improve- grams. A new ballroom will be available for ments in the Presidio when the Presidio private celebrations and business meetings. Officers’ Club reopens and begins its new Officers and their families are no lon- life as a public cultural center. ger the only people getting good service Artist’s rendering of the refurbished Presidio Officers’ Club. image: presidio trust The Trust spent $19 million between there; a new restaurant, Arguello, will feature 2011 and 2014 to rehabilitate the building Mexican dishes and a bar with craft cock- Real Estate Roundup, page 28), but the • Sellers received 110 percent of their known as California Historical Landmark tails. Arguello is a partnership between the luxury market segment is still going gang- asking price on average, up from 105 No. 79. Spanish explorers created the estab- Trust and chef Traci Des Jardins. busters. The second quarter of 2014 saw a percent a year ago and 106 percent the lishment all the way back in 1776, where ”The Officers’ Club was a beloved social 23.6 percent increase in sales activity for previous quarter. they set up their military presence in what destination for the Army as well as for homes selling for more than $2 million, would eventually become San Francisco. San Franciscans for decades,” said Craig according to a new market report from OFFICE TECH IMPACT They were followed by the U.S. military, Middleton, Presidio Trust’s executive Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. It’s not just housing that has been impact- whose officers used it as their gathering director. “By expanding the purpose of And there were nearly twice as many ed by an influx of tech business and an artifi- space for much of the past century. this revered place, we will welcome our second-quarter sales as there were in the cially restricted inventory of available prop- Revitalizing this 238-year-old building entire community — visitors from across first quarter of this year. erty. San Francisco’s office space has a low included preserving its adobe walls (for which the region and around the nation. This is Here are some of the notable findings in vacancy rate and prices per square foot have the Trust earned a 2011 Preservation Design a flagship offering and a critical part of the Coldwell Banker luxury report: risen about 81 percent in the past four years, Award from the California Preservation our mission to offer the public meaningful • San Francisco’s most expensive second- notes Kevin Montgomery over at Valleywag. Foundation), a seismic upgrade, and repair- experiences in this beautiful park setting.” quarter sale was an $11 million transaction Six companies — Dropbox, Google, ing the front portion of the building and the The Presidio Trust is inviting the public in Presidio Heights for a six-bedroom, eight- LinkedIn, Salesforce, Twitter, and Uber — newer rear addition, which had been added to the opening festivities the weekend of bath, 4,000-square-foot home; are credited or blamed for taking up most of in 1972 by the U.S. Army. The two sections October 4–5. You can find details about • Presidio Heights/Inner Richmond the available office real estate here lately. are now tied together by a new connecting events at the Officers Club, located at boasted the most luxury sales with 25, fol- In the 1980s, city voters approved structure, and a basement was added for 40 Moraga Avanue on the Main Post, at lowed by Pacific Heights and the Marina with Proposition M, which capped the amount of mechanical and storage purposes. presidio.gov/poc. 23 each, Noe Valley with 18, Embarcadero/ new office space allowed each year. So don’t After this renovation, San Francisco’s old- SOMA with 16 and Russian Hill with 13; look for the shortage of inventory to change est building will now feature spaces for edu- LUXURY HOMES GETTING HOTTER • Luxury homes are selling faster, too — any time soon. cation, entertainment, science, and food. There might be some moderation in the they sold in an average of 51.8 days during Classrooms will be available for elementa- high cost of housing in San Francisco (see the quarter, down from 55 days a year ago; E-mail: [email protected]

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The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Roundup News briefs Market Report: July 2014 By Hill & Co. Take it to the ballot SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES by john zipperer that area, according to an annual nation- BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON al survey on the small business environ- Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market S.F. TAKES TO THE STREETS ment from Thumbtack, a San Francisco- Cow Hollow (no sales) OVER PROPOSITION G based company that connects custom- Proponents and opponents of this ers with service providers. When asked, Lake 159 21st Avenue 3BD/2BA $1,727,000 Above 10 1926 Lake Street 5BD/3.5BA $2,850,000 Below 22 November’s Proposition G have held “How unfriendly or friendly is your state 135 14th Avenue 5BD/3.5BA $3,018,000 Above 15 rallies regarding the proposed law that or local government with regard to zon-

Laurel Heights (no sales) would impose high taxes on certain ing or land use regulations?” the San housing transactions in the city. Francisco respondents gave their city a Lone Mountain 238 Parker Avenue 3BD/2BA $1,355,000 Above 12 The tax, which would range from 24 D. That’s pretty miserable, considering 233 Stanyan Street 2BD/2.5BA $1,462,000 Above 13 percent to 14 percent, depending on that even this regulation-heavy city got a Marina 290 Avila Street 3BD/3BA $3,430,000 Above 26 how long the property was held, seeks to D+ for the friendliness of its regulations. 435 Marina Boulevard 3BD/2BA $5,400,000 At 27 impose a high price on so-called prop- One respondent, a building contractor,

Nob Hill (no sales) erty “flippers,” summed up the people who buy zoning and land North Beach (no sales) properties, usu- use frustration

Pacific Heights 2018 Webster Street 0BD/3BA $2,750,000 Above 3 ally upgrade with a comment 2608 Sacramento Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,450,000 Above 8 them, and then that this place 1909 Vallejo Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,625,000 Below 66 resell them at “is very difficult 1641 Green Street 4BD/3.5BA $4,200,000 Above 38 68 Presidio Avenue 5BD/5.5BA $7,750,000 Below 60 a profit. to comply with 2602 Pacific Avenue 6BD/6.5BA $8,250,000 Below 32 In August, codes, permits 2090 Vallejo Street 6BD/6BA $9,500,000 Below 286 supporters of and required

Presidio Heights (no sales) the tax protested inspections.” outside an apart- In terms of Russian Hill 40 Glover Street 3BD/1.5BA $1,425,000 Above 15 ment building Local small property owners rallied against a other aspects of Sea Cliff (no sales) where a fam- measure that would punish house “flippers.” small business ily was evicted friendliness, San Telegraph Hill (no sales) under the con- Francisco was CONDOS troversial Ellis pretty terrible Act. Elsewhere With regard to zoning across the board,

BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON in the city this getting a D or Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market or land use regulations, summer, small D+ in licensing; Cow Hollow 2728 Gough Street #2 1BD/1BA $975,000 Above 14 property own- S.F. got a D. health and safe- 2060 Union Street #4 2BD/1BA $1,015,000 Above 15 ers rallied at ty regulations; Lake 335 Lake Street 2BD/1BA $995,000 At 0 City Hall to protest the proposition as employment, labor and hiring; and tax 1352 Lake Street 2BD/1BA $1,160,000 Above 23 well as the assumption that they were code. It’s highest score — a B — came in

Laurel Heights 105 Palm Avenue #2 2BD/1BA $785,000 Above 18 heartless “speculators.” training and networking programs. 38 Heather Avenue 2BD/1.5BA $845,000 Above 38 Yet, despite those poor grades, 189 Commonwealth Avenue #6 2BD/1.5BA $1,161,000 Above 25 WATERFRONT ALPHABET GAME: Thumbtack says, “San Francisco busi-

Lone Mountain 664 Arguello Boulevard 2BD/1BA $835,000 Above 48 F FOLLOWS B ness owners were among the most opti- 656 Arguello Boulevard #3 2BD/2BA $1,104,713 Above 21 When San Francisco voters strongly mistic in the country, rating 10th in endorsed Proposition B, giving them- expectations of hiring over the next 12 Marina 2253 Francisco Street 1BD/1BA $755,000 Above 15 400 Avila Street #305 1BD/1BA $810,000 Above 47 selves the right to approve or disap- months, and having the 12th brightest 2165 Beach Street #5 2BD/2BA $1,370,000 Above 12 prove of any waterfront development view of their local economy and the 142 Mallorca Way 2BD/2BA $1,670,000 Above 11 above existing height limits, some folks national economy.” 1960 Jefferson Street 3BD/2BA $1,735,000 Above 47 3470 Scott Street 3BD/2BA $2,200,000 At 0 predicted that this would create a lot of new business for lawyers, media COOL BUT HOT Nob Hill 1645 Pacific Avenue #4C 1BD/1BA $855,000 Above 32 and political consultants, and local Bay Area housing prices cooled 850 Powell Street #500 2BD/2BA $880,000 Below 21 1454 California Street #2 2BD/1BA $900,000 Below 61 power brokers. Skip three letters and slightly over the summer, though par- 1601 Pacific Avenue #207 2BD/2.5BA $1,030,000 Above 64 this November voters will be asked to adoxically they are still considered hot. 1562 Jones Street 2BD/2BA $1,200,000 Above 24 1548 Jones Street 2BD/2BA $1,250,000 Above 12 approve Proposition F, a project that How’s that? 1645 Pacific Avenue #2B 2BD/2BA $1,395,000 At 16 wants to develop above height limits. Single-family homes leveled off a 1250 Jones Street #701 1BD/1BA $1,500,000 At 29 Forest City Enterprises is seeking bit in July, the Contra Costa Times 850 Powell Street #303 3BD/3BA $2,425,000 Above 17 an OK to develop its big mixed-use reported. But there was still a gain — North Beach (no sales) housing and office project at Pier 70 to it was just the smallest annual pace in 90 feet; it had already scaled down the nearly two years. Pacific Heights 1895 Pacific Avenue #203 1BD/1BA $825,000 Above 38 1945 Washington Street #606 2BD/2BA $920,000 Above 47 height from the original 230 feet. Forest Also, REReport.com notes, “Notices of 2111 Franklin Street #A 2BD/1BA $1,000,000 Above 29 City says nearly one-third of the 1,000 sale, which set the date and time of an auc- 2921 Washington Street #4 1BD/1BA $1,075,000 Above 18 to 2,000 housing units will be affordable tion and serve as the homeowner’s final 1998 Broadway Street #607 2BD/2BA $1,140,000 Above 38 2040 Franklin Street #1205 2BD/2BA $1,175,000 Above 78 to low- and middle-income individu- notice before sale, [declined] 24.3 percent 1901 California Street #2 3BD/2BA $1,349,000 At 220 als, and there will be a walkway along from May, and they were down 37.8 per- 2040 Laguna Street #401 3BD/3BA $1,635,000 Above 14 the waterfront. It will include between cent year-over-year. There were 28.” 1902 Lyon Street #C 2BD/2.5BA $1,750,000 Above 28 1940 Broadway Street #3E 3BD/3BA $2,400,000 Above 31 1–2 million square feet of commercial The website noticed another trend, 2349 Vallejo Street 2BD/2.5BA $2,500,000 Above 16 and office space. The project’s spon- one that will be welcomed by near- 1960 Broadway Street #6 3BD/2.5BA $4,795,000 Below 95 sors tout support from the Sierra Club, ly everybody: “Notices of default, the

Presidio Heights 3878 Sacramento Street 2BD/1BA $1,307,000 Above 11 SF Beautiful, and the San Francisco first step in the foreclosure process, in Taxpayers Association. They also say San Francisco continues to drop. They Russian Hill 733 Chestnut Street #7 1BD/1BA $600,000 At 0 the project will spin off $20 million for plummeted 30 percent in June from 2363 Larkin Street #31 1BD/1BA $756,000 Above 13 2542 Hyde Street 3BD/1BA $820,000 Above 34 better transit and nine acres of parks May. Year-over-year, notices were down 1050 North Point Street #1207A 1BD/1BA $827,000 Above 34 and open shoreline with “permanent 26.3 percent.” 2 Fallon Place #34 1BD/1BA $1,000,000 Above 13 2701 Larkin Street #200 1BD/1.5BA $1,040,000 Below 121 public access.” They hope all of that will 1328 Greenwich Street 2BD/2BA $1,207,500 Above 21 convince voters to support Proposition QUOTE UNQUOTE 1045 Filbert Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,425,000 Above 13 F and thus this development. “I live and work in San Francisco, 2701 Larkin Street #202 3BD/2.5BA $1,600,000 Below 55 36 Houston Street 4BD/3BA $1,700,000 Above 18 No word yet if this means the city California. I’ve rezoned and rebuilt a 827 North Point Street #3 3BD/2BA $2,250,000 At 0 will be able to save money by lay- brick and mortar in North Beach and 1750 Taylor Street #1902 2BD/2BA $2,500,000 Above 26 ing off all of the professionals who believe that it is the city’s intent to sup- 1855 Jones Street 4BD/3BA $2,650,000 Below 71 827 North Point Street #1 3BD/3.5BA $2,700,000 At 0 were hired or elected to make these port local small business but that the 1269 Lombard Street #A 4BD/3.5BA $3,375,000 Below 140 decisions themselves. web of bureaucracy and difficulty in navigating the complexity of a myriad of Sea Cliff (no sales) A SOLID D FOR ZONING departments creates a hindrance on the Telegraph Hill 439 Greenwich Street #1A 0BD/1BA $520,000 Below 148 AND LAND USE average small business entrepreneurs.” 1980 Grant Avenue #7 3BD/2.5BA $3,200,000 Above 16 It’s no surprise that building or adapt- — Caterer interviewed for Thumbtack 1725 Kearny Street #1 4BD/4BA $3,525,000 Below 31 ing property is difficult for local business- 2014 survey of small businesses The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is es, and San Francisco small businesses accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. For additional information, say the city lives down to its reputation in News tips? E-mail: [email protected] contact Hill & Co., 1880 Lombard Street (at Buchanan), 415-321-4362, www.hill-co.com.

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Juan Gonzales, Founder and Editor, El Tecolote Earl Adkins, Publisher, Marina Times Willie Ratcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bay View Glenn Gullmes, Publisher, West Portal Monthly – Moderator It seems sometimes like you need to bring a dictionary with you when you get San Francisco’s vibrant community newspapers play a critical involved in real estate. photo: trevor / flickr role in the environment, health and safety of The City’s distinct neighborhoods. Join newspaper publishers who have created and maintained a “hometown view” of what is happening in That means what? The City’s many diverse communities. Find out what it means by stephanie saunders ahlberg If you have never bought or sold a to report first-hand on the streets of San Francisco and why this house, you may not be familiar with reporting is so important for the future development of The City. s with many professions, real the terms escrow and title. Escrow is a estate has many of its own terms. neutral third party that handles all the Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program Sometimes I have to remind money and documents necessary to Amyself that the general public might conclude the sale and transfer title to Cost: $20 non-members, Members Free, $7 students not understand what I’m talking about. the new owner. Title is the research of My husband is a doctor. He might be the ownership, loan records, and other telling me something about his job, and recorded documents on a property. he will use medical terminology, not In Northern California, the same layperson language. For example, he company handles both escrow and title, will say, febrile instead of “has a fever.” and it’s referred to as the title company. www.sfnna.com You will work with an escrow officer who will collect documentation in www.commonwealthclub.org/events I have to remind myself that the order to pay off any exist- general public might not know ing seller loans, confirm that property taxes are what I’m talking about. paid in full and prorate them so that both the The place It is a word he uses everyday, but we buyer and seller pay their correct por- would typically not use that term. It is tions, collect information on a condo the same with real estate. or co-op to prorate homeowner’s asso- where locals I thought I would explain a few terms ciation dues, and collect if there are any that real estate agents use on a daily transfer fees, and so forth. The escrow basis that might sound a bit mysteri- officer will also prepare the grant deed, eat seafood! ous to you at first. I try to remember which is the official document record- to assure my clients that there are no ed at the county recorder’s office to silly questions. If I use terminology change the ownership from the seller they don’t understand, I invite them to to the buyer. please ask me what it means. One com- The title officer will have his or her Spectacular Bay Views mon acronym used by real estate agents staff research all the pertinent records and lenders alike is PITI. You would filed with the recorder’s office to be call it your payment, but it stands for sure that the seller can give clean and principal, interest, taxes, and insur- clear title to the buyer. If the research ance. Normally your payment would be finds that the seller has unmarket- interest-only, or principal and interest if able title, and it can’t be cleared up, it is an amortized loan. But PITI is the then the buyer can walk away from full monthly obligation. If you are not the deal without penalty. Both of having taxes and insurance collected these components of the transaction (impounded) monthly in your payment, — escrow and title — are obviously and most people don’t, then you should extremely important. set that amount aside so that when I have put together a small handout those bills come due you are prepared. about words you may need to know and Lenders will use this full PITI amount on the legal aspects of real estate. If you when they calculate how much of a loan you can World Famous Restaurant qualify for. My explanation of I have put together a small course leads to the next handout about the words you question, “What is amor- tization?” When a loan is may need to know. NO amortized, it means you are paying the principal (loan amount) would like a complimentary set, please 9 FISHERMEN’S plus interest, but you will have paid the contact me through the website below full amount of the loan at the end of the and let me know, and I will be happy to loan term. 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Real Estate Today Let’s get small San Francisco meets the tiny house movement

by carol isaacs ing or subletting tent space “micro,” but they are find- in their yards to desper- ing a place in the hearts of ere we are begin- ate would-be renters. For developers, architects and ning September, a bonus they could offer a buyers in San Francisco. and the race to tent that looked like a ’65 In May I sold a tiny Hbuy a home in the fall is VW Bus. What a concept! house on a one-block off and running. Now is Why am I even think- street between Powell and the time to give serious ing, let alone sharing, what Mason on Nob Hill. The thought to your list of must sound like crazy happy buyers measured the must-haves when you go thoughts? The answer is TIC/house at 383 square out searching for a home. not so strange. Rarely do feet plus the deeded yard; The months of September I meet a buyer who says, the total was a whopping and October will fly by, “This house is the perfect 607 square feet. The sale and then the holiday size.” What buyers more price was $470,000. All season begins, when the often say, is “Can I add a of you price-per-square- number of homes com- room? How can I make foot fanatics are scream- ing on the market drops this house bigger”? Many ing, “OMG, that is ridicu- dramatically. first-time buyers hope to lous!” Everyone needs to If you are a first-time find a home with a third keep in mind: The smaller home buyer or a home- bedroom, a second bath, the property the higher the owner thinking seriously office space, or a guest price per square foot. This of expanding tiny house is your choices detached on all by downsizing, sides and even now is the time By tiny house standards, has a deeded to get started. S.F. living is opulent and has garage space in Enter the the associated tiny-house prices to match. TIC building. movement. Tiny-house My interest in the Tiny room as well as a back advocates have ideas that House Movement began yard. Unwarranted bonus can benefit San Francisco when my daughter, who rooms that once caused buyers. By tiny house lives in Boulder, Colo., concern are now looked standards, San Francisco told me that she and her on as an asset. city living is opulent soon-to-be engineer hus- In 1950, houses aver- and has prices to match. band were looking at land aged 983 square feet, Admittedly it is difficult to and talking about build- according to the National think small while living in ing a small, possibly tiny Association of Home a city where tech start-ups house. This sounded like Builders. In San Francisco, boast newly minted mil- San Francisco Water Power Sewer a great idea to me, because the majority of single- lionaires, as if they are as Services of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission homes are quite expensive family homes and condos common as fleas on a dog. in Boulder, and like most built over the years ranged Obviously the bulk of buy- buyers in San Francisco, a from 800 to 1,200 square ers do not fall into this cat- first home purchase was feet, often with little or no egory. It is possible, maybe likely to involve family yard. This is especially true even a necessity, for many Join us! financial gifts. As a parent, in neighborhoods such as buyers to think small as I was on board for any- Bernal Heights (very small prices continue to rise. thing that would keep the homes on small hilly lots), There are things to con- price down. Glen Park (many small sider when thinking about When I fly I try to resist homes under 1,000 square living small: picking up the Skymall feet, on hilly small lots), • Paying off a mortgage catalog, but on my last and Noe Valley (900 to in seven years or less; lower flight after an hour or so 1,200-plus square-foot interest rates also is a bonus in the air, I told myself: homes on lots 25 by 125 with short-term loans. “It’s OK, no one will ever feet deep). In neighbor- • Experience peace of know.” As I leafed through hoods such as Nob Hill, mind. Accept the size of the pages, I found myself North Beach, Russian Hill, your home and stop agoniz- thinking: People obviously and Telegraph Hill, small ing over how to make your buy this weird stuff or the homes on postage-stamp house bigger while meeting magazine wouldn’t be here. lots are a given. None of zoning regulations. Then the 1965 VW bus these areas match the sub- • If you are not working A FREE fun- lled tent with a built-in floor urbs, where homes range to support a bigger home or afternoon of hands-on jumped out at me. The upward from 2,500 square home expansion, you may activities and workshops. designer had to be think- feet to 5,000 square feet or have more time for friends ing baby boomers won’t be more situated on quarter- and family or hobbies. able to resist this. Yes, I to-half acre or even one- • o Learn t optimize the am a baby boomer, and acre lots. use of space. Is it possi- the VW Bus Tent captured As San Francisco’s popu- ble that you don’t need as Southeast Treatment Plant th me. What a curious idea! lation grows, micro-condos much space as you think? Jerrold Ave. @Phelps St. Just think: For the cost of and apartments are getting • Give yourself more Sept. 20 10am – 2pm dinner for two with a bot- a foothold. Everyone agrees choices once you expand tle of wine in one of San that with soaring rents and your search to include Francisco’s pricier restau- home prices going up, the homes less than three bed- Join us for a lively family-friendly resource fair, featuring: rants, it would be possible city needs to think outside rooms/two baths with a large • Emergency Preparedness • Pollution Prevention • Water Conservation • Kids Zone to have a play house or of the box to provide its (by San Francisco standards) • Community and City Partners • Interactive Walking Tours guest room in your back newcomers with homes. backyard and parking. yard. No one wants guests Cubix, a new building at Here are some places to Register online @waterworks2014.eventbrite.com. to overstay their welcome. 766 Harrison, featured sub- go where you can find out A VW bus tent may be 300-square-foot condos, more about Tiny Houses For more information, please call us at sfwater.org/waterworks just the ticket to guaran- and for the most part they and living small: (415) 554-3289 or email [email protected]. tee your visitors are short were snapped up as quickly • Tiny House Designer: term. In the Mission, I as they came onto the mar- Jay Shafer Architect, #waterworks Attend to win FREE TOTO low-ow toilets, worth $250 each!* have heard creative own- ket. Five-hundred-square- designing Tiny Houses ers and tenants are rent- foot condos are not truly Tiny Houses continued on 33

32 SEPTEMBER 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com The Rent Life Culture shock edition Tiny Houses continued from page 32 A tale of five cities since 1999. Jay has two websites: tumbleweedhouses.com and by john zipperer and we weathered the first-year fourlightshouses.com dorms together, where the biggest • Living in a Nutshell: Janice n my line of work, I meet danger was running afoul of the Lee’s book is an excellent a lot of people who have official line that they were to be resource for living in smaller recently moved to San called “residential halls” and not spaces. Janice has perfected IFrancisco or who are hoping to “dorms.” The next year I had my posh, portable and afford- move here as soon as they find a own dorm room, but after that it able decorating ideas to help place to stay. Newcomers usually was apartment living all the way. you live big when you live in are looking for a place to rent, not Indianapolis: Like the millen- a shoebox. buy. My advice to them — after nial whiners of today, I was gradu- San Francisco renters need to be on their toes. • TinyHouseBlog.com and first suggesting they take a swig ated from college during a time of TheTinyLife.com of some strong liquor — is that recession. There were no edito- to me he would be very upset if I of younger employees and interns • Facebook has tiny house they understand the uniqueness rial jobs to be had in Madison, so damaged in any way or touched. here who can only make it work pages, plus of course there is plen- of finding a rental in this market. I moved to Indianapolis when a There was the young man from if they have roommates. Whether ty of information on the Internet. It’s not like most other places friend offered a job at a think tank Virginia who was renting out his it’s the artist I know who lives • Google “tiny house San they’ve lived. based there. In Indianapolis, hous- couch in the living room and in a shared artist loft — sort of Francisco” for fun. I came up I was a renter until two and a ing was so cheap and the market who mentioned having to call a glorified squatter, really — or with a tiny house looking for half years ago. Before finally buy- so weak that you didn’t need a the police because the apartment the cartoonist who rooms with temporary parking here. What a ing a condo here in the city, I had roommate; landlords were offering below him was being used as a a changing menagerie of room- way to travel! rented my housing ever since I a couple months free rent just to brothel. There was the French mates in Noe Valley, sharing the These ideas will give you a moved into the dormitories at the get you to sign a 12-month lease. guy who had the most charm- rent and the home is the key to liv- place to begin your research. University of Wisconsin. Over Chicago: After a couple years in ing accent but whom I could ing in this ridiculously expensive When you have a plan, it will the following couple decades, I Indy, I got a new job and moved barely understand. There was the city, especially when you’re young. be much easier to quickly make moved from city to city often north to the Windy City. The unfriendly looking businessman. Then again, I have a friend an offer when the home of your enough that you might suspect rent was about the same as in And there was the friendly look- who is about to retire after a long dreams comes on the market and I was fleeing something, but in Indianapolis, but the space was ing store manager on the Upper career in biotech sales, and she is is taking offers in what feels like reality I was just following the dramatically less. I went from a East Side, who became my room- a great example of the other side an impossibly short time from a dictates of new jobs or existing one-bedroom unit to a cramped mate for the next two years. of the San Francisco rental expe- few days to a week or so. relationships. From Madison studio along the lake. But I loved it. Frankly, I would have moved to rience. She made good money It is important to remember to Indianapolis to New York to New York: Life is complicat- New York City right after college and could have bought a place what you lose in square feet will California, I paid my monthly fee ed. For a number of reasons, I if I had thought of the roommate here at almost anytime since she be made up for with city adven- to live in apartments, and I have eventually ended up in New York route. But for whatever reason, I arrived here as a young woman in tures. Living in San Francisco, learned that things can be very around the turn of the century. didn’t even think of it and instead the 1970s. Instead, she got a great you can call the whole city your different in different cities. This was my first roommate situ- ended up in Indianapolis. Let this second-floor apartment (without backyard if not part of your ation since college. Before mov- be a lesson to you. a roommate) and after her retire- home too. ROOMMATES ing there, I interviewed with five San Francisco: When I moved ment she will probably buy a place Madison: In college, you expect potential roommates. There was to San Francisco, I was already elsewhere with her saved money. Carole Isaacs is a Realtor with to have a roommate. In my case, the older man who was a collec- partnered up, so a roommate situ- Might I suggest Indianapolis? McGuire Real Estate. Visit her my freshman year roommate tor of art and artifacts from his ation would not have been in the online at caroleisaacs.com or call was a friend from high school, world travels, which it was clear cards. But I have hired a number E-mail: [email protected] 415-608-1267.

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PFE co-owner Michael Levy, Mayor Ed Lee, and ACC director Rebecca Katz at the grand opening of the ACC-PFE cat adoption center on Market Street. photo: corey stulce

Political Animal a meeting at City Hall where person after ity, instructed her to buy the blood machine him acting director. When she arrived, Kelly continued from page 1 person, including Katz, spoke about the dire from ACC’s donations. Yet, they found the told Katz that she “didn’t have confidence needs of the shelter. Despite attempts by the funds to hire Kelly a new administrative ana- in her,” and that “she wasn’t a team player.” donate the necessary provisions. She also private, multimillion-dollar San Francisco lyst, Lih Meei Leu, to “oversee projects and Because Katz served “at the pleasure of the worked with PFE to create a cat adoption SPCA to dissuade the city from building a programs related to immigrant inclusion” at a city administrator,” Kelly didn’t need a reason center at its Market Street store. That’s where new shelter for ACC and to take over ACC’s salary of over $114,000 per year. In stark con- to fire her other than not being pleased. Katz I first met interim mayor Ed Lee, who was adoption services (they went so far as to hire trast, Mara Lamboy, a 25-year veteran and was then accompanied back to ACC to col- on the campaign trail. As city administrator, renowned lobbyist Alex Clemens), the city assistant supervisor for ACC, makes $59,000. lect her things. Shortly after, Katz posted a Lee had been Katz’s boss when she worked as approved the addi- Even the repro- letter on ACC’s Facebook page explaining her a city attorney, and he later appointed her as tional funds. duction depart- departure and thanking her team, but Kelly ACC’s director. As he posed for photos with Then, on Friday, ment, also under quickly removed the letter (you can read the a kitten on his shoulder, Lee told me how July 25, 2014, with When Lee finalized the city adminis- letter on page 36). proud he was of Katz. “She’s doing an amaz- ACC at the most his budget, there was trator, has a larger To find out if others perceived Katz to be ing job for the animals of San Francisco,” he critical moment budget than ACC as incompetent and difficult to work with as said. “It’s something we both care a great deal in its history, City no money for ACC. — nearly $7 million Kelly did, I called more than a dozen current about.” Lee was indeed elected mayor, but Administrator to ACC’s $5 million and former colleagues, from longtime City despite telling me how much he cared about Naomi Kelly abruptly fired Katz. The meet- (and that $5 million includes capital planning Hall insiders to kennel attendants to a former animals — at PFE, during a subsequent inter- ing, called by Katz, was supposed to be about for the new facility). boss. What I heard was startling: nothing but view for a profile of him that I wrote, and on the lack of support she felt she was receiving Katz was also concerned that Kelly fre- positive comments about Katz, and noth- a voice mail thanking me for that article — from Kelly’s office. For example, when ACC quently was unavailable to meet with her, ing but negativity toward Kelly. Several City when he finalized his first budget, there was needed a new $36,000 blood machine, which despite the fact she met a number of times Hall insiders spoke to me on condition of no money for ACC. would have cost $18,000 with rebates offered with leaders from the SF/SPCA without Katz’s anonymity. “Naomi Kelly is a ‘Willie Girl,’ Katz continued her tireless, even relent- during a short window of time, Deputy City knowledge. Katz planned to discuss all of this and that’s how she got the job,” said one per- less, efforts to get more funding, and it Administrator Ken Bukowski told Katz that at the meeting, but as she headed to City Hall, son who currently works at City Hall. “Amy finally paid off when District 8 Supervisor she was out of money for the year and, Kelly had already phoned Eric Zuercher, Brown, who was interim city administrator Scott Wiener took up the cause, holding despite the fact it was the city’s responsibil- ACC’s animal care supervisor, and appointed POLITICAL ANIMAL, continued on 36

Cathouse Comical critters Everything I know about cats I learned from Krazy Kat by john zipperer strip for one of the weekly papers do. Then you’ll know what I’m owned by the company he worked talking about. henever Charlie for in northeastern Wisconsin. His love for comic strips was does something par- He once told me that he had evident in his reading material. ticularly wild or stu- always wanted to do a strip, so he He was a constant reader (and Wpid, I tell him he’s a crazy cat. jumped at the chance, even if it to the end of his life last year, Except in my mind, I’m spelling appeared in a weekly devoted to he would often spend the early it “Krazy Kat,” even though I farm reports and was surrounded evening working on some proj- know he and perhaps most of by ads for tractor parts. ect around the house and then you don’t get the reference. The comic ran for four years, finish up in the living room My late stepfather was a polit- but it was pretty devoid of cats; with my mother, both of them Krazy Kat put the mouse in charge, but the heart was all kat. ical cartoonist. Like reading books). He most such artists, he read politics, novels, reprint edition of Little Nemo. dog that forms the third part would use characters science fiction, maga- And there was Krazy Kat. of what became a love triangle out of the day’s news In Hollywood terms, zines, newspapers, and If you were pitching a Krazy of sorts. A recurring action is to populate his graphic more. But he would Kat film to Hollywood in so- Ignatz hurtling a brick at Krazy editorial commentary, Krazy Kat was “Salvador Dali also bring home from called “high concept” man- Kat, who thinks it’s a sign of but he also occasion- the library large coffee- ner, you would cite the comics love. (And I thought it would ally needed someone meets the roadrunner.” table books of reprint- that were “a tale of frenemies be difficult to explain Maoist to act as a one-charac- ed comic strips from in the Southwest.“ Or per- spies chasing a Wisconsin farm ter Greek chorus and comment it did, however, take a farm the early days of comics. I’ve haps “Salvador Dalí meets the boy.) Set in a surrealist version on the other characters. For kid around the world and sur- never cared for superheroes, but Roadrunner.” Debuting in 1913 of the American Southwest, the that, he usually added a mouse. round him with a space alien, a it was fun to read Superman’s and running until 1944, Krazy landscapes were spare, color- When he needed someone to gorilla, a band of cannibals, and or Batman’s earliest adventures Kat had a deceptively simple ful, and very, very weird. The talk back to the mouse, it was some spies from Maoist China. in those big color reprints. Or setup, involving the sweet title strip, in short, was smart and often a cat. Before he passed away, he and Little Nemo in Slumberland? character of alternating genders funny and not at all the well- In addition to his political my mother gave me permis- If you love awesome art and who is in love with his antago- behaved comic story we’ve come cartoons, in the late 1970s he sion to collect the Bunky comics mind-bending comic stories, nist Ignatz Mouse — a mouse to expect in our newspapers. also briefly did a regular comic into a book, which I plan to do yourself a favor and find a — and Offissa Bull Pupp — a krazy kat, continued on 36

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Amy Brown says she had no problem work- ing with Katz when she was interim city admin- istrator. Now the director of agriculture and Rebecca Katz’s farewell environment for Santa Clara County, where she oversees some of the county’s animal shelters, The following letter was posted to ACC’s Improving the lives of both animals and Brown is an animal lover and saw that same Facebook page by outgoing ACC head people is something the agency does quality in Katz. “You couldn’t find someone Rebecca Katz. every single day in so many different who worked harder for the benefit of the ani- ways. Also, with the support of partner mals,” she said. “I have nothing but the highest riday, July 25, 2014, was my last Pet Food Express, SF/ACC opened its admiration and respect for her. In my opinion, Fday at SF/ACC. Many of you may first satellite adoption center on Market she’s the epitome of a great public servant and an know that despite my commitment to the Street, which has helped to place hun- incredibly dedicated animal welfare proponent.” department and its objectives, I did not dreds of felines as well as many rabbits ACC’s lead animal care attendant Sandra feel that there was support for me from and raise awareness of SF/ACC’s work. Bernal also praised Katz’s dedication. “Rebecca my supervisor to fulfill the agency’s mis- SF/ACC also increased attention to the From the time she was a child, is very passionate about animals,” Bernal said. sion and our difference of opinions led to sudden overpopulation of Chihuahuas in Rebecca Katz loved animals. “And she always wanted to do the right thing her asking me to leave. California shelters when, with its partner Political Animal for her staff. She had an open-door policy for Nonetheless, I want to take a moment Virgin America, “Operation Chihuahua” continued from page 34 anyone who wanted to talk to her at any time. to let everyone who follows this page moved over 50 dogs from the shelter here We lost a great leader. It’s extremely sad.” know that it has been my great honor to the East Coast where there is demand prior to Mayor Lee’s appointment of Naomi, Another ACC employee who asked to and privilege to serve in an agency that for them. Another success over the past was infinitely more qualified, but she didn’t remain anonymous also spoke highly of makes such a tremendous difference for six years was the growth of Friends of SF/ have the Willie Brown connections. Naomi her former boss. “She raised awareness so many residents of San Francisco. I ACC’s assets by over 500 percent — an wanted the job so she got it, but she’s insecure about the shelter; she got people to come have often said that SF/ACC has the most achievement that allowed the agency to because she lacks the skills the job requires, visit, and it surprised us. She made us want amazing and compassionate staff who expand behavior and training resources and I think she was threatened by Rebecca, to come to work everyday, and you don’t are underappreciated and under-recog- for dogs as well as for cats and small who is a strong, capable, intelligent woman see that at other shelters. She made us bet- nized but continue their work out of a domesticated animals. The board mem- who wouldn’t keep quiet or back down.” ter.” She recalled the day Katz returned to commitment to the mission of improv- bers of that 501(c)3, and the co-presi- Another insider, who worked more than 20 retrieve her belongings. “We were all just ing the lives of both animals and people. dents Jane Tobin & Lisa Stanziano in par- years at City Hall and continues a “strong rela- in shock and so upset. We could see how Similarly, I have praised the dedication ticular, have worked tirelessly to support tionship with government,” had even harsher emotional she was. I’m sure they didn’t of volunteers who steadfastly support the agency and the absurdly high num- words: “Kelly was a Willie Brown ornament want her to do it, but she called us all into the animals and the agency. And, I have ber of hours they give are without any much like Kamala Harris, and we who worked the lobby to thank us and say goodbye. It thanked the partners whose allegiance personal financial compensation. The in city government were skeptical of her cre- meant a lot to us. That is Rebecca.” and assistance has allowed SF/ACC to increase in funds has allowed Friends to dentials … She was usually seen getting on Kat Brown, ACC’s deputy director until continue protecting animals from inhu- establish a special medical fund for ani- the elevator late mornings and returning with her recent retirement, said the firing doesn’t mane treatment as well as preserving mals that the city won’t pay to treat and bags and fancy purses mid-afternoon from a make sense. “Things are lined up in a way safe relationships between animals and to work on developing a foster program shopping spree. The words most commonly it’s never been in my 15 years at the shelter. humans. But I’d like to emphasize it again that has, heretofore, been improvised at used to describe her were ‘pedantic,’ ‘syco- Her dedication, her tirelessness, her advo- to pay tribute to those who are too often best. Those programs are in addition to phant,’ ‘dim,’ and ‘imperial.’” He believes Katz cacy, her leadership, brought the additional taken for granted. the support Friends has given SF/ACC was fired because she was not part of Brown’s funding and the promise of a badly needed Over the past six years, the team of for many years, including purchasing cabal. “Rebecca is very talented. She has staff, volunteers, and supporters has equipment the city should have provided, managed what was a broken entity with accomplished amazing feats. With awarding grants to rescue partners, spon- great skill and professionalism. Her only “Naomi Kelly is a the economic downturn that began soring low-cost veterinary clinics and ‘error’ was to be vociferous in her advo- in 2008, the number of dogs coming more. This year, SF/ACC received fund- cacy for increased resources to properly ‘Willie Girl,’and that’s into the shelter increased dramatically. ing to increase staffing by 6+ employ- run an underfunded agency. But the real Despite a nearly 31-percent uptick in ees – a boost greater than any since SF/ focus here needs to be on the loosely how she got the job.” dogs impounded, SF/ACC’s save rate ACC opened its doors 25 years ago. cobbled government structure of those increased from 83 percent to 88 per- The list goes on….. who hold jobs only because of connections new facility. She built up Friends of ACC to cent for canines. Much of that success The general public often misunder- to Brown, [Gavin] Newsom, and Lee. The a solid nonprofit; she started behavioral and is due to the strong outreach efforts of stands the work of open-admissions shel- firing of Rebecca, who was well respected, is fostering programs, she forged great private staff and volunteers that resulted in a ters, especially when the public is inun- another example of political decisions based partnerships like PFE, and now when ACC 37-percent increase in dog adoptions. dated by the marketing of well-funded, on who kow tows the best.” has everything lined up they have no leader.” For cats, the intakes dropped signifi- private agencies. Further, government Since Kelly reports directly to Mayor Lee, Brown also says that Kelly showed little cantly (37 percent) but both the save officials rarely appreciate the work done he obviously knew she was planning to fire interest in ACC. “When Amy Brown was rate and adoption numbers increased as by their municipal departments, instead Katz — the person he appointed as ACC’s city administrator, she was down at ACC a well. The save rate for small animals has assuming that staff spends their days director and commended often for her efforts lot and we got a lot done under Amy. She increased also due to the heavy lifting playing with animals and feeling privi- — yet he did nothing to stop it. “Brown is still truly cared about animals. Naomi did one of ACC staff, volunteers, and of course leged to receive any salary whatsoever. the puppeteer,” the 20-year City Hall veteran ride-along with one officer for a couple of partners. I proudly note that SF/ACC has Meanwhile, I can tell you that the staff at said. “When Lee was director of purchasing hours. There’s an expectation by the city of always been mindful of the value of all SF/ACC faces extraordinarily challeng- under Willie, I think all he did was approve San Francisco that the public will support by animals’ lives, including those that often ing situations every day – people with contracts for Willie’s friends and clients; Lee donation what is mandated by law.” go unnoticed such as pigeons, rats, mice, mental illness, violent criminals, peculiar was rewarded by moving up through the As for the future of ACC, Brown says she is lizards, rabbits, etc. Even with its success, rituals, and haunting cases of abuse. They ranks into jobs he wasn’t qualified for and concerned. “Rebecca was there 12 hours a day, SF/ACC recognizes that there is more to don’t do it for the glory, they don’t do it where he had little impact. Willie wanted and when she wasn’t there she was texting and do and refuses to rest on its laurels. SF/ for the perks, and they certainly don’t Lee to be mayor, and he used his influence to calling. It was a mission and a passion. She was ACC has programs in place to constantly do it for satisfactory salaries – they do it make sure it happened.” an advocate for her staff and for the animals in try to help all the animals regardless of because they feel devotion to the animals Kelly, who makes $270,000 per year, and their care. Who are they going to get? That’s age, condition, or species in addition to and to all residents of San Francisco. And her husband, Public Utilities Commission the other part of this. They left the agency rud- enforcing animal welfare laws, investigat- for that, I do not regret one day of work- General Manager Harlan Kelly (also appoint- derless at the most crucial time. I feel really sad ing complaints, and more. ing with this outstanding crew over the ed by Lee), who makes $313,000, he says, for the city; they’ve lost a real leader.” In addition, the SF/ACC team cre- past six years. I thank them all and wish aren’t qualified for their positions and are ated innovative programs such as WOOF, them continued success under the skilled only where they are because of Lee’s relation- The Marina Times reached out to the city which paired shelter dogs with people in leadership of Eric Zuercher – another ship with Brown. “Both of them are Willie administrator’s office for comment regard- supportive housing and gave training and dedicated and caring animal advocate – protégés. But what credentials does Harlan ing the termination of Rebecca Katz. Project life skills to both. In collaboration with and hope the city will recognize and sup- Kelly have to be G.M. of the PUC? It also Manager Bill Barnes said in an e-mail: “The City the mayor’s HOPE office, WOOF helped port this amazing department of which it takes a lot of skills to be city administrator; Administrator cannot comment on Ms. Katz’s to demonstrate that the relationship we should be very proud! you have to know a lot about bonds. Do you departure because it is a personnel matter.” have with animals and the bond we form With gratitude and sincerity, think Naomi Kelly knows anything about with them can help us to better ourselves. Rebecca Katz bonds? Not unless it’s a store she goes to.” E-mail: [email protected]

Krazy Kat ranking of the best strips of the Hobbes (and even Hobbes is a There have been other great and he is the co-author of 1986’s continued from page 34 20th century. Krazy Kat should cat of a sort). cats to follow. Garfield has zil- Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of be on anyone’s short list for Many comics artists have cited lions of followers (and some- George Herriman. Cat, mouse, brick, jail, possible the greatest comics of all time. creator George Herriman and where in our home there is a All of us who have ever had a homosexual subtext, great art. Mine would include Krazy Kat, his Krazy Kat as influences, but stuffed Garfield doll). Patrick cat in our lives know that they We’re talking here about a Little Nemo, Bloom County Bloom County’s Berke Breathed McDonnell’s Mutts features a make great characters; for about comic strip that has been writ- (which featured the oddball went a step further in his Bloom dog and a cat, Earl and Mooch; a century, comics creators have ten up in the New York Review character of Bill the Cat, a cat County sequel strip Outland, in that strip, the cat is a lov- known the same thing. of Books numerous times. that was, well, dead but none- which regularly featured those able but stupid companion to It all started with Krazy Kat. The Comics Journal gave theless a continuing charac- bizarre, zigzaggy, spartan the titular dog. McDonnell, too, Krazy Kat the top spot in its ter), and of course Calvin and Southwestern backgrounds. lists Krazy Kat as an influence, E-mail: [email protected]

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GDR is an allorganization volunteer, in San501(c)(3) Francisco. non-profit. New volunteersMake your are always year-end welcome! tax-deductible www.naturalbalanceinc.com donation today! BLOSSOMAUSTIN FEFELULU Austin is an eight-month, Lulu is a little 6 pound, 6 years puggleBlossom (beagle is a very x pug).friendly He’s and a15 Funold sweetheartlittle Fefe! Chihuahua.This girl has She a lovingpound Chi-mix. puppy full This of endearing curiosity lotloves of to personality cuddle and packedshares foster into girland is affection. 7 years old He’s and very weighs active 10 herhome 10-pound with other frame. small Being dogs. pounds.and loves Blossom going outis a fordog walks. that aShe’s 1-year-old easy going Jack and Russell-Chi happiest lovesAustin people. is very affectionateBlossom doesn’t with Mixwhen youngster, you are close Fefe by. has Being lots everyone he meets. He likes to bark or jump around much, ofalone playful is not fun energy. for her. Fefe Sleeping will snuggle and sleeps with his people at bedtime. He enjoys a in a crate is scary for Lulu, she would prefer sleeping near you. goodbut she game is gentlyof chase curious with dogs about his size. people. He is She friendly has kindwith need to continue learning her doggy manners so she Lulu was terrified of the car but has gotten much better. Lulu littleeyes kids.and willAustin approach is quite smartpeople and of already all ages knows with howgentle to can continue maturing into a well-mannered dog. She is great on her leash, and loves to explore outdoors. She is sitinterest. on command, We’ve recentlyhe is working discovered on his house that shetraining. loves Austin bus will do best in a household that can give her plenty of house broken and alerts her foster parents that she needs to candrivers be left and alone, buses, but making prefers herbeing a aroundgreat city people. dog. AreShe you is physical exercise and mental stimulation and of course go outside. This little girl wants to be your friend. Do you have alsoup to drawn giving to this children, active, fun-lovingeven very pupyoung his children. forever home? Check lots of love. Fefe would be an ideal dog to share and a gentle, loving home for her? out Blossom’s cute little dance on the GDR web site. create fun times with. We think she may be a future YouTube star! BAILEY PHARAOH Bailey is an adorable, huggable HARLOW BORIS11-year-old Corgi-Pomeranian Pharaoh a 10-week-old Shep- herdLovely mix Harlow, puppy. His a 3-year-old foster par- Borismix (hisis as body cute isand mostly playful Corgi as entsplatinum have given blonde him lots mini-Lab of love canand be.his Thishead youngis the Pom1-year-old part!). He currently weighs 23 pounds. mix,and nurturing is ready since for herbeing close- born. is about 27 pounds. He seems Bailey is very healthy but could up!Pharaoh Harlow LOVES weighs everything a slender in to be a Tibetan spaniel, mixed shed a few extra pounds. 32his poundsworld: people, and is playing a perfect ball, with Corgi. Boris is house- Bailey is looking for a companion he can hang out with sizesitting for in your most lap, households.giving kisses, trained and is neutered. He can be mouthy when he on the couch, at the park, or on a nice walk through the napping,She was puppyfound treats, as a stray toys, and otherfrozen dogs. with He fear is alreadyin the neighborhood.wants attention His so ideal he home needs will a placementbe one without with small no trained to come when called, sit for treats, and fetches. shelter. But now that she’s settled into her foster children.small children. He doesn’t Boris require has a lota lot of of energy exercise and but loves he loves to Pharaoh is trained to use wee wee pads. Pharaoh is looking home her true loving Labrador personality is emerg- goingrun around. for walks He and needs being room outdoors. to play He in isa goodyard oron parkleash for someone to spend time with him, as he is too young ing. Harlow loves her walks, wagging her lovely, plumy andwhen is thefine mood with strikesother dogs. him. BaileyHe is isfine looking with forother a walkingdogs to be left alone. He will positively make you laugh and companion-and plays well are with you them.the one? Boris settles down nicely for smile!tail along Pharaoh the will way. be your She’s new gentle best andfriend. sensitive He will andlove quiet time. Boris is a handsome young guy that gets youcraves Soooo human much! companionship. Harlow has developed lots of compliments where ever he goes. into a loving and devoted friend. She is the perfect LADY companion for Lab lovers to spend time with enjoy- ing the changing seasons. Lady is a 4-year-old, 21-pound SHILOH Schipperke mix but looks more Shiloh. He is a 6 year-old Rat likeELLIE a combination MAE of border Terrier mix and around 40 collieEllie Mae and isblack the bear! cutest littleLady TIMMYpounds. He loves his walks and hadhound a mix. miserable She is a beginning very af- to her life, unloved and tied Timmyall the people is a he uniquemeets. Shiloh little fectionate dog, 4 years old to a short cable by day and 7-pound,is a pure 2.5-year-old, joy at home choco and is- insideand at 35 a pounds storeroom just atthe night. right latecompletely brown house Chihuahua. trained. He Shiloh is not comfortable when Despite this, Lady has adaptedsize for well city to living. her foster Ellie Mae home is loves to cuddle and he’s super strange dogs run up to his face. He gets nervous and can and quickly learned basica high-energy manners and dog housetraining. with a need smart. Timmy is just discover- forGentle lots Ladyof exercise. loves her She walks. would She do loves best bellyin a home rubs while with act out. His perfect home would be one with time to give him lots of love and time foring daily the walks.freedom Someone and joy toof tossrac- anotherlying upside-down active, secure in your dog lap. that Lady she canthrives run on and human play attention and would be happiest as the only dog in the inghis ballaround for himthe parkand rublooking his belly. to make He knowsfriends. all He’s his proud basic with. She loves going to the dog park, and could spend home. Lady is ready for a gentle, loving home where she andcommands. happy walking Shiloh onis lookingleash, and for that’s the perfectthe way companionTimmy will hourscan get running the attention and chasing she deserves. the other dogs! This smart maketo share you life’s feel...happy. simple pleasures. He’s a bit shy around strangers but girl’s fun energy would be an ideal addition to an ac- warms up quickly. He will definitely make your life much tive household. Enjoy the seasonal changes walking and brighter and full of love. Timmy will help you make special GDR’S MESSAGE: Are you looking to adopt a dog in the San Francisco Bay area? Then you playing outdoors with Ellie Mae. memories for years to come. 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 theLane Grateful on March Dogs30th from Rescue 11AM website to 2PM. for our upcoming adoption events!

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The Adventures of Skylar Grey Chapter 16

Near the second anniversay of her death, Jazzy’s morning glories came up purple instead of blue. photo: susan dyer reynolds Letting her go

by susan dyer reynolds ways. Jazzy loved kids; Sky was afraid of ar them. Jazzy was brave; Sky was a scaredy- Skyl Staring at the bottom of your glass dog. Jazzy was independent; Sky was Hoping one day you’ll make a dream last clingy. Jazzy wore shades of pink to match But dreams come slow and they go so fast her princess personality; Sky wore shades You see her when you close your eyes of purple and lavender, which comple- Maybe one day you’ll understand why mented her grey coat. Everything you touch, surely dies When Mother’s Day rolled around this year, I bought the same packet of “Heavenly But you only need the light when it’s burning low Blue” morning glories and planted the Only miss the sun when it starts to snow seeds in the same spot against the back Only know you love her when you let her go fence (Skylar was like Jazzy in one way — “Let her go,” by Passenger — she liked to supervise from the chaise lounge). Every time we visited Kickie I ept. 1, 2014, was the second anni- checked the seeds, but nothing happened. versary of Jazzy’s death from can- “The morning glories aren’t coming up,” I cer. I still think of her every day, told Kickie after waiting patiently for sever- SI still miss her every day, and I still al weeks. “The seeds might be bad,” Kickie find myself crying more often than I’d said. “Maybe you should get some more.” like to. The Mother’s Day before she I went back to the same store I’d gone all passed away, “Jazzy” bought some morn- three years and got the same packet of ing glory seeds to put inside her card for seeds. Once again I planted them against “Grandma Kickie,” my dad’s longtime the back fence, and in a week I saw the girlfriend. Having lost my mom so young, seedlings emerge. Over the next few weeks, Kickie has been a second mother to me, the tendrils unfolded into bright green and since my dad’s passing we’ve grown leaves and the vines began to wind up the even closer. While she wasn’t thrilled I white metal trellis. adopted a pit bull based on what she’d One warm evening in late August, I was heard about the breed in the mainstream playing fetch with Skylar in the garden, media, Jazzy quickly won her over, just and I noticed the vines looked different like she did with everyone she met. And than before — they were thicker and so every year since her adoption in 2006, hairier, and the leaves had turned deep Locals Only. Receive 10% OFF when you book Jazzy sent a card for Mother’s Day, and in emerald rather than the usual lighter online at thehoteldelsol.com with promo code LOCAL. 2012, she thought the seeds would be a shade of pear green. I shrugged it off and nice touch. threw Sky’s round rubber frog toy, which 3100 Webster Street, San Francisco CA 94123 415.921.5520 thehoteldelsol.com The morning glories, called “Clarke’s she gleefully caught on the first bounce. Hotel Del Sol, a JDV Collection hotel. | Rate discount good for locals all year round. Restrictions apply. Heavenly Blue,” came in a packet with “Jazzy didn’t like to play fetch,” I told her. a picture of flowers the same shade as “Unless it was in the ocean. Otherwise Jazzy’s heavenly blue eyes, and one warm she’d just lay on the lounge and make May morning we planted them by the me go get the ball.” I’d always wanted a back fence (when I say “we,” I mean I dog that liked to fetch, and I remember planted them while Jazzy supervised from being disappointed when Jazzy wasn’t the chaise lounge). Over the next few interested. I loved that Sky would fetch months the green tendrils unfolded into for hours, but I felt a twinge of guilt even bright green leaves, and the vines began thinking that. to wind up the white metal trellis. When The next night when Skylar and I went I called Kickie the afternoon of Sept. 1, out to the garden to play fetch, I noticed 2012, to tell her that Jazzy passed away, the first morning glory had bloomed and, she began speaking before I could. “Jazzy’s at a distance in the dusk, it looked purple. first morning glory bloomed today!” she I squinted and began walking toward the said, her voice filled with excitement. “It’s back fence. Sure enough, the morning beautiful baby blue, just like her eyes.” I glory was purple, and it was the same couldn’t help but think that Jazzy’s spirit shade as the collar Sky was wearing. I was in that morning glory. thought perhaps it was just a freak thing The following Mother’s Day, I planted with the first blossom and the rest would a packet of the very same seeds in Jazzy’s be light blue, but within days the trellis was honor, and in late August the light blue awash in purple, and I couldn’t help but flowers began to bloom. By then I’d had think Jazzy’s spirit was in those morning Skylar Grey for nearly a year and had glories, telling me it was OK to let her go. grown to love her, eccentricities and all. She was different than Jazzy in so many E-mail: [email protected]

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