28 Introducing our expanded Pet Pages section • Yapping with German shepherd rescue hero Mike Murray • How to feed your cat a gourmet diet without resorting to crime • Beaten so badly his jaw fused shut, Phinny is recovered and ready for a home • Skylar Grey and the simple joy of dancing in the moonlight

WWW.MARINATIMES.com Celebrating our 30th Year Volume 30 Issue 1 JANUARY 2014 Supervisor’s Chambers Addressing our city’s homeless population

by supervisor mark e. farrell

ere in the city of St. Francis, we value our city’s role in providing services for those less fortunate and have compas- sion for those who need a helping hand. It Supervisor Scott Wiener with a friend at Dogfest in Duboce Park photo: COURTESY SCOTT WIENER His part of our DNA. In recent years, we have taken strides as a city to develop and start implementing a compre- Supervisor Scott Wiener seeks hensive approach to ending homelessness in San Francisco. While there are tangible successes that we can point to, we have to be real and acknowl- edge that the problem has grown in severity — and funds for city’s animal shelter plain and simple, we need to do more. Refusing to talk about the issue inside City Hall will not make by susan dyer reynolds covered a frightened, hun- to call me if it was and I other has since passed it go away. gry five-week-old kitten. would take it, even though I away), and he realizes that Therefore, in late January, I will be hosting a hear- The greatness of a nation “I knocked on the near- knew my two cats wouldn’t for many people like him, ing to address our city’s “10-Year Plan to Abolish can be judged by the way its est door, but the person be too happy. A month animals are important Chronic Homelessness,” so we can renew city dia- animals are treated.” said it wasn’t their kitten,” later they called and told members of the family. logue and focus on the homeless issue while working — Mahatma Gandhi Wiener recalled. “They me the kitten was adopted. “And yet we have a huge to drill down on data-driven and smart solutions that did give me a shoebox, so Everyone there was so car- problem with abandoned can help us solve one of San Francisco’s intractable n 2008, prior to I took the kitten to every ing, and it was just an over- animals for so many rea- problems. This issue affects all San Franciscans, and becoming supervisor nearby residence, but no all great experience.” sons, like people losing we have to renew our efforts to help individuals and of District 8, Scott one claimed it.” Wiener Seated at a round wood- their homes,” Wiener said. families get off the streets, and prevent our residents Wiener was cam- took the kitten to Animal en table inside his office at “ACC does amazing work from becoming homeless in our city. Ipaigning door-to-door on Care and Control (ACC), City Hall, Wiener said he providing a safety net for To provide a framework for this discussion, let’s San Francisco’s Gold Mine San Francisco’s open-door is a lifelong animal lover. people and their animals, take a step back and look at the current picture of Drive when he heard a shelter. “I told them that I “I grew up in a house- and we as a city need to San Francisco’s homeless population. To help enact scratching sound coming wanted to make sure the hold that always had cats take care of them. When policies and legislation that work to end homeless- from a planter. When he kitten wasn’t going to be and dogs.” He still has a I saw their funding gap, I ness, I believe it is critical to better understand the peered behind it, he dis- put down, and asked them cat, now 17 years old (the wiener, continued on 30 homeless, continued on 6

Real Estate Investor What to expect in 2014 The year ahead: Previewing SF real estate Why is it so expensive to own here? What are the hot neighborhoods of 2014?

by john zipperer residential real estate is headed hood and perhaps some flatten- in the new year. ing of the housing prices in the fter a year of record- outer-lying areas. I don’t see pric- Even condos in the City are priced like mansions are elsewhere setting prices, growing What do you expect to happen es going down, even with some photo: slack12 / Flickr concern over affordabil- to San Francisco residential real interest rate increases. Aity, continued city population estate in terms of housing prices KEVIN KROPP, Vanguard San push of inventory in the first two records to be set citywide in price growth, and fragile but continu- in 2014? Francisco, www.vanguardsf.com: quarters of the year, with sales flat- per square foot and sales price. ing economic expansion, the AMANDA JONES, Sotheby’s For 2014 we expect the market tening over the summer months. STEPHANIE SAUNDERS Marina Times checked in with International Realty, www. to continue to trend up and are The fall — September through AHLBERG, Hill & Co., www. five leading real estate agents to jonesgroupsf.com: In 2014 we’ll expecting 5 percent to 6 percent November — is expected to show a realtyinsanfrancisco.com: get their on-the-ground expert see some increases, but it will increase in property values over push, as is typical for the end of the All indications are that the San opinions on where San Francisco be neighborhood by neighbor- the year. As always, there will be year. By year-end I fully expect new investor, continued on 26

www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES january 2014 1 Contents TOP TEN STEAKS IN AMERICA

Osso Steakhouse — 1177 California Street, San Francisco, CA In This Issue Bobo’s — 1450 Lombard, San Francisco, CA 28 13 Peter Luger Steakhouse — 178 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY Bern’s Steakhouse — 1208 South Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL CUT — 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA Emeril’s Delmonico — 3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV Mario Batali’s Carnevino — 3325 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 21 Chicago Cut — 300 North LaSalle, Chicago, IL The Precinct — 311 Delta Avenue, Cincinnati, OH Elway’s Cherry Creek — 2500 East First Avenue, Denver, CO

Editor’s Note films, Sharon Anderson looks into the curious case of the Nazi stolen artworks, It’s resolutions time Evalyn Baron highlights 2014 ballet in the John Zipperer offers up some unsolicited sug- City, plus the Marina’s best sellers. 16 gestions for New Year’s resolutions. 3 Calendar Up Front January events The Back Story Some “Glitz” and galas to fill your month, when you’re not already busy bopping to Ernest Beyl tells the tale about the horse the English Beat or singing with The that swam the Golden Gate; plus News Briefs Little Mermaid. 18 reports on America’s Cup numbers, Google’s barge, Polk Street, and more. 4 At Home Health and hearth Community Evan R. Ransom gives you the skinny on Police Blotter skin cancer, Liz Farrell discusses indoor A French policeman in Fog City, a yacht- activities for the little ones, and Julia napper, and more. 6 Strzesieski shines a light on energy-effi- cient bulbs. 20 Street Beat Real Estate PHOTOS: MISHA BRUK The busy streets John Zipperer reports on new offerings The market now in the new year, and Ernest Beyl shares a Carole Isaacs takes a look at highrise North Beach trivia game. 8 condos and how to get into one, Carrie Buchanan Goodman and Lisa Miller say Osso Steakhouse Sports you can take it with you — as long as “it” is your tax basis. 23 f you haven’t The stylish Art Empire Steak Building Near and afar Steve Hermanos looks at how changes in The Pet Pages been to Osso Deco-inspired design Cut. It’s the juiciest, Cuban baseball could affect play at AT&T Steakhouse yet, provides an elegant most perfectly mar- Park; and Michael Murphy discovers a new The animal kingdom Imake a reserva- yet relaxed ambiance. bled beef that has ever ticketless ticketing app. 10 In our new, expanded pets section, Susan Dyer Reynolds interviews Golden State tion today! There The New York Steak been set before you. Food & Wine German Shepherd Rescue chairman is so much to love is dry-aged 4-6 weeks “It’s osso good!” Mike Murray, John Zipperer lifts the lid The art of dining well on the best cat diets, Reynolds serves up about the place — for a flavor that is The Tablehopper serves up a panoply of homemade doggy frozen yogurt and also great atmosphere, nothing short of a rev- Valet Parking places to eat this year, Tony Ching’s Not-to- introduces us to Phinny the miracle pit Miss-Dishes will make your mouth water, great food, great elation. For the truly bull, plus Skylar Grey meets grandma Susan Dyer Reynolds shares her recipe for and makes herself at home. 28 wine, great cocktails hearty, try the three- 1177 California at Jones making tasty mini potpies out of leftovers, — you’ll be happy inch-thick Bone-in 415.771.6776 Julie Mitchell says green juice is in, and ONLINE SPECIALS Sandy Fertman Ryan finds something bet- you did. New York New York www.ossosteakhouse.com ter than the San Francisco treat. 12 Evalyn Barron uncovers a health club scandal, Michael Murphy shows off a Arts & Entertainment sports club, Patty Burness heads off to visit Calistoga, recipes for turkey stock and tur- Only the best key croquettes, plus complete archives, and Michael Snyder offers up his sweet 16 2013 more. www.marinatimes.com

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2 january 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Editor’s Note Resolutions for others Find transactions Suggested actions for our city’s without finding the time. prominent men and women by john zipperer Examiner to be more aggressive and consis- tent with its opinion section and stake out a anuary is typically a time for resolv- leadership position in the city as a helpful and ing to eat less, drink less, earn more, critical voice. Still waiting. Meanwhile, the change jobs, improve the relationship paper thins, and popular names disappear. At J with one’s children or parents, or similar least it hasn’t tried to erect a website paywall. things. Those are all worthy goals, but this is The paper’s leadership does occasionally try to also a time when we can look at our leaders present provocative opinions via Twitter, and and other prominent people and urge them its editorials, when they run, are usually well to become better leaders. Here, then, are some reasoned and a welcome contribution to the unsolicited resolutions for some big names. public debate. But we don’t get enough of it for it to be a real leadership voice. Resolution: Mayor Ed Lee: It’s great to be San Francisco’s Invest in content before the weekend circulars mayor these days. The economy is boom- get to be thicker than the paper itself. ing, unemployment is low, and most things Supervisor Mark Farrell: Farrell has staked are going relatively smoothly. But managing out a position as the moderates’ brain on a boom can be the Board of as challenging as S u p e r v i s o r s , managing tough helping to re- times, and how balance the Ed Lee deals board after the with the afford- progressive take- ability issues that over. Resolution: have come with Meet the needs to the good times expand housing will go a long development, be way to defin- budget conser- ing his term San Francisco has world-famous leaders in vative, socially as mayor. Lee Mayor Ed Lee and Representative Nancy Pelosi; conscious, and both should be looking to the future more recently called photo: office of nancy pelosi prevent another out tech com- takeover. panies and said more of them need to do Supervisor Scott Weiner: Known for being Business Online Banking. more to help the neighborhoods around them. a real deal, hardworking, levelheaded supervi- Resolution: Make a few libertarian tech lords sor, Weiner is making a name for himself, from angry, or at least give them upset stomachs. the I-can’t-believe-it’s-controversial (nudity Simplicity at hand. Governor Jerry Brown: It wasn’t great to bans), the controversial but necessary (TIC Banking is a business necessity. But spending a lot of time be California governor three years ago when changes), to the small but important things Brown returned to the job. But he was elected that affect the quality of life here (double park- doing it isn’t. With our new Business Online Banking, you to go to Sacramento and kick some … dust ing and park closing hours). Resolution: Keep can do things like exporting transactions, making remote in that stale system. He has done that. He has going strong; don’t be deterred by criticism. deposits and paying your bills – right from the office. Now reined in what was expected to be a runaway- Supervisor David Chiu: People for and you can better manage your banking and time, and maybe Democratic legislature intent on spending against the Polk Street transit redevelop- the fruits of so much of Brown’s hard-earned ment project expressed frustration at Chiu’s even use your lunch hour to eat lunch. savings and new revenue. Things are back attempt to play both sides. We get it; it’s on track in the state, but there is no vision difficult being a politician, especially filling about where we’re headed. Resolution: Be a Aaron Peskin’s shoes while he’s still in them. post-crisis leader and build consensus on how Resolution: Pick a side and deal with it. this state will deal with the expected 15 million The new tech class: Criticism of tech additional residents over the coming decades. people is overwrought and often off-base, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom: The lieutenant missing the more important problem. Who governorship needs to be reinvented. We’ve really cares if they eat overpriced toast watched Newsom be the media star, the gov- or ride to work on cushy buses? What ernor’s rival, the pundit, and more. Resolution: we should care is that they become part Turn the lieutenant governor’s position into of the community, volunteering with local something that can be useful not only to you but organizations and giving their hard-earned to your successors in the office. dollars to local charities to help the people Recreation and Park Department: After at their doorstep. Resolution: You’re in San seven years of going through the proper city Francisco, now become of San Francisco. Visit fnbnorcal.com to channels, the 8 Washington development Representative Nancy Pelosi: I’d be the still got nixed by a public referendum. That’s last one to urge you to retire while there learn more and enroll. how difficult (and expensive) it is for private is still a chance for you to return to the entities to develop something new in San House speaker’s chair. But the California Francisco. But Rec and Park has been making Democratic Party’s leadership in Congress dramatic changes to parks across the city — is aging — that’s not necessarily a bad thing, with or without public agreement. Resolution: but it does leave an entire cohort of younger Get the citizens behind you and you can’t go members who can’t inject new ideas and wrong; get too far out in front of citizen desires, energy into the party. Resolution: Be more and your bosses in City Hall will feel the heat. aggressive about bringing up the next genera- San Francisco Chronicle: Talk about need- tions of party leaders. ing a change from a crisis-by-crisis existence. Peter Thiel: Thiel is one of the Bay Area’s The website’s free, then it’s got a paywall, richest and more independent minds. then it’s free, then it’s got a paywall again From his roles at PayPal to his plans to cre- — all within one year. The paper thins, and ate offshore worker space for Silicon Valley, popular names disappear. Now the food sec- Thiel has been far in front of many of his tion is disappearing. There’s great talent at contemporaries. His conservative and lib- the Chronicle, but the paper is following the ertarian politics have been more slapdash, Visit our Marina Branch and talk to Branch Manager Reina Ceja. MBA mantra of cut, cut, cut. People don’t pay from funding fringe candidates to paying for less and less; they pay for good, great, sat- people to drop out of college and go into Your neighborhood bank. isfying, entertaining, and provocative. And business. Resolution: Step up and either 2197 Chestnut Street crossword puzzles. Resolution: Invest in news communicate directly and regularly how you San Francisco, CA 94123 and criticism and ideas, and then do the inno- think the world should be, or fund an effec- 415-287-8800 vating on the medium of delivery. tive medium that can do that for you. San Francisco Examiner: Nearly two years ago, I wrote in the Marina Times a plea for the E-mail: [email protected] www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES january 2014 3 Up Front

The Back Story Blackie The horse that swam the Golden Gate by ernest beyl Meadows racecourse down the Peninsula in San Mateo, dropped he Horse that Swam by Shorty’s place. And that’s when the Golden Gate.” I love this “Back Story” got interesting. that headline. Even Tbefore my friend Jimmy Schein SHORTY MAKES A BET told me about Blackie — the Blackie was a sway-backed Colorized postcard image of Blackie the horse swimming the Golden Gate, 1938 horse we’re talking about here 12-year-old. We are told that orig- photo: courtesy Carol A. Jensen / outsidelands.org — I just knew that had to be the inally he was a rodeo horse who headline for this “Back Story.” later became a U.S. Army cavalry swimmer, in fact, so fine that he military reservation, not to allow BLACKIE RETIRES How could I resist? animal stabled at San Francisco’s could swim across the Golden Blackie to begin his challenging The swim took 23 minutes In 1938, Richard “Shorty” Presidio. In the spring, he would Gate. One thing led to anoth- swim from there. But, not to worry. and 15 seconds. Blackie emerged Roberts, proprietor of the San be sent to Yosemite to serve with er and finally Kyne offered a Shorty’s friend, A.P. Paladini, who from the water triumphant — Francisco roadhouse Roberts- the park patrol. Just how Shorty wager. He offered to bet Shorty operated a large wholesale seafood not even breathing hard. What a at-the-Beach out on the Great acquired Blackie is lost in history. $5,000 that Blackie couldn’t do operation, was there to help. So on winner! Shorty won his bet and Highway, owned a fine horse But Shorty Roberts was a dedi- it. The wager was scaled down Oct. 1, 1938, the Paladini fishing Roberts-at-the-Beach celebrat- named Blackie. Shorty’s road- cated horseman, and Blackie was to a reasonable $1,000 — still a trawler lowered Blackie by a sling ed with a big party. A commem- house was a popular spot that his mount. lot of money in those days. And into the San Francisco Bay, just orative china plate was created attracted what in those days One day Bill Kyne and Shorty the bet was on. offshore from Lime Point. And the to mark Blackie’s accomplish- were called “sports” — newspa- were talking about their favor- swim was on. ment. Check with Jimmy Schein per reporters, card players, cops, ite subject. Over a few pints of BLACKIE IN THE BAY A rowboat led the way with of Schein & Schein on Upper racing fans, and the like. C.S. beer, Kyne happened to men- The two gamblers set the param- Shorty’s brother offering sugar Grant Avenue. He’s got one. Howard, owner of the famed racer tion that horses couldn’t swim. eters. Blackie would attempt to cubes as encouragement. But Later Blackie retired to a Tiburon Seabiscuit, hung swim from Lime Blackie needed no encour- pasture. But he didn’t have to swim out there. Later rac- Point in Marin agement. And Shorty — who back to Marin County. He’d proved ing enthusiasts like County to Crissy couldn’t swim — donned a life his point. He lived a long and idle Bing Crosby could Shorty donned a life preserver, Field in San preserver, covered his body in life. And now a life-sized sculp- be found there soak- covered himself in protective Francisco. But word protective grease and clutched ture of Blackie stands in his place. ing up the equine got out and the bet Blackie’s tail for the long pull. Horse fanciers can pay homage atmosphere along grease, and clutched Blackie’s tail. almost floundered. So, undaunted by the choppy at Blackie’s Pasture Park, Tiburon with the highballs. According to author Golden Gate waters, Blackie set Boulevard, and Trestle Glen Going to the track and playing Not so, said Shorty, and the two Lori Ungaretti, who wrote in the out to swim — to horse-paddle Road. There’s a short film on the the horses was a way of life with horse fanciers argued the point Western Neighborhoods Project to be precise — all the way to San Internet of Blackie’s historic swim. this crowd. So it was that one day for a while. Shorty insisted that newsletter, the SPCA heard about Francisco and into the history Look it up. in September of that year that horses could indeed swim and the wager and convinced the books. The only horse to ever Bill Kyne, who owned the Bay that his horse Blackie was a fine Army at Lime Point, the fortified swim the Golden Gate. E-mail: [email protected]

News Briefs America’s Cup, Beach Chalet unchallenged, Polk Street, Google barge, Police update

AMERICA’S CUP IMPACT cruise ship terminal, which the regatta 2013), Folks for Polk presented in investigation into the barge and its per- HAILED, ASSAILED served as a catalyst to finally get built, is December the results of a series of mits in early December. According to the San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee hailed factored in.” meetings with residents and issued commission, “It is necessary to obtain a the payoff from the America’s Cup, say- its own summary of the preferences BCDC permit prior to undertaking most ing the City’s investment brought in rev- BEACH CHALET LAWSUIT SNUFFED expressed in those meetings. work in the bay or within 100 feet of enue and helped showcase the City for Opponents of plans to renovate the Its recommendations get more spe- the shoreline, including filling, dredging, the world. Meanwhile his predecessor Beach Chalet athletic fields at the west- cific than the City agency’s summary; shoreline development and other work.” in the mayor’s office, current California ern end of Golden Gate Park from they include environmental-focused Adding to Google’s workload was an Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, added that grass to artificial turf — part of a major details for the “bulb-outs” at street effort by the U.S. Coast Guard to review “economically, we scored as well, with change to the fields — were dealt a set- corners and real-time transit informa- the barge (one of several built by the an impact of over $500 million.” back in December. A Superior Court tion screens at various locations on company at different locations), which The official America’s Cup orga- judge dismissed the lawsuit, ruling the busy street. Folks for Polk’s rec- shut down work on the barge. The proj- nization issued a release trumpeting that the San Francisco Recreation and ommendations can be found online ect was then put on “hiatus” lasting pos- $550 million and more than 3,800 jobs ParkDepartment plans adhered to envi- at www.folksforpolk.org. sibly until late spring to allow Google to created as a result of the high-profile ronmental guidelines. meet requirements by the Coast Guard sailing event, which ended earlier this “We were hoping for a different out- GOOGLE BARGE for certain design changes. fall with a dramatic come-from-way- come,” attorney for the plaintiffs Richard UNDER THE MICROSCOPE According to documents received by behind victory by Oracle Team USA. Drury told CBS San Francisco. At first it was a mystery to all: What the San Francisco Chronicle, the barge, The $550-million figure was also cited The $14 million renovation is being was that large object under construction when completed, is intended to dock for by Sean Randolph, president of the Bay jointly funded by Rec and Park and the off Treasure Island? Then Google finally up to a month at various Bay Area loca- Area Council Economic Institute, who City Fields Foundation. They expect to admitted this fall that it was building tions, including Fort Mason. noted that small businesses and other begin construction in 2014 and reopen a large floating “interactive space” for employers benefited from the race activ- the fields the following year. high-tech products and services. OFFICER INCREASE ity, with tax revenue boosting area gov- Then it was a mystery to various offi- The Police Department’s Northern ernments. POLK FOLKS POKE BACK cials: Were the proper permits issued Station — whose territory includes Meanwhile, the San Francisco Folks for Polk, a citizens group sup- for the barge? Some commentators have the Marina, Japantown, the Western Chronicle reported in December that it porting the redesign of the Polk Street suggested that Google was building Addition, and more — has slowly been had seen draft financial figures indicat- corridor to improve the pedestrian, the structures on barges — four sto- adding officers, which could lead to ing the City of San Francisco had to biking, and mass transit arrangements ries of shipping containers connected the eventual return of certain beat pay $5.5 million for the effort. It also on the busy commercial and residential together — to avoid the building per- patrols that were canceled due to earlier noted that the 700,000 people drawn street, issued its final recommenda- mits and plans that would have been staff shortages. Capt. Greg McEachern to the City’s waterfront helped generate tions for the project. Undeterred by the required if they were constructed on San reports that over the past 12 months, “at least $364 million in total economic release by the San Francisco Municipal Francisco land, and that, in turn, would Northern Station added two new super- impact, draft figures from the Bay Area Transportation Agency (SFMTA) of have forced the company to disclose visors and seven police officers. He Council Economic Institute reveal. That the “preferred alternative” plan for the the barge’s intended purpose. However, expects that trend to continue. figure rises to more than $550 million if Polk Street Improvement Project (see the San Francisco Bay Conservation and the long-planned construction of a new Marina Times, “News Briefs,” August Development Commission began an News tips: [email protected]

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Police Blotter From the officers of Northern Station

items had been moved about in the cabin he committed the subject’s face to memory. but that there was someone sleeping in Also useful was that the subject was spot- Crime on the beat his bed and wearing the victim’s clothes. ted walking down the street wearing the There were also a number of his belong- exact same distinctive jacket he had worn ings in a bag by the entrance to the boat, when he committed the burglary. The crimes below are a small snapshot driver got out of the car, spoke to him making it easy for the subject to bring The victim lost track of the subject of what the officers of Northern Station but he was too “foggy” to comprehend, them along when he awoke and left. he was following, but an officer soon are doing. For a more comprehensive and then the driver got back into his The police arrived and took the appar- located and detained the subject. After list, visit www.sf-police.org; under car and drove away. The biker was clear ently intoxicated male subject into custo- a positive identification by the victim, Compstat, there is a link to CrimeMAPS. enough to take a photo of the subject and dy. He was booked at Northern Station. officers arrested the male subject and his license plate number. brought him to Northern Station for Armed with the vehicle registration booking. During a search of him, they FOLLOW THE MONEY information, officers went to the home THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN FRANCE found a professional lock-picking kit, a Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:31 p.m. where the car was registered. The driver Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10:50 a.m. battery-operated saw, and bolt cutters. 2000 Block of Van Ness Avenue soon pulled into the driveway and was Steiner Street at Vallejo detained by the police. They did a “cold When a woman tried to withdraw show” to the victim, who identified him A caller told police that he was following SUDDENLY THIS TUNNEL money from an account that had been (“that’s him, no doubt about it”). The a subject and watching him remove sev- APPEARED FROM NOWHERE flagged for possible fraud, bank employ- subject did not have a California driver’s eral items from an open Jeep. The caller Thursday, Oct. 31, 7:02 a.m. ees recognized the woman from the pre- license but said he had to drive for his found a park ranger, who detained the Church Street at Duboce vious day, when she had done the same job. He said that he had heard the sound subject until the police arrived. thing. She was using what appeared to be of something hitting his car; he stopped, The witness told officers that he is a Officers arrived at the Muni tunnel a fake picture ID card. got out, and asked the rider if he was all French police officer on a visit to San and detained the driver of a car that While she filled out her withdrawal right and the rider said “yes,” so he left. Francisco. He had observed the subject had gone about 100 feet into the tunnel form, the employees notified the police He told the officers that he knew it was checking vehicle doors along Broadway before stopping. A Muni employee had and stalled her by going into the back his mistake to not exchange information to see if they were unlocked. watched as the Toyota was driving at of the bank to “get the money.” When with the rider. Officers searched the subject and least 40 mph when it went into the light- police officers arrived, the woman tried Officers ran a computer check on the found numerous apparently stolen items rail tunnel. Trains were prevented from to flee but was detained by the officers, driver and found an extensive record on his person; they were able to contact entering the tunnel. with whom she unsuccessfully struggled. of arrests for driving without a license, the Jeep’s owner, and she identified the The driver exited his car and stum- Officers collected the video and any driving under the influence, and hit and items as her property. The subject was bled about as if intoxicated, but he physical evidence and booked the sub- run. He was booked at Northern Station. booked at Northern station. denied having consumed any alcohol ject at County Jail. or other impairing substances. The offi- cers noticed several signs and symptoms GOTTA GET YACHT-A HERE HE NEEDS A NEW JACKET of alcohol consumption, and the sub- HIT AND RAN Friday, Oct. 18, 10:54 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2:45 p.m. ject performed unsatisfactorily on field Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6:57 a.m. 1 Yacht Road 2300 Block of Van Ness Avenue sobriety tests. The driver told officers Polk Street at Turk that he had been driving, made a left The victim arrived at the harbor and A caller alerted police to the presence of turn, and suddenly he was in the tunnel. A cyclist told officers an automobile noticed an open window on the rear deck a burglary suspect. He said he recognized He was transported to Mission Station, had hit his bike, injuring him and drag- area of his boat. He entered the boat, the subject from video footage when his where he took an alcohol blood test. He ging the bike for several feet. He said the where he not only saw that numerous own apartment had been burglarized, and was booked at County Jail.

Homeless We also know that 29 percent the individuals and keep them continued from page 1 percent reported the loss of a housed. San Francisco actually job as the primary cause of their exceeded the goal of building homeless population and the homelessness, while 16 percent 3,000 supportive housing units by barriers that exist for them to reported having an argument building 3,071 units since Fiscal exit homelessness. with a friend or family mem- Years 2004-05. ber who asked them to leave, Even though we as a cty met Homeless population facts 11 percent reported alcohol or and in some instances exceed- Every two years, our Human drug use as the primary cause, 6 ed the two primary goals of Services Agency conducts a percent cited incarceration, and the 10-year plan, we still have a Homeless Count and Survey, 6 percent cited family/domestic high homeless population that and the 2013 results were infor- violence as the primary cause of has remained stagnant over the mative. Our current homeless their homelessness. years since implementation of population in San Francisco Last, the 2013 survey the 10-year plan. I believe that stands at 6,436 individuals, a revealed that many individuals new steps and polices beyond and figure that has remained rela- within the homeless popula- including those that have been Homeless are a challenge the City can’t ignore photo: Euan Slorach / flickr tively stagnant at roughly 6,500 tion face additional challenges previously recommended are for the last nine years. Of those to housing and employment. needed to move forward to pro- ed regarding what is needed hensive approach to address- individuals, roughly 59 per- For example, nearly two-thirds vide tangible solutions for how to solve homelessness. These ing homelessness in our city. cent of them remain unshel- of them reported one or more we as a city work together to included increased preven- Should we as a city ask more tered. The remaining homeless physically or mentally dis- end homelessness. tion efforts to ensure we stop of, and provide more opportu- were still classified as home- abling conditions. more people from becoming nities to, residents already in less but had temporary shelter, Policy themes homeless on our San Francisco supportive housing? Should we and possibly received meals, The 10-Year Plan After initially calling for the streets, the need for increased as a city restructure our current in facilities such as emergency Back in 2003, then-Mayor hearing, I’ve spent the last four housing opportunities for our spending on homeless services shelters, transitional housing, Gavin Newsom commissioned a months meeting with city, non- homeless population, addition- to provide more mental health rehabilitation facilities, jail, “10-Year Plan to Abolish Chronic profit, and community leaders al mental health and substance and substance abuse treatment and hospitals. Homelessness,” the goals of which to better understand their per- abuse treatment services, and services or more job training We know that 69 percent of were to move from a “continu- ceptions of the root causes of more job training and employ- and employment opportuni- our home- um of care homelessness while also explor- ment opportunities. ties (both areas, in my opinion, less popu- model,” to ing potential solutions with These four themes seem sim- currently are severely under- l a t i o n a “housing- them. I met individually with ple enough. If we can stop people invested in)? Should we as a city identified Many homeless first model” Barbara Garcia, director of pub- from becoming homeless in the convene a new 10-year planning as male, individuals face and build lic health; Trent Rohrer, director first place, help house those who council of experts to provide a 27 percent 3,000 sup- of the Human Services Agency; need it, keep individuals healthy, new policy guide for how we as female, additional challenges. p o r t i v e and Bevan Dufty, director of and provide opportunities for tackle homelessness? and 3 per- housing the Mayor’s Office of Housing self-sustaining upward mobility All of these issues and more cent as transgender. The average units to help house the chroni- Opportunity Partnerships and – then we will be well on our way will be discussed as part of the age is 39 years old, and 18 percent cally homeless. As a result of this Engagement. I also met with to ending homelessness. All of hearing and will serve as the basis reported having been in the foster initial 10-year plan, San Francisco Jennifer Friedenbach, execu- that is easier said than done. for new initiatives and policies care system. The 2013 survey, for now embraces the “housing-first” tive director of the Coalition that I plan to push forward in the first time, asked individuals to policy for our homeless popu- on Homelessness; and Angela Hearing and next steps 2104. I hope you will join me identify their sexual orientation. lation, which prioritizes placing Alioto, former supervisor and My hearing, which will take and many others in the fight Seventy-one percent identified as homeless individuals first into chair of the Homeless 10-Year place in late January, will explore to tackle homelessness in San straight, while 29 percent identi- permanent supportive housing, Planning Council. and expand upon these four Francisco – it’s about time city fied as a member of the LGBT and then providing wrap-around Out of those meetings, themes while discussing current Hall started working on the community, or other. services on-site to help stabilize four common themes persist- and new solutions as a compre- issue once again.

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8 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Sketches from a North Beach Journal Your columnist hits the streets and comes up with trivial trivia

by ernest beyl RED SAUCE ON THE HILL He hung out at the Yes, Coit Tower is closed Washington Square Bar & eing a columnist for a year to spruce up Grill and liked his martinis — even for such an its WPA murals and patch straight up. You may have august publication as leaks. And I presume the read his 550-page novel, Bthe Marina Times — has its Coit people will replace Spiritual Mischief, a mys- ups and downs. When the the giant cauldrons in the tery set in London and going is good and the words tower that pump the Italian San Francisco and aboard flow along in proper order, red sauce down Telegraph an Alaska-bound cruise being a columnist is very, Hill to the neighborhood ship. I heard it through very good. But writers’ block joints below. the grapevine that Mike is is a hazard, and the search writing another book. It’s for a story and an angle is CAROL IS BUSTED about North Beach as it is ever present. Did you hear that right now — complicated In Ernest Hemingway’s North Beach’s beloved and and a bit sordid. A Moveable Feast, he iden- bedecked Carol Doda got tified columnists as pro- busted? Busted! She clipped NOT SO TRIVIAL TRIVIA viding a “… substitute for a double-parked car in front Turning up in North immortality.” My version of a Financial District steak- Beach liquor stores: tequi- of the Hemingway quote is house. And if that’s not ter- la in long bottles shaped this: A mention in this col- rific trivia, I’m not a trivialist like AK 47s. What a lousy umn is a substitute for trivi- in good standing. idea. Booze and weapons ality. If I sometimes balk at don’t mix. writing a monthly column, AN OSCAR FOR imagine what Herb Caen HISTRIONICS IMPORTANT TRIVIA did five times a week for If there was an Academy One of the problems with almost 60 years. Award for Histrionics, my writing a monthly column Of course there’s major nomination for the Oscar is that the dailies scoop you. trivia and there’s minor trivia would go to that pugnacious As you may have read, the that I call trivial trivia. It’s Mother Superior of Vallejo Duggan family that brought even more inconsequential Street — Angela Alioto — the 75-year-old Tenderloin and obscure — the kind you who proclaimed she would landmark — Original Joe’s get in pub pop quizzes with go to the Vatican and tell the — to North Beach in 2012, your buddies about long- pope that the fathers at the is busy renovating another gone movie idols or arcane Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi landmark, Joe’s of Westlake sports statistics. are picking on her. Angela out in Daly City. Those ener- Here then is some chews the scenery but she getic Duggans — Papa John, recent — and exceedingly means well. Mama Marie, John Jr., and important — major trivia, his sister Elena — have taken gleaned from the streets of AN OSCAR FOR PATIENCE over the other Joe’s, shut it North Beach. And if there was an down, and promise to cel- Academy Award for Patience ebrate the “new” Joe’s early in THE EMPEROR OF my nomination for the Oscar 2015 after renovation. Elena NORTH BEACH would go to poet Lawrence will manage it and the menu My buddy Lorenzo Petroni Ferlinghetti whose vision for will remain largely the same. says he’s feeling fine these a pedestrian Poets Plaza on days. And that’s good news, Vallejo between Upper Grant BELATED TRIVIA because he went through and Columbus is always just A belated happy birth- a bad patch last year. Now around the corner. Recently, day to Seamus Coyle, the I’m waiting for next Italian a promoted “open forum” celebrity bartender at Gino Heritage Day — the holi- was to be held at our favorite & Carlo. You may recall day that many old timers still saint’s shrine on Vallejo to that Seamus was rocketed refer to as Columbus Day. discuss the Ferlinghetti proj- to fame back in the sixties Lorenzo, as he always does, ect. It was cancelled at the when he served as bartender will hold court in front of last minute. for Jeremiah Tower’s Stars his North Beach Restaurant over by Civic Center. on Stockton wearing a toga SCANDAL IS TRIVIA and a crown of laurel leaves, “Sordid scandal brewing at ORANGE BRIDGE TRIVIA looking like a cherubic North Beach shrine”: When Art Peterson, former man Roman emperor and passing I saw that headline in the about North Beach, but now out stickers reading “Hug Me Chronicle recently I thought a man about Discovery Bay I’m Italian.” And I will hug it referred to the much ban- (Contra Costa County), him just because he’s Italian died-about squabble between has written a fine book and because he’s here. Angela Alioto and the shrine about our city — Why Is hierarchy. But no, the good that Bridge Orange? Art not THE COYOTE OF Chronicle’s “sordid scandal” only answers that question TELGRAPH HILL was only a look-alike White in case you were wonder- A coyote was spotted on House Clintonesque caper ing, but also other questions Telegraph Hill the other — kinky sex in the shrine’s such as — Why is Lombard day. What was a coyote sacristy. You can’t make up Street crooked? How does doing up there on the hill? stuff like this. a cable car work? And why “She” was in danger of evic- are there windmills at Ocean tion by the Ellis Act and FROM THE Beach? You, of course, 12 - 100 probably checking with the GRAPVINE TRIVIA already have all the answers. Telegraph Hill Dwellers to You will remember Mike But you might want to send request a conversion of her Cleary — Michael Patrick Art’s book to your aunt in one room coyote den into a Cleary, if you will — San Discovery Bay. Check it out: multifamily residence. The Francisco radio person- [email protected]. VALET PARKING spotter said madam coyote ality in the old days and looked expectant. man about North Beach. E-mail: [email protected]

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Sports Corner Going far afield Uniquely You Mainstream media misses

Dr. Evan Ransom is a ACTUAL RESULTS changes to Cuban sports specialist in facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. by steve hermanos from the league and watched closely. Now the Cuban government seems to have economic • Facelift nly the L.A. Times and National problems that dwarf the problems of running • Eyelid surgery Public Radio, of our plethora of a 16-team league and a national team. major media outlets, reported the It should be noted that Viciendo’s num- • Rhinoplasty Orecent policy changes the Cuban government bers have declined. He hit .265 last year • Lip, cheek, and chin procedures announced regarding its professional athletes with a .731 OPS. In contrast, the Giants’ left • Non-surgical treatments, playing abroad. As with most sports policy fielder Gregor Blanco (who was relegated to including injectable llers, that comes out of the byzantine world of a late-inning-defensive replacement when Botox, peels and laser Cuban sports, it was misinterpreted by nov- the Giants signed left-fielder Michael Morse) procedures ice reporters (NPR), and accurately assessed also hit .265 with a .690 OPS. However, the (L.A. Times) by those who have been follow- fancy stat WAR (wins above replacement) His philosophy is to preserve ing the decrees from Havana for a while. gives Viciendo a 0.1 War in 2013, and Blanco the individual identity of his The Cuban government announced that 2.5 (and Morse gets a –1.8 WAR). ppatients while helping them they would allow their professional athletes Of course, the major barrier to the sight look and feel better, more to play in foreign leagues for money. Aside of Cuban baseball players gracing every from baseball MLB diamond vibrant and more conndent. players, the deci- is the half-cen- For a full range of services, sion also affects tury U.S. trade please visit us online at basketball play- embargo. The ers and volleyball rest of the world’s SanFranciscoFacialPlasticSurgery.com players. But the tourists enjoy the main focus of the culture and the law is on its base- beaches of Cuba. ball players. One would think If one stops that the lives of Cuban baseball is a throwback to the traditional there (as appar- U.S. style photo: newshour / flickr the impoverished ently NPR did), people of Cuba one could assume that there will now be would be improved if the embargo were a grand airlift of Cuban baseball play- lifted. The Cuban government doesn’t seem ers to Milwaukee, New York, San to be unstable. Logic is not always the driv- Francisco, Seattle, and all across the major ing force of U.S. foreign policy. league landscape. Overall, there’s been a recent radical Wait, not so fast. The Cuban government restructuring to the Cuban Baseball League. stipulates that the players must repatriate It had been set in stone that a player only nearly all of the money earned overseas, and played for his provincial team — one of a the players must return for the November- 16-team league. A few years ago, the Cuban March Cuban Baseball League. Earlier this league acknowledged the weakness of some year, the League stuck its toe in the water of its teams by splitting its season into two. to take the temperature of this policy, and After the first half of the season, the lower The place allowed three players — two pushing 40, eight teams were disbanded for the second so that if they defected it wouldn’t cause half. Its players were then drafted by the much damage to the League — to play in remaining eight teams. The standings were where locals the Mexican winter league. All three players wiped clean. And it became an eight-team returned to Cuba. league with bunches of players playing for The Cuban league has been weakened teams that had been arch-enemies. in the past few seasons by the defection of Peter Bjarkman of Indiana is acknowl- eat seafood! hundreds of players who saw themselves as edged as the person in the United States who blocked at their positions from ever getting knows more than anyone about the history to the national team, or even blocked on of Cuban baseball. (Anthony Bourdain of the their hometown team. (Up until a few years CNN show No Reservations took in a game Spectacular Bay Views ago, the players could only play for their local with Bjarkman in Havana as part of a show.). team — talk about a pure league!) Bjarkman says that the recent change in What caused the recent large number of policy is “a carefully calculated propaganda defections? Cuban baseball players with an message, that [the players] would have to eye toward going after the waterfalls of dol- come home for the winter leagues.” He lars that have transformed the lives of defec- predicts that 10-12 baseball players will be tors Orlando (El Duque) Hernandez, Livan permitted to play abroad in 2014, and that Hernandez, Yasiel Puig, Yoenis Cespedes, and they will play in Taiwan and Mexico, the two many others, have always had a lot of doubt countries with good leagues whose seasons about how good they would be when they can accommodate the Cuban season. first stride into a Major League batter’s box, or Cuban baseball is a total throwback. The wind up on a major league pitcher’s mound. style of play is that of Yasiel Puig — lots of Canadian Cuban baseball enthusiast Kit one-handed actions, plenty of flair, weak Krieger (every February he runs elabo- fundamentals — except on the national rate, luxe, weeklong baseball tours to Cuba: teams where fundamentals are good. [email protected]) points out that the bar Moreover, Cubans pay 12 cents to view World Famous Restaurant of whether to go seems to have been sub- games. Foreigners pay $4. The fields are stantially lowered by the situation of Dayán rough. The equipment is worn. The stadi- Viciedo. Dayán was an out-of-shape .280 hit- ums were built in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. ter in Cuba. After defecting, in his first year Concessions barely exist. You’re allowed to with the Chicago White Sox in 2011, at age bring in your own beer and food. You won’t NO 21, he hit .308. Krieger says “It was always a find concessions selling souvenirs — there question of how good do you have to be to are almost no souvenirs for sale. In the 9 FISHERMEN’S make it in the Major Leauge, and the answer United States, you’d have to go back more to that question is him: Viciendo.” than 100 years to find an atmosphere like So, the theory goes, the Cuban players that – with few commercial distractions — 415.673.7025 who were familiar with Viciendo and figured on a warm sunny winter day in Cuba. Free Validated Parking GROTTO they were better than him or at least nearly Baseball purists might want to take a as good, departed. Also, the Cuban govern- peek before it goes away. No. 9 Fisherman’s Wharf at the foot of Taylor ment seems to be cracking down much less on athletes who attempt (and fail) to defect. Steve Hermanos is the author of Orange fishermensgrotto.com Banquet Facilities Available Formerly, Krieger notes, if a player was Waves of Giants! The 2012 Championship caught trying to go, he would be suspended Season. E-mail: [email protected]

10 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Play Is it high time for Gametime? San Francisco sports and technology meet by michael murphy “The secret is in the hopes to have a full comple- expiring asset nature of ment of the major teams he clock is run- tickets,” Griffith contin- from the NBA, NHL and ning. Minutes wind ued. “Tickets are essentially MLB up and running in the down and seconds worth nothing an hour or near future. “Los Angeles Ttick away. It’s a do-or-die so after the game begins, is the next big market to moment, win or lose. Luckily so sellers get very competi- open,” Griffith shared. for Golden State Warriors tive within minutes of tip Business development fans in the know, they’re hit- off. Like Hotel Tonight or director Doug Gilbert used ting the winning shot with Uber, you can summon the app at the Warriors a new mobile app named something you need right opening night game ver- Gametime. For the first time on your phone and use sus the Lakers. “Five min- ever, sports fans can buy and it within minutes. It’s the utes before tip-off, we use tickets — without print- future of entertainment.” were watching prices drop ing — right up to tip-off via Griffith got the idea for and with scalpers swirling their mobile device. the app when he and his around us, we bought veri- “What sets us apart,” brother were trying to buy fied tickets with barcodes says Russian Hill resident tickets to the Giants’ NLCS on my phone and went to and founder Brad Griffith, against St. Louis last year. the ticket taker. She scanned a former Stanford vol- “We bought tickets from my phone and we were in! leyball player and recent a mobile app, but it was It was exciting, a real rush; Stanford graduate, “is at difficult finding a place to and for Gametime, it was Gametime we’ve created a print the tickets. We missed a historic moment: the first ridiculously easy way to Tony Bennett singing the NBA tickets bought and buy discounted Warriors National Anthem and the used through our platform.” and Sharks tickets – up first inning. There had to be “Mobile tickets repre- to 80 percent off in some a better way.“ sent under 15 percent of cases — and the tickets are Gametime (www.game the current market, but delivered directly to your timesf.com/app) became by 2015 research indicates phone. No printing neces- available for iPhone users that number will soar to sary. We’ve also created an this past summer and was 50 percent — and keep algorithm that finds the up and running for the rising,” said Griffith. “Even best tickets by price and stretch run of the Giants though we are competing location — we only show season. Gametime currently against the Goliaths in the you the 25 best, not an offers San Jose Sharks tick- ticket industry, we know impossibly long list. The ets along with the Warriors, our product is better than last-minute nature of the but the locally created, what you can get from the app allows you to watch sourced and funded com- big boys.” prices fall, buy tickets, and pany is growing nationally Gametime is available for show your barcodes on and will soon be available download at the iTunes store – your phone at the gate.” for Android users. Griffith just search “Warriors Tickets.”

The Ticker Short ’n’ sweet Sports news from near and far by michael murphy playinthebay.com (I have more to say about the club online at www.marinatimes.com) s I was saying … Happy New ... As the Golden State Warriors march Year, Marina, Cow Hollow, North toward their best season in years with the Beach, Pacific Heights, and city strongest team they’ve had in decades — Awide friends and readers! It’s great to be surprise, surprise, it does help to have a solid back and I encourage you all to keep writ- big man in the NBA — tickets are becoming ing in with your athletic events news to more expensive and more scarce — until [email protected]. … On to the Gametime came along (see main article world of sports! Tickets for the 2014 Winter above). Available at the Apple iOS store and Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, sched- soon on Android, the mobile app offers up uled for Feb. 7-23, are still available online to 80 percent off Warriors tickets … For at www.sochi2014.com/en/. The U.S. team those not willing to travel to Sochi, lace is highlighted by star athletes such as Shani ’em up for the GGSSC or go to Warriors Davis (two-time defending Olympic cham- or San Jose Sharks games, the Marina and pion in 1,000-meter speedskating), Shaun Cow Hollow are brimming with sports bars White (one of the most recognizable names offering great deals while watching college Since 1928 in the X and Winter Games, White has and pro football and all your sports and won gold in the halfpipe in 2006 and 2010), greatest on the latest flat screen TVs. On Lindsay Vonn (one of the biggest stars in Union Street check out the Brick Yard, Vancouver for winning a gold medal in the Bus Stop, Perry’s, The Blue Light, Bar downhill and a bronze in the Super-G, Vonn None and The Brixton, then hang a right tore her ACL and MCL in her right knee onto Fillmore and into the Mauna Loa, and fractured her tibia in a crash back in The Balboa and KT’s. Make a left onto February at the world championships, but is Chestnut for The Horseshoe, The Marina back in action), Bode Miller (in his previ- Lounge, Monaghans, and The Tipsy Pig ous four trips to the winter Games, Miller before winding up, or down, at Liverpool has earned five medals (one gold, three Lil’s on Baker Street. Now that is a sports silver, one bronze), and Maddie Bowman, pub crawl that dreams are made of! … For a 2012 world champion (ski half-pipe) … family fun, adventure and fitness, enjoy free Speaking of a variety of activities coming admission to all California National Parks, 659 Merchant Street (off Kearny) up this Winter, the Golden Gate Sport and including Yosemite, Joshua Tree and Muir www.alfredssteakhouse.com • 415.781.7058 Social Club is now accepting registrations Woods from January 18-20… January is for upcoming kickball, dodgeball, volley- also National Skating Month, so check out Complimentary 3-Hour Self-Parking at the Hilton Hotel's Public Parking Garage With Dinner Purchase ball, bowling, soccer, football, basketball, www.usfigureskating.org for more informa- (entrace on Washington past Montgomery) softball, and other fun leagues at www. tion about local events. www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES january 2014 11 Food & Wine

Brunch Across the Bay… The Tablehopper Around the City A new year, with plenty of new spots for you to hit

by marcia gagliardi service, while an entrance on Pine will be for the slice side, where you can sit on some bar et’s start the year with some stools or stand at a ledge while you eat your good news for folks who were con- slice. (Or slices. I’m not here to judge.) Hours cerned about the fate of the Big 4 will be Sunday–Wednesday 11 a.m.–11 p.m., L(1075 California Street, 415-771-1140) at Thursday 11 a.m.–midnight, and Friday– the Huntington Hotel: It will be coming Saturday 11 a.m.–2:30 a.m. back. Hurrah. The new owners, Singapore- based hospitality group Grace International, RUSSIAN HILL have brought on the local Puccini Group to I heard through the grapevine that chef consult and oversee the renovation, design, and part owner Alexander Alioto has left restaurant concept, and management ser- Seven Hills (1550 Hyde Street, 415-775- t’s time to head over ning with oysters or sizzling vices of the Big 4. Some changes will include 1550). Owner (and brother-in-law) Alexis fresh carpet, paint, upholstery, and the tables Solomou has bought out Alioto and brought to Sausalito for a week- iron-skillet roasted mussels, will no longer have tablecloths. Fortunately, on a new executive chef, Anthony Florian, end brunch. Salito’s Crab shrimp and crab and move the bar will be kept as is, ditto the live piano, whose résumé includes Quince, Cotogna, IHouse & Prime Rib is the ideal to specialties such as a crab and chef Gloria Ciccarone-Nehls will also Bar Bambino, Servino, Santi, and, most remain. The Big 4 closes for renovations on recently, Pizzalina. Solomou tells me pasta destination that’s just minutes enchilada, fresh fish or prime Jan. 1, 2014, and reopens in spring 2014. is his thing, and Florian will continue to from the city. For $9.95 you can rib. Sweets have their own build upon the restaurant’s reputation for MARINA pasta. The new menu is already up and is get three eggs with bacon and category with freshly made Alvin Garcia, the opening G.M. for in a similar format. And yes, the raviolo is spicy sausage and iron skillet beignets, Tortuga Caribbean Delarosa, Lolinda, and El Techo de Lolinda, still on there, although it will probably be open face omelets all come with rum cake and salted caramel is now opening his own place, Hopper’s revised a bit. Florian’s sous chef is Daniel Place (2346 Chestnut Street), in the former Maragoudakis, who has been at Cotogna for house made kettle toasted bread. vanilla crunch cake. Bechelli’s (no, the Tablehopper is not affili- two years, and they reportedly work really Specialties Salito’s is ated with the project). Garcia is partnering well together. I am looking forward to seeing include bacon fresh, bright with Tom Patella, who has been with the how the new crew develops the menu. California Wine Merchant for the past six b r u s c h e t t a It’s the perfect get- and full of years. They plan to open an American bistro MID-MARKET benedict and casual ambi- and are currently interviewing chefs; the A new opening to check out: Alta CA away on a foggy city food will be served family style, with lots of (1420 Market Street, 415-590-2585), the lat- crab benedict, ence. Large, shared plates. The wine list will be focused est project from the Daniel Patterson Group. served with day. You can take multi-leveled on California wines, and the beer list will be The restaurant’s location is kitty-corner to crispy potato- the ferry and pretend decks over- mostly craft-based, with two taps and lots the new Twitter building and just a few doors of bottles. The space will seat 49, and there down from the groovy Ma’velous cafe. When litos and toast. you’re on vacation in look the water will be a large library-style bar and sidewalk you walk into the 65-seat restaurant, the first There are and the beau- seating for 16. The Art Deco exterior is going thing you’ll notice is the completely innova- other options a faraway village. At ty of the area to lend some cues to the interior design — tive floor-to-ceiling open shelving along the designer Gordana Jordanovska is behind the entire back wall that separates the kitchen and if you start least for a day! is absolutely new look for the space. They just started from the dining room, but still allows for with a chili breathtaking. demolition and are gunning for a February an open kitchen experience. The 17-foot opening. shelves are stocked with vintage pottery, mary, a blood orange mimosa It’s the perfect getaway on a books, and other objets. The overall feeling is or a peach bellini, you will think foggy city day. You can take NORTH BEACH warm and Californian. you are truly on vacation. the ferry and pretend you’re on Meanwhile, Comstock Saloon (155 You can start with a cocktail (the bar Columbus Avenue, 415-617-0071) has a new manager is Ashley Miller, most recently at If you’re not in the mood vacation in a faraway village. chef and new second bar in the redesigned Hakkasan), some dill-pickled deviled eggs for breakfast, the full menu is At least for a day! Sitting on dining room. Executive chef Ronnie New ($5), and there’s chef Yoni Levy’s pastrami (Magnolia Pub and Brewery) updated the ($13) and bialys ($6). You can ramp up with offered as well with a selec- beautiful Richardson Bay, the menu, which now has a raw bar (think Drake’s bigger plates, like a prettily (but not fuss- tion of cheeses and salumi blue sky and sparkling water Bay oysters and peel-and-eat Louisiana Gulf ily) composed warm root vegetable salad, with kettle bread to a full- are the perfect setting for an shrimp), and a Comstock burger. The dining with a medley of vegetables like kohlrabi, room features a gorgeous old-growth red- parsnips, carrots, and more ($13). There’s a blown feast of whole roasted afternoon or evening of cock- wood and mahogany bar restored by partner stunning cracked wheat porridge with hen of Dungeness crab and prime tails and dining al fresco. Jonny Raglin, and look for the antique tap the woods mushrooms, so rich with earthy rib. The menu is accessible. Brunch is served on the week- handle that dates back to 1880. There are also flavor ($19). Additional plates include confit high-top marble tables, so the “dining room” chicken leg ($18), a spot-on Pacific black It’s simple food, well-sourced, ends beginning at 10:00 am. feeling has been tweaked to feel less formal. cod with broccolini and the punch of Meyer abundant and comforting One thing that is staying put is the Saloon’s lemon ($25), and a fully loaded burger with Free Lunch Friday (purchase two alcoholic thick slices of bacon and cheddar cheese yet sumptuous. 1200 Bridgeway, Sausalito beverages and you receive a free lunch — the ($16). Everything we tried tasted so well You can craft your din- 415.331.3226 offering changes weekly). The kitchen is open prepared and balanced, with a nourishing ing experience by begin- salitoscrabhouse.com Monday–Saturday 4 p.m.–midnight and sensibility. It’s food to admire for a split sec- Sunday 4 p.m.–10 p.m., now serving a full ond before you want to dig in. menu (the bar is open daily 4 p.m.–2 a.m.). SOMA LOWER PACIFIC HEIGHTS The Hotel Palomar’s Fifth Floor (12 Opening any day now in the former Fourth Street, 415-348-1555) is getting ready Frankie’s Bohemian Café space is Presidio to close after service on Friday, Jan. 17, and Pizza Company (1862 Divisadero Street). will reopen in spring 2014 with a new, more Chef-partner Frank Bumbalo is collaborat- casual concept. The new space will include ing with the neighboring Fishbowl owners, a patio and fire pit, and the bar menu will Kevin Kynoch and John Miles. Bumbalo, a be revamped to emphasize craft cocktails. Brooklyn native, says there will be three kinds Chef David Bazirgan is staying on as execu- of pizza: thin-crust New York (Neapolitan tive chef, and bar manager Brian Means is round) style, Sicilian style, and grandma also staying put. The food will stay focused pizza, which is like a hybrid of a thin-crust on quality ingredients, but will shift toward pizza but square like a Sicilian (and not as small plates to accompany the cocktails. thick), with origins in Long Island. Working with Bumbalo is Chris Norton, who was Marcia Gagliardi is the founder of the weekly previously a line cook at A16. There will be Tablehopper e-column; subscribe and get more ADVERTISEMENT. two entrances: The one off Divis is if you food news and gossip at www.tablehopper. want to sit at a table and enjoy some table com. Follow her on Twitter: @tablehopper

12 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Not-to-Miss-Dishes Make a list It’s Crab Season…

Burdock and lotus root salad at Delica photo: courtesy delica

Keeping it light and healthy he tourists have Things are quieter now that by tony ching HIJIKI AND SOYBEAN diet on Okinawa, an island left for home and fall is finally here so parking is SALAD AND BURDOCK off the southwest coast of n the spirit of “get AND LOTUS ROOT SALAD: Japan, where the people the Franciscan Crab easier and more plentiful. You back in shape” month, DELICA boast the longest life expec- TRestaurant is the best place can grab a banquette and look here are a few of my 1 Ferry Building, Shop 45 tancy in the world with a Ifavorite dishes for keeping 415-834-0344 high proportion of centenar- to “get your crab on!” It’s all out the twenty foot windows it light and healthy. Even if www.delicasf.com ians who experience almost you do drop that new gym I’m far from vegan but no cardiovascular disease or about the crab and no mat- at the beautiful bay, watch the membership in February, that all changes while I’m cancer. And, when tossed ter how you like it, you will boats come and go and gaze at these are dishes you’ll still having lunch at Delica, with spicy braised burdock want to eat simply because where there are two vegan and lotus roots, thin slices find it there. Start with crab the beauty of the city that we they’re delicious. salads I can’t resist. I of white onion, julienned chowder, fol- all treasure. almost always order the carrots, and wild mizuna, CHERRYSTONE CLAMS: hijiki and soybean salad, konnyaku is also refreshing lowed by crab The chilly SWAN OYSTER DEPOT a unique, perfectly bal- and delicious. Grab a banquette 1517 Polk Street (at California) anced combination of Caesar salad, weather is 415-673-1101 seaweed mixed with CRAB AND SHRIMP LOUIE: move on to a and look out the perfect for the No website dried soybeans, edama- THE ROTUNDA Cherrystone clams are me, konnyaku (more on 150 Stockton Street crab enchi- twenty foot windows Franciscan’s as common on East Coast that below), daikon, wild (at Geary inside menus as oysters are here. mizuna (Japanese mus- Neiman Marcus) lada, crab at the beautiful bay. other seafood You rarely find them in the tard), fried tofu, and goji 415-249-2720 Alfredo or the options like Bay Area, and I’m not sure (wolfberry) cooked with www.neimanmarcus.com why. Marina Times editor in soy sauce. This is a very I’m a shopaholic so you’ll big boy—two plus pounds of garlic-steamed clams and hearty chief Susan Dyer Reynolds light dish, but incredibly find me at Neiman Marcus says she likes them a lot. Whether whole roasted Dungeness crab! seafood Cioppino, perfect for a better than oysters I’m shopping But there is more than just cold day by the bay. And if you (she also spent her for myself in the summers in Rhode I always end my Neiman men’s department crab on the menu for those can find room, try a decadent Island, where she Marcus shopping trip at or picking out a who may desire an alterna- dessert made with their house started slurping pair of Manolo them raw at the the Rotunda for a crab Blahnik or Prada tive—there is artisanal salu- made frozen custard ice cream. age of three), and shoes for a lady I understand why: and shrimp Louie. I’m dating, I mi and burrata, a shredded Eating raw cher- always end my short rib sandwich and filet Pier 43 ½, 415.362.7733 rystone clams is like eating satisfying. shopping excursion at the the ocean — they’re brinier The spicy burdock and Rotunda for a crab and mignon, among many other franciscancrabrestaurant.com and less creamy than oysters, lotus root salad is the other shrimp Louie, made with with an incomparable bright, vegan dish I crave at Delica. ultra-fresh Dungeness possibilities. Open daily at 11:30 am sweet taste. Cherrystones are The salad’s stars are spicy crab, shrimp, romaine let- hard-shell clams, about two braised burdock, lotus root, tuce, cucumbers, avocado, to three inches in diameter and konnyaku. What is tomatoes, and, of course, (little necks are the smallest konnyaku, you ask? It’s a classic Louie dressing. It’s hard-shell clam and the most gelatinous substance made always my favorite and expensive). I think the ones from the pounded roots of least expensive purchase at Swan Oyster Depot are a mountain yam called kon- (and something I never the freshest in the City, and I jac. Konnyaku has almost have to return). I’d men- can eat about two-dozen by no calories, has no sugar tion the amazing popovers myself. The texture is slight- or fat, and is 90 percent with strawberry butter that ly crunchy and, while you water, but the remaining come with every meal at can add a squirt of lemon 10 percent is glucomannan, the Rotunda, but we’re try- or some cocktail sauce, I a soluble fiber. Before you ing to be healthy here. think the natural juices are say, “Yuck!” you should also all you need. know it’s a big part of the E-mail: www.tony1andonly.com

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La Vita Delizioso Waste not, want not Mini potpies: a great use for holiday leftovers

by susan dyer reynolds tender. Add frozen peas and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer. e always have turkey for In a medium pot or sauté pan, heat gravy Thanksgiving and prime rib (thin with milk if necessary). Add veg- for Christmas, with all the etables, meat, thyme leaves, and parsley if Wfixin’s, of course. It’s a tradition to make using (set aside a few pinches of parsley for my mom’s turkey croquettes, and I always garnish), and stir until well combined. use the turkey carcass to make homemade Set individual-sized ovenproof ramekins stock, which I use in my classic turkey (11 ounce) on a foil- or parchment-lined noodle soup. If you have bones from a baking pan and ladle mixture into the prime rib, you ramekins, filling can also make almost to the top. beef stock using Proceed with the same meth- instructions below od. (You can find according to your the recipes for preferred crust. my mom’s cro- quettes and my PUFF PASTRY easy turkey stock Spread one at www.marina thawed pastry times.com.) sheet flat on a lightly floured These mini pot- surface. Cut into pies can be made four equal-sized with either tur- Finishing leftover turkey and beef is easy as square portions. key or beef. mini potpie Place a single They’re incred- square on top of ibly simple, and even if you’re tired of each ramekin, and brush top of pastry the star ingredient, the supporting play- with egg wash (two eggs beat with one ers shine through to create a satisfying teaspoon water). and comforting dish perfect for a cold Put pies in oven and immediate- winter’s night. ly reduce heat to 400 degrees. Cook until pastry is puffed, cooked through, MINI TURKEY OR BEEF POTPIES and golden brown (about 40 minutes). Serves 4 Sprinkle with remaining fresh parsley and freshly cracked salt and black pepper. 2 cups turkey or prime rib Serve immediately. 1 large or 2–3 small-to-medium russet potatoes ¼ cup carrots PIECRUST ¼ cup frozen peas Roll out one crust on a lightly floured 3 cups turkey or beef gravy surface. Place an empty ramekin upside 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves, minced down, and using a paring knife, carefully (optional) draw a circle around it that is one inch Handful of fresh Italian parsley, minced larger than the ramekin. (optional) Gently lay crust on top of each ramekin, 1 sheet of puff pastry, thawed, or 1 box of and using a fork, press down the crust Pillsbury refrigerated piecrust (2 crusts around the edges to create a seal. Make per box) several small slits in the top of the crust for Salt and pepper to taste venting, and brush with egg wash (see Puff Pastry above). Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Follow baking and serving instructions Cut meat into chunks and set aside. Cut for Puff Pastry above. potatoes and carrots into 1-inch cubes, and in a medium stockpot, cook until just E-mail: [email protected] Start the new year by going green (juice)

by julie mitchell ists say not really. Whole • Juice Shop (1994 Union fruits and vegetables pro- Street, 415-834-5161, www. fter the prolif- vide fiber, much of which is juiceshopsf.com) is oper- eration of cupcake lost in the juicing process. ated by the three Gulick and patisseries all Still, proponents of juic- brothers. All of the produce Aover the city, it seems the ing say that their blends used is locally sourced, and tide has turned. And it is can help you lose or main- the juices are made using green and healthful. In the tain weight, give you more a hydraulic press to grind last year, several juice shops energy, keep you full lon- the fruits and veggies with- have opened in Cow Hollow ger, and are better absorbed out using any heat, hence and the Marina, all special- by your body. the term “cold pressed.” izing in cold-pressed, fresh And yes, while you can Juice Shop’s juices are bot- juice blends promising to also easily make your own tled in glass and will last New to the Neighborhood provide a powerful serving nutritious juices at home, in your fridge up to three Lamps, Jewelry, Rugs, Handbags, Ceramics & more of vitamins and other nutri- because we’re all pressed days. Their basic Bright ents in one usually bright- for time, picking up a pre- Green juice is a combina- green drink. made green juice is the tion of kale, ginger, cucum- Is juicing that much next best thing. And no ber, pineapple, apple, and more healthful than eating one can argue that they’re lemon, and is slightly 2133Istanbul’s Union Street | (415) 412-2134 Collection | [email protected] plenty of whole fruits and much better for you than sweeter and more palatable vegetables? Most nutrition- a doughnut. juice, continued on 15

14 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Better than Rice-a-Roni Voted Best Romantic Restaurant by sandy fertman ryan Crisco chunks (which I suspect is one of their essential food groups), we would all esearchers at Connecticut be addicted to Oreos! College in New London recently The Oreo study, led by a Professor discovered that Oreos are as addic- Joseph Schroeder, was presented recently Rtive as cocaine — at least, in rats. First, I at the annual conference of the Society am stunned that they could find that many of Neuroscience. Apparently, the rats, rodent coke addicts to use in the study housed in a maze, were given only two (who knew?), but I am equally amazed choices: rice cakes or Oreos. Seriously? Chase Away the Winter Blues that it is the mundane Oreo cookie that is I guess if that was the criteria, we are all driving all of their little rat cocaine dealers untested Oreo addicts — with the one with Three Cliff House Favorites out of business! exception of my friend Caroline, who is a Seriously, everyone can look back and total health nut. remember the first moment in their life And yet, and yet … those huge, hot- The Bistro Wednesday Night Prix Fixe when they were really driven to do some- fudge sundaes at Swenson’s really have me Three courses for $28.00 4:30 – 9:00 pm thing — like lick the creamy center of an hooked even though I have many other Begins January 8, 2014 Oreo. Some harken back to grade school choices of things to eat besides rice cakes. when they went on a field trip to clean up Maybe it isn’t Swensen’s that has me Ocean Beach and today, they are employed under its spell, but the entire experience $4 Moonlight Cocktails by the EPA. Others took drama class in of going to get ice cream that conjures up Featured Cocktails Change Daily high school where they discovered they such happy memories. I remember sitting Sunday through Thursday 6:00 – 9:00 pm were destined to act, and now you can next to my father in the car, bursting with Begins January 2, 2014 catch them wearing a Goofy costume at pride that I must have done something Disneyland. Or, as in the rare case of Lowell really right to be entitled to a sundae! High graduate Carol Channing, winning Sometimes, though, his offer to take me Wine Lovers’ Tuesday three Tony’s, but that’s another story. for a sundae was simply his ploy to get For me, my “drive” was literally to me across town to go to my pediatrician’s Every Tuesday bottled wines are half price* Swensen’s for a hot-fudge sundae, and office for a shot, but either way, it was a all day with purchase of an entrée! from that day forward, all roads have led to thing of beauty. It was also my first real- Hyde and Union Streets. From age seven, life experience of the fact that that there Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. my primary goal in life was to get my dad is no free lunch, or in my case, no free *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. to take us out for ice cream. I had an arse- sundae. Which, if it were up to me, would nal of tricks to get him there, saying things be my lunch. like, “Dad, I read an article in the Chronicle To the Oreo addiction researcher, I’d about how ice cream builds stronger bones like to suggest a follow-up experiment in children. Can you imagine what a sun- with rats — or myself. Isolate the rats dae would do?!” or “Dad, you know those (or myself) and give them (or me) only cigars you love? There’s a new smoke shop two choices of food: rice cakes or a that carries them and I think it’s around, Swensen’s hot-fudge sundae. I think the well, Hyde and Union!” Sometimes, my study would conclude that rats (and 1090 Point Lobos tactics worked, but generally they failed needless to say, myself) are addicted to 415-386-3330 pitifully, so I had an alternate plan that I hot-fudge sundaes. www.CliffHouse.com thought was pretty clever: I would grow Don’t get me wrong: I am not saying up, graduate from high school, then gradu- that rats aren’t addicted to Oreos. I am ate from college and graduate school, then just suggesting that to accurately test that get a job, get married, and return to San assumption, the scientists must verify Francisco so I could find a place to live that the lab rats (a) were not previously within walking distance of Swensen’s. And sugar deficient, and (b) do not have an my plan worked! emotional attachment to Oreos due to Maybe I don’t have the ultra-sensitive lingering childhood memories of grazing taste buds of those rats that ate all of the on cookie crumbs with their beloved rat Oreos, but I still don’t understand the attrac- parents in a dumpster. As do I with hot- tion. Think about it: Oreo was originally fudge sundaes from Swensen’s! “America’s Favorite Cookie,” but for some Oh, and just in case you’re wondering, reason, in 2004, even Nabisco downgraded the Connecticut College study also found them to, “Milk’s Favorite Cookie.” Now, with that the majority of rats, just like humans, the current press, the slogan may soon be, enjoyed eating the creamy filling first. “A Rat’s Favorite Cookie,” although I don’t think that will increase sales. Sandy Fertman Ryan has written for But perhaps it isn’t about how delicious numerous national magazines, including Oreos are that entices those little vermin Seventeen, Parade and Cosmogirl. Other to jones for them. Think about their diet. than sundaes, she is addicted to talking to If we had to eat things like moldy pizza strangers’ dogs, laughing at her own jokes, crusts, month-old rotting cantaloupe and and bagels. E-mail: [email protected]

Juice ber, parsley, and ginger, but its goals are health and con- continued from page 14 it also offers sweeter juices. venience in one, and it offers • Greens & Company a generous selection of juices, to the new-to-green-juice (3236 Scott Street, 415-580- nut milks, teas, and bottled palate than other blends. 7717, www.greensandcom water. Pressed Juice Greens pany.com) is the inspiration 1 is a basic combination of • Thrive Juicery (3330 of Adrienne Ledden, a juic- kale, spinach, romaine, pars- Steiner Street, 415-508-4577, ing and holistic nutrition ley and cucumber, and each www.thrive-cleanse.com) devotee. Its juices are made numbered juice has added was founded by a foodie, using a Norwalk juicer — ingredients to lend sweetness Megan Propp, and wellness another hydraulic, cold-press and flavor, finishing with buff, Stephanie Hubbard, machine — and its Signature Greens 6, a blend of spinach, and claims among their Greens juice is made with honeydew, kiwi, lemongrass advisors physicians Andrew kale, spinach, parsley, ginger, and cilantro. Weil, Deepak Chopra, and fresh lime, and apple: a cit- Walter Willett, chair of nutri- rusy, slightly sweet blend. All of the juice shops also tion at Harvard University. • Pressed Juicery (2162A offer cleanse options for those In addition to a vast hue of Union Street, 415-346-3293, who are interested in trying a cold-pressed juices, Thrive www.pressedjuicery.com) is a somewhat controversial all- also offers raw nut milks SoCal-based chain with loca- liquid diet as a path to healthful- such as almond and cashew. tions statewide and an ample ness. Some will deliver to homes, Thrive’s Green Machine is following of celebrities. offices, and even the gym. a savory mixture of kale, Founded by Hayden Slater, romaine, spinach, cucum- Carly Brien, and Heidi Gores, E-mail: [email protected]

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Michael Snyder on Film 2013 in film by michael snyder Wind Rises and The Wolf of Wall Street, the following are among my ven though I can’t abide favorite movies of 2013. awards competitions in the arts, I still find myself reflect- MICHAEL’S SWEET 16 Eing on the cultural highlights and MOVIES OF 2013 lowlights of the previous 12 months at the turn of the year. ‘Tis the sea- American Hustle: Based on an son. And I write this column for actual sting attempted by the FBI in the Marina Times as well as review New York and New Jersey during movies on the air and the web every the 1970s, this inspired and witty week, so I’m expected to weigh in on mix of character study, caper film, Sandra Bullock makes Gravity a winner photo: © warner bros. entertainment the best and worst films all the time. period style, and comedy from The social endeavor and filmmaker David O. Russell offers ing of a teenage girl and her pas- while in orbit as director Alfonso fying, Italian filmmaker Paolo immersive experience of “going astonishing, against-type perfor- sage into young adulthood. Cuarón orchestrates the most Sorrentino’s story of an Italian to the movies” (especially for the mances by Amy Adams, Bradley phenomenal and realistic-looking journalist who learns a secret blockbusters and the niche rep- Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Blue Jasmine: Anchoring one movie imaginable about a shuttle from his past in the wake of his ertory features) suggests that especially the chameleon-like of Woody Allen’s best films in mission gone wrong. 65th birthday is also a celebration reports of the cinema’s demise Christian Bale as a Long Island decades, Cate Blanchett is phe- of Rome, the eternal city, in all its are premature. Too bad the eco- scam artist overwhelmed by his nomenal as the desperate and piti- Nebraska: An estranged father and magnificent, sprawling beauty. nomic crunch has deemed that greed, lust, and fear. ful Jasmine — a social climber son — more specifically, an aging, Hollywood is either green-lighting whose life is shattered by her hus- surly alcoholic (Bruce Dern) and his 20 Feet from Stardom: A mov- the big franchise movies featur- Big Sur: Writer-director Michael band’s actions, which force her to offspring, a hapless electronics sales- ing, joyous investigation into the ing properties that have already Polish’s evocative and surpris- relocate from New York to San man (Will Forte) — embark on a lives and careers of some of the passed the proof-of-concept test in ingly faithful adaptation of Beat Francisco and move in with her misbegotten road trip from Montana most accomplished backup sing- other media and can provide mas- Generation icon Jack Kerouac’s decent working-class sister. to Nebraska in Alexander Payne’s ers in pop music history, with sive worldwide box office, or the diary-like account of his attempts darkly comic look at family bonds. amazing performers and perfor- studios are financing or buying up to escape fame while in and around Europa Report: When it comes to mances and interviews with some low-budget independent films — San Francisco and the Central hard science fiction with a gritty Pacific Rim: With modern spe- of the biggest stars on the planet: usually those with positive festival California coast during the early edge, it would be hard to find a cial effects at his disposal, director Jagger, Sting, Bette Midler, Stevie buzz — in hopes of a little pres- 1960s is grounded by Jean-Marc more compelling and clever exam- Guillermo del Toro makes over- Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen. tige. Midrange offerings, once the Barr — terrific as the complex, ple in quite a while than Europa the-top magic in his tribute to those industry’s bread-and-butter, are, tortured Kerouac. Report — a found-footage fea- vintage Japanese science-fiction Upstream Color: The second like the middle class, getting short ture set on the first manned flight extravaganzas that depicted giant feature film from artful idiosyn- shrift in the current climate. Blue Is the Warmest Color: Despite to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Kind monsters battling giant robots. cratic writer-director-actor Shane Thank the muses that filmmak- all the notoriety generated by of The Blair Space Project, only Carruth is an enigmatic, uncon- ers are still releasing some wonder- the explicit love scenes between better executed. Philomena: Poignant, funny, and ventional, nonlinear, disturbing, ful work, regardless of the money- actresses Adèle Exarchopoulos even a little political, Philomena is and visually stunning love story men and their agendas. If you’re and Léa Seydoux, this three-hour Frozen: The Disney animation unit based on the true story of an unwed about a damaged man and woman looking for recommendations, look French drama is one of the best carries on the tradition of great fairy mother who, while living at an Irish and their strange fate. no further. Though I left out some coming-of-age films in quite some tale-inspired animated musicals with convent, reluctantly gives up her goodies like Stories We Tell, The time, depicting the sexual awaken- a charming, prickly, visually stun- son for adoption. Years later, when What Maisie Knew: This con- ning, computer-generated 3D look she’s a senior citizen (Judi Dench), temporary reimagining of Henry at love, sisterhood, and empower- she tries to find her offspring with James’ novel is a deft and deeply ment spun out of the Scandinavian the aid of a cynical journalist (co- affecting examination of a little fable The Snow Queen. screenwriter Steve Coogan). girl’s struggle for grace and comfort in the midst of her self-absorbed Fruitvale Station: The real-life Short Term 12: This heart-break- parents’ bitter custody battle. With tragedy of a senseless New Year’s ing, unflinching Sundance Award- Julianne Moore as the diffident Eve killing at a BART station winner concerns young foster rock star mother and Steve Coogan frames a moving and gritty look at care caseworkers who look after as the smug art-dealer father. one troubled young man’s odyssey troubled teens while dealing with on the day of Dec. 31. Michael B. their own issues. 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16 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com The mystery of stolen art discovered in Munich by sharon anderson mission in 2011 to search edly sold them off slowly the man’s apartment. over the years to foreign uthorities in A dark story has unrav- collectors to maintain Munich in Nov- eled since the discov- what he’d hoped to be a ember 2013 re- ery was made over two steady stream of income Avealed that they had stum- years ago. The elderly that would remain under bled upon over 1,500 paint- man’s father is now the radar of the authorities. ings, drawings, and etch- revealed as a well-known The art dealer died in a ings by artists including art dealer before World car accident in 1956, and Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, War II. During the war, in the early sixties, his Dancers perform in Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle photo: © Erik Tomasson and Klee. The artworks he used his contacts to widow testified that the were stolen by the Nazis sell artwork, art that art was destroyed during during World War II, and may have been included the Dresden fire. This false Belly up to the barre in 2014 were hidden away in what in the notorious 1937 statement will likely for- was described as a squalid Nazi-curated Entartete feit any rights the now-80- apartment. The story is Kunst (Degenerate Art) year-old son may have in by evalyn baron March 11–23 will bring a new produc- still developing, but early exhibition, which dis- terms of ownership. tion of the popular Cinderella, choreo- estimates appraise the played works looted Many are asking why he San Francisco Ballet’s 2014 graphed by Christopher Wheeldon, com- work to be valued at over from museums. Other the German authorities opening season will supply us with all plete with puppetry and cinematic effects; $1.35 billion, making this theories suggest that the waited two years to reveal the passionate glory of the dance we April 2–13 showcases Alexei Ratmansky’s the most extensive haul in artworks were not from this astonishing discovery. Tcould ever wish for: Shostakovich Trilogy in co-production art-theft history. this exhibition, and are As the story unfolds, it Jan. 25–Feb. 2, Helgi Tomasson’s sump- with the American Ballet Theatre and a full Several years ago in simply a collection stolen has been suggested that tuous Giselle opens the season, taking us performance of passionate dance, present- 2010, an unassuming from French Jews during considerations regard- into the world of the peasant maiden with ed in repertory with a new Helgi Tomasson 80-year-old German man the occupation. ing restitution delayed romance in her heart and dancing in her work, which is bound to be exciting. Also caught the attention of In any case, it appears the public announcement soul. There will be two special performanc- in this program will be the 20th anniversary authorities when cus- that the dealer kept more about the theft. Also, the es of the Hamburg Ballet’s Midsummer presentation of Mark Morris’ Maelstrom, toms officials searched of the stolen art than he investigation may reveal Night’s Dream on Feb. 12–13. This tale of and Yuri Possokhov’s The Rite of Spring. his bags as he traveled by sold. Indeed, the cov- more art hidden in other mistaken identities and love-driven pur- Rounding out the season April 29–May train between Switzerland er-up extends through secret locations. A list of suits is set to the classic Mendelssohn score. 11 is a triple-bill consisting of a world pre- and Germany. He had an decades. The dealer stat- works has not yet been From Feb.18–March 1, a world premier by mier by Royal Ballet Artist-In-Residence unusual amount of cash ed that the works had all published, nor have Val Caniparoli will open a trio of works that Liam Scarlett, Helgi Tomasson’s The Fifth and, though it was legal been destroyed when his any photographs. also include Alexei Ratmansky’s From Foreign Season and Serge Lifar’s elegant Suite En to travel with this much home burned during the Lands and Wayne McGregor’s enthralling Blanc in repertory with the American classic money, the police decided Dresden firebombing on Sharon Anderson is an art- Borderlands. These will run in repertory with Agon and the Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet. to keep him under sur- Feb. 13, 1945. Instead, the ist and writer in Southern Stravinsky’s Firebird, Christopher Wheeldon’s The program concludes with the magnifi- veillance. Finally, the works were inherited by California. She can be reached Ghosts, and The Kingdom of Shades from cent Glass Pieces collaboration between police were granted per- the dealer’s son, who alleg- at www.mindtheimage.com Act II of La Bayadère. Jerome Robbins and composer Phillip Glass.

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Tommy Emmanuel Fri–Sat, Jan. 17–18 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Don’t miss Emmanuel’s astounding virtuos- January Events ity, phenomenal musicianship, creativity, and love for his art and his audience. $48, 415-242-4500, what not to miss this month www.omniconcerts.com Flying Angels Chinese Dance Co.: Chinese New Year David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition Saturday, Jan. 25, 2–3:30 p.m. MAJOR EVENTS Tue–Sun thru Jan. 20, 9:30–5:15 p.m. GALAS & BENEFITS DiMaggio Playground Clubhouse, North Beach M. H. de Young Museum Shen Yun Performing Arts Branch Library Assembled exclusively for the de Young, this Wed–Sun, Jan. 4–12 Enjoy a lively performance of traditional and con- exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the War Memorial Opera House temporary dance in celebration of the Year of the artist’s 21st-century work, representing one of the Don’t miss this spectacular colorful and exhil- Horse. Free most prolific decades of his career, and includes arating performance of classical Chinese multicanvas oil paintings shot with multiple cam- dance and music. $60–$280, 415-392-4400, Salon at the Rex: eras and works created using an iPad. Free–$46, www.shenyunperformingarts.org Alexander String Quartet 415-750-3600, www.famsf.org Wednesday, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m. Hotel Rex (562 Sutter St.) Unescoitalia This spring, the quartet embarks on an explora- Tue–Sun thru Jan 26, noon–4 p.m. tion of Mozart’s Viennese years at the new SFJAZZ Museo Italo Americano (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) Center, and this performance is a preview of the Italy has more (49) UNESCO World Heritage sites 14th Annual Edwardian Ball: first “classics” of the string quartet repertoire. $20, than any other country; this photographic exhi- The Curious Sofa 415-398-6444, www.sfperformances.org bition showcases these archaeological, artistic and architectural treasures. Free, 415-673-2200, Fri–Sat, Jan. 17–18, 8 p.m.–2 a.m. www.sfmuseo.org Regency Ballroom (1300 Van Ness Ave.) Enjoy two nights of turn-of-the-century, cos- NIGHTLIFE Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter tumed revelry in an Edward Gorey-inspired Grant Green Jr. with Bernard Purdie FOG Design+Art Fair Tue–Sun thru Feb 2, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. venue at the Edwardian World’s Fair on Friday, Legion of Honor or Saturday’s cavalcade of Gorey-esque enter- and Eamonn Flynn Fri–Sun, Jan. 17–19, 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 9:30 p.m. This major retrospective of an artist who emulated tainment ranging from a theatrical presentation Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Boom Boom Room (1601 Fillmore St.) the Impressionists and was rivaled by John Singer to avant-garde cabaret to ballroom dancing This fair features more than 40 prominent 20th- Grant Green Jr. grew up in Detroit next door to Sargent as the most sought-after portraitist of high to midnight burlesque and more. $40–$95, century and contemporary design dealers from society, features 100 rarely seen works from public www.edwardianball.com Stevie Wonder’s parents and down the street the Bay Area and across the country; a selec- and private collections throughout Europe and the from Marvin Gaye, members of the Four Tops, tion of leading modern and contemporary art United States. 415-750-3600, www.famsf.org and other giants of Motown. Hear him bring his galleries; 21POP, a special pop-up shop cre- 13th Annual Émigré Community Gala jazz sounds to San Francisco. Ages 21+, $15, ated by celebrated designer Stanlee Gatti; and Saturday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. www.boomboomtickets.com a dynamic lineup of lectures and interactive Westin St. Francis Hotel discussions with leaders in the design and Benefiting the Jewish Family and Children’s art worlds. Partial proceeds benefit SFMOMA. Services, this elegant evening will include a $15–$20, www.fogfair.com wine reception, a special program, dinner, dancing, and a live band. $195 & up, 415-449- S.F. Ballet 2014 Opening 1256, www.jfcs.org Night Gala: Phenomenal Wednesday, Jan. 22 City Hall & War Memorial Opera House ARTS & CULTURE Start with an elegant cocktail reception and din- ner at City Hall, head to a rousing performance 7th Annual Holiday Group Exhibit: at the Opera House then head back to City Hall Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Photography for an after party and mingle with ballet dancers Daily thru Sunday, Jan. 12 while enjoying live music, dancing, complimentary Paul Mahder Gallery (3378 Sacramento St.) cocktails, refreshments, and desserts. $125–$1,250, View over 20 artists working across a wide array of Ryan Hemsworth 415-865-2000, www.sfballet.org mediums in this annual exhibition. 415-474-7707, Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: www.paulmahdergallery.com Friday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m. The Art of Tyrus Wong The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) LAST CHANCE Frog & Toad and the World of Arnold Lobel Come hear the software-oriented hip-hop and Thu–Tue thru Feb. 3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Tue–Sun thru March 23 R&B beats of the Canadian-born Hemsworth. $15–$17, www.theindependentsf.com Glitz Walt Disney Family Museum Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) Featuring more than 150 works including paint- Tue–Sat thru Jan. 4 This exhibition celebrates the art of some of the ings, sculptures, works on paper, painted scarves, S.F. Women Artists Gallery (3489 Sacramento St.) most beloved children’s books produced since The English Beat kites, and more, this retrospective highlights the View works available for purchase in acrylic, the late 1960s, and includes approximately 100 Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 p.m. repertoire of a 102-year-old working artist whose oil, watercolor, mixed media, and photography original illustrations and works on paper of this Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) work inspired Bambi. $17–$25, 415-345-6800, of over 20 female artists. Free, 415-440-7392, noted author-illustrator. Free–$12, 415-655-7800, The English Beat started in 1979, and they’re still www.waltdisney.org www.sfwomenartists.org www.thecjm.org around playing their hits plus those of General Public, a side project of the band members. The Cirque du Soliel: Amaluna Docent Lecture: Matisse from SFMOMA evening also features Rusty Zinn and His Band. Thu–Sun thru Jan. 12 Saturday, January 25 $22–$25, www.bimbos365club.com Big Top at AT&T Park COMMUNITY CORNER Marina Branch Library, 1–2 p.m. On a mysterious island governed by goddesses Presidio Branch Library, 4–6 p.m. and guided by the cycles of the moon, this com- Public Board Meeting: Mid-Crissy Site Dr. Jim Kohn from Fine Arts Museums presents SCIENCE & THE ing-of-age ceremony honors femininity, renewal, TBD; check website/call for update on Matisse from SFMOMA, an intimate, single- rebirth, and balance and marks the passing of Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) gallery exhibition at the Legion of Honor featur- ENVIRONMENT these insights and values from one generation to The Presidio Trust invites the public to con- ing 23 paintings, drawings and bronzes. Free, 415-355-2823, 415-355-2880, www.sfpl.org the next. $50–$270, www.cirquedusoleil.com sider the future of an important site at Mid- Crissy Field. This site was once a commissary, and is currently occupied by Sports Basement. 415-561-5300, www.presidio.gov PERFORMANCES

NERT Preparedness Training Concerts at the Presidio: Carmen Wednesday, Jan. 15, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Thu–Fri, Jan. 2–3, 7:30 p.m. St. Mary the Virgin Church (2325 Union St.) Golden Gate Club (135 Fisher Loop), the Presidio This workshop will cover what everyone should Enjoy a compact, narrated concert performance know to prepare personally, as a business and as a with arias and ensemble pieces of Georges Bizet’s community for a disaster, large or small. Free, RSVP opera. $5–$15, reservations recommended at at 415-970-2024 or www.smvcsf.org 415-447-6274; www.presido.gov

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Chamber Music with In Grand Style: Celebrations of Korean Monday, Jan. 21 Members of the S.F. Symphony Art in the Joseon Dynasty Several S.F. locations Sunday, Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Commemorate MLK day in these family-friendly Davies Symphony Hall Annual Magnolia Bloom Tue–Sun thru Jan. 12 events featuring habitat, forest and garden stew- This program of Paganini, Williams, Mozart, Asian Art Museum ardship projects, beach cleanup, and trail main- and Brahms features the majesty and power of Daily, Jan. 15–Mar. 31, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. (Jan.) This exhibition displays over 100 treasured objects tenance. Activities include planting, removing a full symphony orchestra distilled down to its S.F. Botanical Garden of glorious heritage and focuses on celebrations, weeds and overgrown vegetation, and taking most intimate and beautiful elements: chamber View over 100 rare and historic magnolias at this festivals, elaborate rites, dance, music, and pro- care of trees. Water, snack, gloves, and all neces- music, the music musicians love to play, where floral spectacle as dazzling pink and white flow- cessions illustrating the history of the dynasty’s sary tools and training are provided. Registration every interaction and every audience reaction ers burst into bloom with their sweet fragrance. 27 kings and queens. Free–$12, 415-581-3500, Free (S.F. residents), $2–$7 (nonresidents), required. Free, 415-561-3077, volunteer@parks- is magnified in intensity. $36, 415-864-6000, www.asianart.org 415-661-1316, www.sfbotanicalgarden.org conservancy.org, www.parksconservancy.gov. www.sfsymphony.org

18 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Our Mathematical Universe Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6 p.m. POTABLES & EDIBLES JCCSF (3200 California St.) Pinot Noir Tasting You don’t get to be called a cosmologist if you Saturday, Jan. 11, noon–3 p.m. don’t think big, and cosmologist Max Tegmark K&L Wine Merchants (638 Fourth St.) presents his “ultimate multiverse” theory in a You won’t want to miss tasting these new releases manner that won’t undercut his title. $25–$35, 415-292-1233, www.jccsf.org from California and Oregon. Free, 415-896-1734 13th Annual Dine About Town Daily, Jan. 15–31 Various S.F. restaurants Brain Fitness Dine at over 100 of your favorite restaurants offering prix-fixe two- or three-course lunch- Tuesday, Jan. 14, 21 & 28, 2–4 p.m. es for $18.95 and/or three-course dinners for Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, S.F. $36.95, representing up to a 25 percent savings Main Library of regularly priced menu items. 415-391-2000, In this very social class, you will exercise your www.dineabouttown.com brain in fun, challenging and creative ways to The Year of the Horse Storytime maintain and improve your cognitive vitality and 2014 Good Food Awards Saturday, Jan. 18, 11–noon your memory. Free, 415-931-8679, www.sfpl.org Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Marketplace: Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Presidio Branch Library (3150 Sacramento St.) Hipschman: The Science of Making Color Ferry Building Renowned children’s author Oliver Chin pres- Yoga Journal Live Meet the Good Food Award winners from across ents his latest book; afterward, stay for a Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. Thu–Mon, Jan. 16–20 the country who are redefining good food and taste fun coloring activity. Ages 3 and older. Free, Exploratorium (Pier 15) Hyatt Regency (5 Embarcadero Center) and buy the best products representing America’s 415-355-2880, www.sfpl.org Learn how color is made and changes, from If yoga’s your thing, this is the place to be food culture. $5–$15, www.goodfoodawards.org with over 35 master yoga teachers and special neon signs to rainbows, and take home materi- MLK Day March and Festival als to build your own spectroscope. Free with events that will help you flow your way into the Monday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m. museum admission: $10–$55, 415-528-4444, new year. Choose from all-day yoga intensives, Yerba Buena Gardens & YBCA www.exploratorium.edu keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Weil, a free mar- V isit the gardens and surrounding museums for a full ketplace, and more. $39 & up, 800-561-9398, day of remembrance and activities. Program includes www.yjevents.com Beyond Plastic the annual march/parade, MLK Dream address and Thursday, Jan. 30, 6 p.m. program, a children’s reading festival, and more. Author Talk: Clint Werner, The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) Free, 415-691-6212, www.sfmlkfoundation.org Marijuana Gateway to Health As city leaders debate banning certain bot- Wednesday, Jan. 22 5:30–7:30 p.m. tled waters, come learn about how plastics The Buddy Club: Latino-Hispanic Room, S.F. Main Library impact the environment and what people are Comedy Magician Robert Strong Hear the author discuss his new book and learn doing to change that. $7–$20, 415-597-6705, Sunday, Jan. 26, 11–noon about the subtitle: How Cannabis Protects us www.commonwealthclub.org Randall Museum (199 Museum Way) from Cancer and Alzheimer’s. Free, 415-557-4400, Be entertained by amazing magic, breathtak- www.sfpl.org ing juggling, and outrageous comedy. Free–$8, Essential French Cooking FILMS & LECTURES 415-554-9600, www.randallmuseum.org Creating Balance in Health and Wellness Sunday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, 5–6:30 p.m. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (not) Redo Sur la Table (2224 Union St.) Enright Room, CPMC (2333 Buchanan St.) Friday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m. Learn easy, traditional French techniques and pre- SPORTS & HEALTH This workshop will help you to develop a holis- New People Cinema (1746 Post St.) pare a complete menu of simple-yet-sophisticat- tic view of health and wellness, and a thera- Anime audiences around the world were fasci- ed classics with ease in this hands-on class. $69, pist will guide you through five specific aspects nated (and frequently mystified) by Neon Genesis 800-243-0852, www.surlatable.com of wellness: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, Evangelion. Now, in the third film, Shinji Ikari is and intellectual, as well as provide support in dealing with having caused the Third Impact, strengthening areas you wish to improve. $10 and he might end up destroying everything. $12, donation suggested, register at 415-923-3155 or 415-793-6868, www.newpeopleworld.com CHILD’S PLAY [email protected] Hiking for Heartbeats Healthy Parks, Healthy People: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Family Boot Camp Presidio Main Post Saturday, Jan. 4, 2–4 p.m. Meet: Visitor Center (105 Montgomery St.) Presidio Main Post We Give Back Free Massage Program Join the Healthy Parks Healthy People rangers Meet: Visitor Center (105 Montgomery St.) and leaders as they work their way to fitness with Daily thru January Learn basic soldier drills and about Presidio military a hike along Lover’s Lane. All ages and fitness Diamond Wellness Center (1841 Lombard St.) levels welcome. Free, register at 415-561-4323, life while getting fit at this fun and challenging event If you are a health care worker, take advan- www.parksconservancy.org that concludes at Inspiration Point after a brisk hike tage of a free or reduced rate 30-min-

up the Ecology Trail. Wear comfortable exercise ute massage in this ongoing community clothing you don’t mind getting dirty and bring water. service program that targets a different All ages and fitness levels welcome. Free, reserva- industry each month. Free massages lim- JUST FOR FUN tions required at 415-561-4323, www.presidio.gov ited to 25 slots; thereafter available at 18th Annual Berlin 50 percent of regular cost. 415-921-1290, 28th Annual Japanese New Year and Beyond Film Festival The Little Mermaid Sing-Along www.diamondwellness.com Bell Ringing Ceremony Sunday, Jan. 5–10 Tuesday, Dec. 31, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Daily, Jan. 15–21 Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin St.) Commitment Day 5K Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) Be part of that world by singing along with Bring your family and friends and say goodbye Wednesday, Jan. 1, 10 a.m. & Goethe Institut (530 Bush St.) The Little Mermaid. Audience members are to 2013 by striking a giant 16th century bronze Starts: Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park About 10,000 people are expected to encouraged to dress like their favorite charac- temple bell in this fun, festive and meaningful Join hundreds of runners at this nationwide attend this festival featuring films from ters. Includes goody bag. $10–$15, 415-621-6120, opportunity to not only ring in the New Year, but running event where tens of thousands will Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Films to www.castrotheatre.com to reflect peacefully upon the passing year. Free commit to leading healthy, active lives in be screened include a biopic of Bavaria’s with museum admission (Free–$12), 415-581-3560, quixotic Prince Ludwig II, a tale of a migrant 2014 and beyond in support of the American www.asianart.org learning poetry in Austria, a story of an Heart Association. $35, 855-430-5433, unplanned pregnancy, and much more. www.commitmentday.com Contact for individual and series tickets, www.castrotheatre.com and www.goethe.de Winter Sport & Social Leagues Monday, Jan. 6–Monday, Feb. 24 Various S.F. locations Giants of Jazz on Film: Join the hundreds of young adults participating Treasures from the Archive in sports and social activities and play one-hour Saturday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. games weekly for eight weeks: Monday, Jan. JCCSF (3200 California St.) 6 coed basketball, coed softball, coed indoor Some of the finest jazz performers are highlighted volleyball; Tuesday, Jan. 7 men’s basketball, in film clips, ranging from Count Basie and Buddy men’s football; Wednesday, Jan. 8 coed football, Rich to Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. $25, coed indoor volleyball; Thursday, Jan. 9 men’s 415-292-1233, www.jccsf.org Cinderella basketball, coed football; Sunday, Jan. 12 men’s basketball; Monday, Jan 13 coed dodge ball. Saturday, Jan.11–Feb 1, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. 24th Anniversary Christina Romer & Keith Hennessey: $70–$95, 415-921-1161, www.playinthebay.com Palace of Fine Arts Theatre of the Sea Lions’ Arrival Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault, this Friday, Jan. 31, 11:45 a.m. Meditation Fri–Mon, Jan. 17–20, 12–4 p.m. classic musical fantasy filled with a loveable Julia Morgan Ballroom (465 California St.) Wednesdays thru January, 12–12:45 p.m. Pier 39 king, ladies of the court, a beautiful princess, Are the federal budget battles over? Is the Gay and Lesbian Center, S.F. Main Library handsome prince, playfully wicked step-mother Watch these playful mammals as they lounge economy at last picking up steam? Two eco- Practice wakefulness and tranquility for 30 min- and step-sisters, and of course the fairy god- on K-Dock while entertaining and delighting all. nomic experts — both former top advisors to utes, beginning with a Tibetan bell and instruc- mother and her helpers. Paid public perfor- www.pier39.com presidents — preview the year ahead. Includes tions. Encouraging words are interspersed with mances help fund free performances for grades lunch and program. $75–$90, 415-597-6705, periods of silence in a secular approach to an old K–3. $12, 415-248-2677, www.ctasf.org www.commonwealthclub.org tradition. 415-557-4400, www.sfpl.org E-mail: [email protected] www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES january 2014 19 At Home

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In many cases, weather websites. to dining and drinking in cancers come in three treatment includes a spe- By now, you may be ask- san francisco A groundbreaking main types: basal cell, cific technique called ing, what do I do with find the right spot for squamous cell and malig- this information? First, every occasion dining guide to Mohs micrographic sur- nant melanoma. Basal gery. In this procedure, congratulations on your help you find the cell (BCC) is the most named after early 20th resolution to get outside right place for the common and tends to century dermatologist and enjoy the beauty of look like a pearly papule Frederick E. Mohs, very Northern California! resources for thoughtful recommendations on where to eat, drink, right time. — a slightly raised, shiny thin layers of skin are Second, take a closer look patch, sometimes with a meticulously removed, at the label on your sun- little blood vessel on top. stained, and sequen- screen. 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20 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Caring For Our Kids Keep ‘em active

Music classes are a fun indoor activity to keep kids busy this winter photo: H.C.I.Z.T.C. / flickr Fun indoor activities by liz farrell Because they have such a large facility, they are able to accommodate more equipment. ith winter in full swing and Some of the popular attractions are the park time limited, cold and trapeze, trampolines, rope swings, and even rainy days can leave parents a Zipline. There is definitely something Wfeeling a little stir crazy. Luckily, some great here for everyone. I also like that they offer indoor activities will help your little ones tuition assistance and classes for special get their wiggles out and keep you from needs students. climbing the walls. You don’t have to go far to find some of these great options. Here SWIMMING are a few of my neighborhood favorites: With most of the local pools located indoors, this in an activity that can be enjoyed MUSIC CLASSES year round. It’s great to get a jump-start Most children at an early age enjoy on lessons in the winter so your child is music — either listening to it or trying to “water safe” by summer. La Petite Baleen play it. There is nothing like a few spoons (www.swimlpb.com) has a fabulous facility and some pots and pans to keep a child in the Presidio with great teachers. The only entertained, drawback is but if you are they aren’t able looking for to offer many something Some great indoor activities “free swim” a little more times for their structured, will help your little ones get members. you might They have a try Golden their wiggles out. detailed rib- Find Your Smile at Our Gate Music bon or award Faculty Dental Practice Together (www.goldengatemusictogether. system, which provides a great incentive and com). Located in Laurel Village (next to sense of accomplishment for the kids. Staff Our expert faculty dentists offer comprehensive general dentistry and specialty Right Start, which is very convenient) even ring a bell and announce your child’s services including prosthodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, endodontics and restorative dentistry. Services include check-ups and cleanings, cosmetic dentistry, they have a clean and welcoming studio. name, which is a big hit with my children. crowns and bridges, extractions, fillings, periodontal therapy, root canals and Classes run 12 weeks and cost $299, and Sessions include lots of fun accessories and more. Open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. include two CDs and a songbook. These tools to teach and keep the kids engaged. are still some of my children’s favorite Lessons start for little ones as young as two Faculty Dental Practice sing-along songs. The classes are 45 min- months old and a parent or caregiver is in the University of the Pacific utes and include age-appropriate songs, water until the age of three. Group lessons are Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry movement, and instrument play. weekly and cost about $90 per month. 2155 Webster Street (at Sacramento), 1st Floor Blue Bear Music (www.bluebear The Presidio YMCA (www.ymcasf.org) San Francisco, CA 94115 music.org) has two locations: Fort Mason also has a great swim program. They offer and the Calvary Presbyterian Church on lessons starting at six months old, and have Now accepting appointments. Call 415.929.6524 or visit us online Fillmore Street. Classes begin for children as a swim team for older and more expe- at dental.pacific.edu and click “Dental Services.” young as four months old. The cost ranges rienced swimmers. The teacher-to-child from $225–$245 per session. One of their ratios are small, and the focus for the more popular classes is geared for kids but younger ages is getting comfortable in the includes songs from some of your favorite water and basic safety skills. The classes bands like the Beatles and Rolling Stones. are 30 minutes and cost $85 per month; however, there is a considerable discount TUMBLING/GYMNASTICS for facility members. In their new location in the Fillmore Sometimes with young children, having Center for over a year now, San Francisco a little bit of structure or somewhere to be Gymnastics (www.sanfranciscogymnastics. helps with the adjustment of staying home. com), has classes for one–three year-olds, pre- These classes provide great benefits to chil- school-aged children, and recreational classes dren whether it is a life skill of learning to for kids aged seven and older. The facility isn’t swim, developing a love for music, or dis- as large as their former location in the Presidio, covering the importance of physical activ- but it is clean with plenty of restrooms, and ity. They even help with brain development parking is easy during the day. Classes for and motor skills. These activities also pro- the younger groups include some structured vide a great opportunity for stay-at-home activities like parachute time but also offer a parents or caregivers to meet other parents safe place for exploration and fun. They have a and have a little social interaction of their drop-in rate of $20 per class, which is helpful own. Most of these places offer free trial if you don’t want to commit to a full session classes, so go ahead and give them a try. or just need an activity on a rainy or cold day. AcroSports (www.acrosports.org) is Liz Farrell is the mother of three young chil- located near Golden Gate Park, and has dren. She was formerly a television produc- classes geared toward students from 10 er in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. months old through elementary school. E-mail: [email protected] www.Marinatimes.com THE MARINA TIMES january 2014 21 At Home The Urban Home & Garden

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Energy-efficient lighting

by julia strzesieski light produced by halogen bulbs is whiter than standard incandescent, making colors his January the rest of the appear brighter and more intense. Halogen country catches up with California’s bulbs are commonly used in the home ban on the production of the ener- environment for track lighting, accents, tor- Tgy inefficient 40-watt and 60-watt incan- chiere lamps, and recessed lighting. descent light bulbs. In 2011, all manu- facturers were required to add a new LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (LEDS) lighting label that provides easy-to-under- They appear to be bulbs, but light-emit- stand information for consumers about ting diodes (LEDs) are actually tiny semi- lumens, cost to operate, and other light conductors. When power is applied, they bulb characteristics. are stimulated by the movement of elec- A lumen is a measurement of a bulb’s trons, thus creating photons, or light, that is brightness. Simply, more lumens mean a visible to the human eye. Because LEDs do brighter bulb; fewer lumens mean a dim- not use filaments, like incandescent bulbs, mer bulb. This is very different from the they emit much less heat and are more term watts, which is a measurement of how efficient in consumption and output. Today fast a bulb consumes energy. When you consumers can find a plethora of LEDs, buy a bulb, you are looking for a particular with newer models mimicking the look of brightness depending on whether the bulb more conventional bulbs. is for a desk lamp, ceiling fan, or other use. Lumens are the best way to determine SOLAR LIGHTING whether a bulb will be bright enough to High energy costs and concern over our meet your needs. carbon footprints have made solar light- ing a much more attractive alternative to Traditional New Max Lumens standard electrical lighting. Some of the Wattage Wattage most popular forms of solar lighting are for 100 72 1,490-2,600 highlighting gardens and patios. Stairways Re-COLE-mend... 75 53 1,050-1,489 and walkways can also be illuminated for Cole Hardware Repair 60 43 750-1,049 safety. Outdoor solar lights are simple to Referral Service 40 29 310-749 install and virtually maintenance free. Best of all, they provide free electricity. Independent contractors and tradespeople for… Incandescent light bulbs are not out- Outdoor solar lighting systems use solar • home, business, and property repairs • maintenance lawed, but those produced must be more cells, which convert sunlight into electric- • remodeling/room additions energy efficient. Alternatives to incandes- ity. Electricity is stored in batteries for use • locksmiths, electricians, plumbers, handymen, painters & more • Visit www.colehardware.com/homerepair for a full cent bulbs include compact fluorescent at night. The most commonly used batter- listing of service lights (CFLs), halogen, and light-emitting ies are nickel cadmium, sealed lead acid, Contact us at 415/753-2653 ext. 3 or diodes (LEDs). and lead acid batteries. Email: [email protected] These systems will work in most areas of All of the vendors and trades people in our Home Repair Referral COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS the United States. However, it is important Service have been pre-screened and carefully selected. Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Period. Among the commonly available types of to consider geographic- and site-specific bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs provide variables when choosing a product. A solar Four locations to serve you! economical and energy-efficient lighting. lighting system will work well only as long They use about one-fourth the power to as the solar cells receive the manufacturer’s 956 Cole Street (at Parnassus) produce the same amount of light as tradi- recommended hours of sunlight. Ever Day 8:00am - 8:00pm 415/753-2653 tional incandescents. The early generations The “nightly run time” listings on solar of CFLs were expensive, not dimmable, and lighting products are based on specific 70 4th Street (Market took a while to reach full brightness. CFLs sunlight conditions. Outdoor solar lights & Ever Day 8:00am - 8:00pm Mission) 415/777-4400 on the market today have come down in located in places that receive less sun- 3312 Mission Street price drastically and warm-up time is not light than the solar cells require will Ever Day 8:00am - (at8:00pm 29th St.) noticeable. In addition, there are dimmable operate for fewer hours per night than 415/647-8700 CFLs readily available. expected. Nightly run times may also 2254 Polk Street (at Green St.) It’s important to remember that CFLs vary depending on how clear the sky is Ever Day 8:00am - 8:00pm 415/674-8913 contain a very small amount of mercury and on any given day. Operating times in therefore must be recycled and not thrown in the winter months may vary as much as the regular trash. Many retailers in the City 30–50 percent. Unless the solar lighting accept spent CFLs for recycling. system has been specifically sized for win- ter operation, it will not operate for the SAVE on your next purchase HALOGEN specified number of hours per night in a of $20 The halogen lighting design is a some- given location. Shading of the solar cells $ or more! what more energy-efficient variation on by landscape features (vegetation, build- 5 incandescent technology. The sealed bulb ings, and so forth) will also affect battery Excludes sale items, gift cards, special orders, Muni contains a tightly coiled tungsten filament charging and performance. Watch for meter cards or parking passes, Clipper. surrounded by halogen gas. During use, hal- bird droppings, too. 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Real Estate Today Getting the condominium you want 2014: The year of new condos by carole isaacs meet with success. As in all square feet is, in my opin- in a panel discussion giving things real estate: Time is of ion was (they are sold out), advice on everything from ew residential the essence. one of the few new condos making your move to setting buildings continue 300 Ivy in Hayes Valley: I would go so far as to call up the home of your dreams. to spring up like A few days after the sales a deal. Since the land cost Stop by the sales gallery at Ngiant mushrooms around San gallery opened on Gough less here, the developers were 1649 Polk Street or for infor- Francisco from Mission Bay and Ivy, I stopped in for a able to put more money into mation call 415-674-1800. and SOMA to mid-market, visit. The sales gallery was the building’s finishes. Linea 8 Buchanan at upper market, and along Van abuzz with interested buyers, In keeping with San Market: Situated across the Ness Avenue. There are so and a few months later was Francisco’s agenda to street from the new Whole many choices and so little time, completely sold out. At the encourage use of public Foods on Dolores Street and the mind reels. How does one time of my visit I thought: transportation and to limit Market, no one can ques- decide on a new condo? This office is a fairly low cars in new construction, tion this premium location, Newly constructed condos budget set up. This did not only the two-bedroom con- a few blocks from Dolores are selling at a breathtaking slow down the pace of sales dos have parking. It will Park. When I stopped by the pace. If 2013 is an indicator one bit. Location, location, take a couple of years for office in November, the 114- of what will be happening location! For the tech crowd this location to rise to the condo project was over 30 in 2014, you will need to be going south, Hayes Valley is same level as other locations percent sold and the studios The view from the da Vinci Villa 2550 Van Ness Ave first in line the day the sales where it’s at. Hayes Valley is in town, but I am confident and the two-bedrooms with Photo: carole isaacs office opens at the building an easy bike ride to SOMA that time is not long off. den were sold out. Estimated of your choice if you want and Caltrans or a direct shot Marlow at Clay and Van completion is March 2014. ers who are looking for an ing up, I saw an enormous to have your pick of the to the underground and the Ness Avenue: There may be The sales gallery is situated ever-so-sleek modern condo crane that had appeared best condos. Financial District. one or two condos left by at 2198 Market at Sanchez are flocking to this building seemingly overnight. The It would take the whole Since the 1989 earthquake, the time the Marina Times and has plenty of parking at 19th Street and Valencia. excavation work had been Marina Times to give a com- I have watched the Hayes hits the street. It is still worth on its lot, a bonus anywhere Two blocks from Dolores going on for months to clean prehensive review of the Valley commercial area go investigating. The corporate in San Francisco. When I Park and more restaurants, up the land previously occu- residential new construc- from mostly closed store- buses stop one block from stopped by midday on a bars, and coffee shops than pied by a gas station. tion in San Francisco. The fronts to high-end boutiques the Marlow. It is no surprise Tuesday, all the sales people one can imagine make this If you are interested in projects discussed here are and restaurants ranging from the building sold quickly. To were busy with buyers. It project a location of choice what will go up here, you buildings that happen to pizza parlors to French cafes celebrate their success, the is always best to make an for young buyers and any- can go to www.amerosf.com. be along my daily path. I and everything in between. developers are hosting an appointment. 415-552-1300. one who wants to live in The City Planning website have had the opportunity to The trend has been consis- event in January for exist- 3500 Nineteenth at 19th an exciting urban environ- also gives information about watch the construction over tently upward, and the neigh- ing homeowners who have Street and Valencia: The ment. For information call the project. There are no pic- the past year. Beginning my borhood shows no sign of bought at the MARLOW, project is 50 percent sold, 415-321-7011. tures or drawings, but there review with two buildings slowing down. interested buyers, and real and there has been no for- Amero 1501 Filbert is information about the that quickly sold out last year, Blanc 1080 Sutter: This estate professionals. Local mal opening yet. You have to at Van Ness Avenue: One permits and the project’s his- you will understand that only beautiful project with two- designers have been invited keep your ear to the ground Sunday in October I stepped tory, as well as a mapping the most diligent buyer will bedroom condos over 1,200 to mingle and participate to hear the drum beat as buy- out onto the street and, look- condos, continued on 26

Hill & Co. Continues to Sell Many of the City’s Most Exceptional Properties.

3598 130 2640 1090 1349-51 3020 1655-57 2220 Jackson Locust Broderick Chestnut Clay Laguna Beach Sacramento Represented Represented Represented Represented Represented Represented Represented Represented the buyer. the buyer. the seller. the buyer. the seller. the seller. the seller. the seller. Listed at Listed at Listed at Listed at Listed at Listed at Listed at Listed at $12,500,000 $7,775,000 $6,950,000 $6,200,000 $5,795,000 $4,495,000 $4,395,000 $4,250,000

Recent sales above, three homes currently for sale below.

Marina Duboce Triangle Downtown Price Upon Request Offered at $2,295,000 Price Upon Request 3BD/2BA Home in Prime Rare Opportunity. Build Grand Scale Condo. Location. Designed for your dream home! Seller Located in the Belgravia, modern living with the finest has architectural plans, a boutique Beaux Arts materials and amenities, this subject to approval, for a historic building at the home is located on one of 4400+ sq ft 5BD/4.5BA heart of downtown, this the most desirable streets residence with a flexible 3BD/2BA New York Park in the Marina. Bright and use media suite & guest Ave. style corner condo spacious living room, cottage. Alternatively, enjoys west and north large formal dining room, complete some basic exposure with great light, sun room, family room, remodeling and move grand scale public rooms large pantry, hardwood in. Prime location, triple and beautiful windows. floors, period details, patio, parlor, huge garage, large Fabulous central location! garden, 2-car garage. south facing yard & deck. 795Sutter.com 38Avila.com StylishSFHomes.com Ron Sebahar Rachel Swann Tal Klein (415) 279-4579 (415) 225-7743 (415) 321-4289

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The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Insight Know the tax law Market Report: November 2013 By Hill & Co. So you think you SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON can’t afford to move? Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market

Cow Hollow (no sales) by carrie buchanan goodman & lisa miller • The replacement dwelling must be of equal or lesser value than the Lake 138 5th Avenue 5BD/4.5BA $3,425,000 Above 19 e hear this all of the time: original property. Laurel Heights 18 Palm Avenue 4BD/3BA $2,450,000 Below 102 “It will cost me more to move • The replacement property must

Lone Mountain 184 Cook Street 2BD/1.25BA $925,000 Above 20 than to stay in my current have been purchased or newly con- 80 Rossi Avenue 3BD/3BA $1,650,000 Below 28 Whome.” This is especially true for home- structed within two years of the sale of owners who have been in their homes the original property. Marina 2451 Bay Street 4BD/2BA $3,250,000 Above 11 for many years. Perhaps you bought your • The original property must be sub- Nob Hill (no sales) family home in Pacific Heights in 1985. ject to reappraisal at its current fair mar- You paid $700,000 for your four-bedroom, ket value as the result of its transfer (per North Beach (no sales) three-bath dream home with space for a the Revenue and Taxation code). Pacific Heights 2319 Webster Street 3BD/2BA $1,600,000 Above 40 basketball hoop and raised your children • Without exception, a claim for tax relief 1915 Sacramento Street 3BD/2BA $2,507,000 Above 45 2418 Webster Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,100,000 Above 29 there. You love your house — the memo- must be filed within three years of the date 2586 Clay Street 3BD/2.5BA $3,675,000 Above 18 ries made there are priceless. But now you of purchasing the replacement property or 2813 Buchanan Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,800,000 Above 11 are 63 years old, your children are adults, the completion of the new construction. 2921 Jackson Street 5BD/4BA $3,850,000 Above 7 2755 Fillmore Street 4BD/4.5BA $9,999,998 Below 19 and you are tired of dealing with roof gut- ters and yard maintenance and all the other This is a one-time allowable transfer, Presidio Heights 3311 Jackson Street 3BD/2.5BA $3,701,000 Above 15 31 Presidio Terrace 7BD/7.5BA $7,750,000 Below 81 work your house demands. You might be and only one replacement property is eli- thinking, It’s time to enjoy my retirement. gible. You can’t have two people living in Russian Hill (no sales) the same home and have each

Sea Cliff 115 Sea Cliff Avenue 5BD/3.5BA $3,150,000 Below 25 be eligible for a replacement property, and it must be your Telegraph Hill (no sales) If you are 55 or older, you can primary residence. If a spouse has already taken advantage CONDOS take advantage of Prop 60 and of this allowable transfer, you BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON may not use it again. Neighborhood Address Bathrooms Sale Price Asking Price Market transfer your tax basis. The example above is based Cow Hollow 2775 Greenwich Street #2775 2BD/1BA $860,000 Below 64 on our extraordinary real 129 Pixley Street 2BD/1BA $1,087,000 Above 12 Have you dreamed about downsizing to estate market in San Francisco. Of course, 1853 Filbert Street 2BD/2BA $1,095,000 At 99 2832 Lyon Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,610,000 Above 16 a shiny new condo in a luxury high-rise you can transfer your basis very easily in building or maybe a beautifully remodeled San Francisco, but you can also consider Lake 143 9th Avenue #A 1BD/1BA $510,000 Above 57 2438 Lake Street #1 2BD/1BA $570,000 Above 27 smaller house? Something turnkey, where one of the other nine counties that allow 1307 Lake Street 1BD/1BA $720,000 Above 20 you can lock the door and leave it safely the transfer and buy into a much lower- 5530 California Street 2BD/1BA $780,000 Above 11 behind to travel the world for a few months? cost real estate market. 840 Lake Street #4 2BD/1BA $799,000 At 51 845 Lake Street #11 2BD/2BA $900,000 Below 28 If you read the real estate ads, you might be If you want to stay in San Francisco, 89 6th Avenue 2BD/1.5BA $1,215,000 Below 71 shocked by today’s high prices. Yes, that nice there are many reasons to do so. The city 245 Lake Street 3BD/2BA $1,300,000 Below 12 little condo, much easier to care for than is vibrant and we think keeps you young,

Laurel Heights 8 Jordan Avenue #7 2BD/2BA $1,200,000 Above 29 your current large home, is now selling for if not young at heart. There are also several $2 million. And in normal circumstances, neighborhoods that are up and coming and Lone Mountain 2480 Fulton Street #4 1BD/1BA $605,000 Above 20 the property tax basis for that condo is $2 still have more affordability. A few of our Marina 2466 Francisco Street #102 1BD/1BA $638,625 Below 49 million, significantly more than your cur- favorites: West Portal for its friendly atmo- 190 Cervantes Boulevard #102 1BD/1BA $810,000 Above 19 rent $700,000 basis from your purchase sphere and walkability. It truly feels like a 1655 Chestnut Street #103 2BD/2BA $975,000 Above 19 165 Alhambra Street 2BD/1.25BA $1,150,000 Above 94 price 28 years ago. There is no way you want version of Mayberry, where you know your 1626 North Point Street #202 2BD/2BA $1,200,000 At 43 to pay more property taxes. So you think neighbors and shopkeepers. Golden Gate 3542 Broderick Street 2BD/1BA $1,200,000 Above 38 you can’t afford to move? Heights has fantastic views and has easy 3423 Divisadero Street 2BD/2.5BA $1,225,000 At 0 3417 Divisadero Street 2BD/1.5BA $1,245,075 Below 85 Let us share some good news with you, access to dining on Irving Street and close 3650 Webster Street 2BD/1.25BA $1,310,000 Above 0 which will probably change your mind. proximity to West Portal. The Inner Sunset 56 Casa Way 4BD/3BA $2,400,000 Below 50 If you are one of these people, and you and Sunset offer some very good value as Nob Hill 1177 California Street #225 0BD/1BA $460,000 Below 67 or your spouse is 55 or older, you can take well. Bernal Heights is red hot right now 901 Powell Street #2 1BD/1.5BA $610,000 Above 24 advantage of Proposition 60. Prop 60 was and has a small-town feel in the midst of the 1440 Broadway #302 1BD/1BA $682,500 Above 47 1153 Leavenworth Street 2BD/1BA $775,000 Above 45 passed in 1986 and allows homeowners, larger cosmopolitan city. 850 Powell Street #605 1BD/2BA $995,000 At 61 under very specific conditions, 1333 Jones Street #1606 2BD/2BA $3,800,000 Below 265 to transfer their property tax North Beach 20 Vandewater Street 2BD/2BA $1,130,000 Below 38 basis. This means you can still live in this wonderful city and There are neighborhoods that Pacific Heights 2077 Jackson Street #204 1BD/1BA $615,000 Above 29 2211 California Street #407 1BD/1BA $625,000 Above 22 continue to pay low taxes. 2550 Gough Street #2 1BD/1BA $815,000 Above 34 Prop 60 allows you to cash are up and coming and still 3167 Sacramento Street 2BD/1BA $820,000 Below 39 out of your large home in Pacific 1701 Jackson Street #206 2BD/2BA $825,000 Below 59 more affordable. 1835 Franklin Street #703 2BD/2BA $840,000 Above 14 Heights, now worth $3 million 1835 Franklin Street #601 2BD/2BA $950,000 Above 15 or more, buy a home for the 2090 Pacific Avenue #305 1BD/1BA $1,200,000 Above 22 2200-2200 Pacific Avenue #3A 2BD/2BA $1,290,000 Below 29 same or lesser value, and transfer your tax For walkability and easy access 2821 Buchanan Street #2 2BD/1BA $1,330,000 Above 25 basis of $700,000 from your old home. to downtown, we love the North 2100 Green Street #302 2BD/2BA $1,415,000 Below 140 The following are the basic guidelines, Waterfront. Stroll to the Embarcadero, 2447 Jackson Street 3BD/2BA $1,730,000 Below 77 3228 Clay Street 4BD/2BA $1,780,000 Above 13 but go to the California State Board of Ferry Building, or center of the City. 2469 Vallejo Street 3BD/2.5BA $1,866,000 Above 17 Equalization web site for specific informa- Leave the hills behind. South Beach and 1930 Jackson Street 2BD/2BA $2,410,000 Above 10 2220 Sacramento Street 5BD/6.5BA $4,085,000 Below 154 tion (www.boe.ca.gov/lawguides/property/ the Mission Bay area are home to several current/ptlg/rt/69-5.html). luxury developments and great weather. Presidio Heights 360 Locust Street #2 2BD/1BA $660,000 Above 28 Maybe it’s time to explore other neigh- 3701 Clay Street #4 4BD/3BA $2,600,000 Below 82 • Both the original property and its borhoods; you’re New Year’s resolution Russian Hill 2 Fallon Place #9 0BD/1BA $500,000 Above 29 replacement must be located in the same might include a move. 1050 North Point Street #706 1BD/1BA $575,000 Below 32 county except for the nine counties as of This information is provided as a brief 2124 Hyde Street #6 2BD/1BA $640,000 At 133 1438 Green Street #2B 1BD/1BA $775,000 Above 34 September 2013 that allow intercountry overview. If you are considering this tax 1150 Lombard Street #16 1BD/1BA $910,000 Below 59 transfers. The nine counties that allow advantage, please consult a professional 870 North Point Street #101 2BD/2BA $1,010,000 Above 51 1934 Leavenworth Street 2BD/1BA $1,135,000 Above 25 this under the related Proposition 90 are tax specialist. If the new property is even 72 Macondray Lane #4 1BD/2BA $1,375,000 Above 44 Alameda, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Orange, $1 over value of your current home, you 749 Chestnut Street 3BD/2BA $1,560,000 Above 11 Riverside, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa will not be able to transfer the basis. 1750 Taylor Street #203 2BD/2BA $3,000,000 Above 54 Clara, and Ventura. (This means that you Sea Cliff 6514 California Street 3BD/2BA $1,120,000 Above 22 can move either within San Francisco or to Carrie Goodman and Lisa Miller are a home in one of these counties and pre- Realtors at Paragon Real Estate Group in Telegraph Hill 1120 Kearny Street #1120 2BD/1BA $695,000 Below 44 serve your tax basis.) San Francisco. Carrie + Lisa are in the top The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is • As of the date of the transfer of the 1 percent of Realtors in San Francisco and accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. 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Francisco Real Estate market will remain strong in 2014. The tech sector is doing very well, and with the new IPOs the demand remains strong and cash is readily available. The biggest problem is the lack of inventory in all parts of the city. This goes back to the old economics rule of supply and demand. Demand is high, supply is low, so prices will continue to rise. PAUL BARBAGELATA, Barbagelata Real Estate, www.realestatesf.com: More of the same from the late 2013 market. The spring will have the most inventory avail- able for buyers and should be healthy and strong. There really seems to be a 10-to-1

ratio of buyers to good quality property. The Amanda Jones photo: Sotheby’s International Realty San Francisco market will continue to have fewer sellers “selling,” therefore the demand for below-market rents, a landlord would will create bidding wars again. have no incentive to vacate rental units. This CAROLE ISAACS, McGuire Real way the population would be subsidizing Estate, www.caroleisaacs.com: There is a rent control instead of individual landlords. pent-up demand for housing. Prices will I firmly believe that to resolve the problem, continue to rise, but not at the rate of 2013. we need to incentivize people to keep lower- As new construction sells, the developers paying tenants in their properties. have raised their prices as much as 10 per- AHLBERG: Affordability has been an cent on remaining condos in their buildings. issue in San Francisco for as long as I can As long as there is a demand, the prices will remember. Thirty years ago when I joined continue to go up. Hill and Co., I distinctly remember hav- ing a conversation with someone wanting Affordability has become a hot political to relocate here from the Midwest. They topic in the City. Do you expect city lead- were shocked at the prices. At the time, I ers to do anything to try to moderate the commented that the only ones who did not housing market or to incentivize afford- seem to be shocked were those relocating able housing development and retention? from New York City. I would be very upset JONES: The City needs to restructure if the city leaders try to moderate the hous- some of the existing zoning to allow for ing market. One of our inalienable rights is more higher-density projects near transit. property rights. We already have restraint We have many lower-income housing proj- on that with rent control. Real estate sales ects just sitting there ready to be rebuilt into should be free market. If the City wants mixed use hybrid opportunities. The land is more affordable housing, they should try to there, let’s use it! I also feel that many of the attract developers to build more of it and/or affordability housing programs are geared buy property to be able to provide more of it, for singles or couples and not for families; as they did in Twin Peaks on Goldmine Hill. some thought has to be put into creating BARBAGELATA: The reality is San family friendly options of larger units. Francisco is just too darn small to accom- KROPP: Unfortunately no, I don’t expect modate the demand associated with the Richard Willets, resident since 2013 anything substantial to happen regarding hot tech boom. Having mandatory afford- affordable housing. The market is moving able housing attached to new development too fast for our city agencies to get ahead of — which is a current zoning requirement You Can Stay it right now. The political process is a slow- — is only a solution for a small fraction moving beast, and many laws and policies of our citizens. Treasure Island should have actually had the exact opposite impact be developed for massive quality hous- than was intended. There is a political strug- ing at reasonable price points that allows gle for power right now in City Hall as well, renters a chance to be close to city limits. as is evident by the proposed construction on TICs are still a great option for people to ACTIVE 8 Washington Street, making it tougher for become buyers and own a piece of San Without Running A Marathon. real change to occur. My hope is that some- Francisco, as the price points are still rela- one will move toward carrying the burden tively affordable for SF standards. of rent control and lower income housing ISAACS: It is tricky to push for more Although Richard has clocked a marathon in just over the population instead of individual affordable housing, because developers can landlords. By simply providing a tax credit investor, continued on 27 over three hours, you can stay active at San Francisco

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26 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com Left to right: Stephanie Ahlberg; Kevin Kropp; Paul Barbagelata; Carole Isaacs photos: Hill & Co. Real Estate; Vanguard Realty; Barbagelata Real Estate; McGuire Real Estate Investor we have to keep interest rates in perspective. JONES: Mission Dolores, Noe, Glen Park, neighborhoods like Inner Mission, Mission, continued from page 26 When I started in real estate sales in 1980, rates and Nopa. Areas near the shuttle routes and Potrero, Noe Valley — especially Liberty Hill, were 18 percent. I never thought we would mass transit are always in demand. now known as Facebook Hill — etc. They like take their money anywhere. We are in a see single digit again. So to have rates where KROPP: The neighborhoods showing being in a neighborhood that their friends period where our city politicians are very we have for the last several years is fantastic. the largest growth over 2013 have been live in and have lots of walk-to destinations. pro-development, and I don’t expect any Buyers should take advantage of it. Even if rates the Mission district and Valencia corridor, These areas have caught on to that and many serious change that will add more units of rise somewhat, which is expected, they are still with condo prices reaching $1,600 per new restaurants, bars, and clubs are open- affordable housing in the near future. very low. Sellers should keep the potential rise square foot. I am expecting the tech com- ing up. So those areas will remain strong. in mind as well. As rates rise, even modestly, munity to continue to push deeper into Neighborhoods on the high-tech and Genetec Interest rates remain low, albeit up slightly it impacts buyers’ buying power. However, in the Mission, as the market will continue to bus routes will remain strong. The north side over the past year. Do you expect them to San Francisco we have many all-cash buyers be competitive. One of the largest growth of town is always strong. Established neigh- increase, stay the same, or decrease? who don’t care if rates move. If rates rise sig- areas in the city for 2013 and I am expect- borhoods like Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific JONES: Rates will edge up, and we may see nificantly, it might slow down price increases. ing for 2014 will be the Dogpatch and Heights, Presidio Heights, and Russian Hill some more flexibility in terms of down pay- BARBAGELATA: I think the new Fed Bayview districts. These two areas along should remain in high demand. The buses ment percentage going down from 20 percent Chief is not going to rock the economic the Third Street rail have shown huge mentioned stop along Lombard, allowing to 10 percent in some key price categories. boat with significant increases. Fractional gains in values, and houses in the Bayview those high-tech workers who want to be in KROPP: I am expecting interest rates to increases and decreases as needed will be the have seen increases in values of well over the Marina to easily live and play there. tick up slightly over the next 12 months as norm, in my opinion. 50 percent. I expect the area to continue BARBAGELATA: Mission, Noe Valley, the economy continues to recover and the ISAACS: There will not be enough change to evolve, bringing home prices into the South Beach, Telegraph Hill. housing market continues to show strength. to price current buyers out of the market. low 600’s for a two-bedroom property and ISAACS: Inner Mission, Noe Valley, I would expect the interest rates to approach going up from there for larger homes. anywhere South of Market from the 5.25 percent over 2014. What do you think will be the top neigh- AHLBERG: The southern swath of the Embarcadero to the Castro. AHLBERG: All indications are that interest borhoods in San Francisco in terms of city has taken off due to the high tech sector. rates will remain low but will rise. However, residential housing demand in 2014? That younger demographic likes the trending E-mail: [email protected]

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n December, we learned about the quirky crimes of Mamoru Demizu. The unemployed man was accused of breaking into homes in western IJapan to steal jewels, cash, and other valuables, all for the purpose of feeding 120 stray cats. He wanted them to have gourmet food — fresh fish and chicken, “not cheap canned food,” according to Japanese police. His haul from the thefts was around $185,000 — all of which went to support the cats’ $272 daily food bill. That, you say, is going too far. That, your cat says, is a good start. Extreme as Mamoru’s approach was, the desire to elevate the quality of food our fangy furry friends eat is not crazy. Cats are supremely carnivorous creatures; when we take them into our homes and give them some artificially and mysteriously mixed up stuff from a pet food company, we often do it without thinking about how different it is from the food cats would eat if they were on their own. The substitutions we have made in the name of simplicity can result in the cats missing something in their diets that they really need. Frequently in the Marina Times, Thalia Farshchian writes about the importance of diet in everyday human health. So many of the problems we complain about — sleeplessness, lethargy, weight, even hang- overs — can be lessened or even eliminated by making smarter food choices. Murray with Casey, age 10, the German shepherd who started it all photo: courtesy Mike Murray The same is true with cats, perhaps even more so. (A cat can even get diabetes and then send it into remission, which is a trick they could show us if they wanted to display a little gratitude for all the good Mike Murray food and petting.) Our two-cat household is a gourmet feline’s delight, but we don’t do it because we like spending money, Chairman, Golden State German Shepherd Rescue and our neighbors don’t need to fear us breaking in to grab their television or silverware to hock for cash. by susan dyer reynolds ship stemming from our mutual in parts of the Central Valley of But our approach is still more expensive than what love and respect for this breed. California. We rescue German most people provide for their felines, and it takes Years involved with animal rescue: 20 We are an all-volunteer, nonprof- shepherds in areas where we have more time to prepare. it organization; we have no paid volunteers available. That, our cats would say, is only appropriate. Tell us about your organization. staff or facility. We are recog- Our interest in improving our cats’ diet began with Our mission is to provide educa- nized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) How did you get involved with rescue? a cat we had more than a decade ago, a beautiful tion about the German shepherd public charity and all donations I bought a German shepherd longhaired tom whose fur was an almost bluish grey. dog, find homes for abandoned are tax deductible. Our volun- from a breeder here in the Bay He was a big, gentle cat. As Max got older, however, German shepherds, and to build teers and rescued dogs are located Area and she encouraged me to he slowed down, which would certainly be natural for a community within our orga- in the San Francisco Bay Area join their club. Several women in any animal in its dotage. Still, we looked for possible nization of support and friend- region of Northern California and mike murray, continued on 32 cathouse, continued on 30

Her favorite things bat, and it had completely Sky’s Buys Pit of the Month fused shut on one side. They named him Phineas (Phinny for short). His face Homemade pumpkin- was a bit lopsided and he had small fractures through- peanut butter doggy out his facial bones, but nothing could diminish his spirit. Despite all he’d been frozen yogurt through, the shelter staff quickly noticed that he was by susan dyer reynolds full of love, trust, and affec- tion (including that trade- kylar loves doggy fro-yo. She gets one mark pittie full body wiggle). every night around the same time, and she even How he managed to survive waits in front of the refrigerator, her big green without being able to open Seyes traveling from the freezer to me and back to the his mouth perplexed the freezer. The probiotics in yogurt help regulate Sky’s staff, but then again, pitties sensitive stomach. The problem is, store-bought brands are incredibly resilient, often Phinny next to his new best friend photo: courtesy contra costa humane society can be pricey (around $10 for four half-cup servings). enduring unimaginable cru- So I decided to start making doggy fro-yo — not only elty from neglectful, abusive is it easy and much more economical, you know where After beating fused his jaw shut, owners. If given the chance, all the ingredients are coming from (and what they are). however, they overcome I went to the grocery store and purchased Glad mini- their horrendous begin- round containers with lids; they come eight to a package, Phinny is ready for a forever home nings, loving and trusting are made of BPA-free plastic, and are dishwasher safe. anyone who is kind to them, After a lot of research, I chose Mountain High Original by susan dyer reynolds starving, she tried to give Humane Society where a and becoming amazing Plain Yoghurt because it contains just cultures and milk him some dry dog food but veterinary exam and subse- family members. (no gelatins or thickeners). I also use organic unsweet- hen a woman noticed he was only able to quent x-rays revealed that One of the shelter’s vol- ened crunchy peanut butter (any brand will do). Then saw a 1-year-old move it around in the bowl. the dog’s jaw had been badly unteers, Megan, fell in love I started experimenting with various nuts and treats pit bull-boxer The Good Samaritan took broken when he was a young with Phinny immediately doggy fro-yo, continued on 32 Wmix wandering the streets him to the Contra Costa puppy, likely with a baseball phinny continued on 32

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Wiener respond to 13,000 calls per year, that ACC isn’t just about animals. continued from page 1 and there are many more calls “People who abuse or neglect ani- they can’t respond to because they mals often abuse and neglect chil- knew I needed to do something. don’t have the resources. ACC dren and spouses. The ability to I wanted to shed public light on Executive Director Rebecca Katz, investigate all cases of abuse and this issue.” a tireless advocate for the animals neglect and not just the most hei- So on Nov. 7, 2013, Supervisor in her care, as well as for her dedi- nous will save human lives as well, Wiener, along with co-sponsor cated staff and volunteers, told if ACC has enough staffing to do District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang, the committee that the agency has so.” Stephens also reminded the brought the issue before the Board just one officer on duty at night committee that ACC is crucial to of Supervisors Neighborhood and two during the day. the city’s disaster planning. “But Services & Safety Committee. In “Eleven officers, 24/7 — that’s that may not matter if the build- his introductory remarks, Wiener even worse than park patrol, and ing that houses ACC and our ani- pointed out that ACC doesn’t turn they have 24, which is pathetic,” mals is not rebuilt,” she said. “In away any animals. “San Francisco Wiener responded. the event of a major earthquake, is if nothing else an animal city,” ACC’s outdated, inadequate we expect ACC to care for our he said. “ACC has run at a defi- facility is another major issue. “To animals … but that would be a lot cit for the past seven years and truly understand, you need to see harder to do if the shelter can’t be they have very few officers in the the facility as I have,” District 1 used because it’s no longer safe. field to deal with animal abuse, Supervisor Eric Mar said. “When So please find a way to rebuild neglect, even barking dogs; I am I visited the feral cats and abused ACC’s facility.” Stephens also getting more calls from my con- dogs there, it was obvious more praised ACC for doing so much stituents about aggressive dogs staff is needed to interact with with so little. “They are chroni- in dog parks … there’s been a and socialize the animals, which cally under-budgeted and under- significant increase in staffed. They could do District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener grew up with pets, launching owner surrenders and so much more if they a lifelong love of animals photo: COURTESY SCOTT WIENER abuse cases, but we have had the resources. For not upped their staff. ACC takes in more than example, they could makes it a whole lot easier to get a hoarding situation, or taking in ACC gets 31 field calls administer programs to no kill.” a dog like Charlie, the troubled a day and has staffing to 10,000 animals annually, with to pair shelter animals SF/SPCA Director of Advocacy dog (with an even more troubled respond to just seven of with kids in the juve- Brandy Kuentzel made a P.R. owner) that attacked a police those calls.” an average of 500 animals nile justice center or pitch about her multimillion dol- horse, is frankly absurd. ACC is responsible inmates in county jail.” lar private organization’s “amaz- Back at City Hall, Wiener for all of San Francisco’s housed there daily. Stephens also spoke to ing” work, which many in the expressed frustration that very stray, injured, aban- the efforts of animal audience felt was inappropriate basic city functions can’t be per- doned, neglected, and mistreat- is critical, but it’s also a very old advocacy groups to make San at a hearing about helping ACC. formed due to ACC’s severe lack ed animals — domesticated and building without modern day Francisco a no kill city, meaning Kuentzel said that having two ani- of funding. “We’re not asking for wild — as well as enforcement of facilities to care for the needs of no “adoptable” animal is eutha- mal shelters across the street from the moon, here,” he said. “ACC has all state and local animal control the animals.” nized. “To be successful, no kill each other wasn’t “optimal” and had the same cuts in bad years, and welfare laws. A presentation “How did this happen?” Wiener requires, among other things, “confused people.” It was a thinly but it hasn’t been restored in good by the city administrator’s office asked. “ACC does so much, and extensive public outreach and veiled way of saying the SF/SPCA years. There hasn’t been a global showed that ACC’s budget has the budget is woefully low; it’s education programs, and sig- would like to be the only place to look at ACC or what they do.” not kept pace with the increased pretty stark.” nificant behavioral training in adopt an animal in San Francisco Wiener also said that the need for services, going from $3 “The building was built in 1939 the shelter, all of which requires (and the only place to send your squeaky wheel gets the budget. “I million in 2003 to $4.9 million as a warehouse,” Katz explained. adequate staffing to carry it out, donations), but subsequent speak- encourage people who care about in 2013. ACC takes in more than “In 1988 the city received notice something ACC does not have ers pointed out that the SF/SPCA animal welfare to get involved; 10,000 animals annually, with an from the San Francisco SPCA that and has not had for many years. “cherry picks” the most adoptable organize; be vocal.” average of 500 animals housed at they would no longer contract for ACC is an open shelter — they’re animals from all over California the shelter on any given day. With animal services; I don’t know how required to take any and all ani- and beyond, and does not accept For more information on what a staff of just over 40, each atten- they did it as quickly as they did, mals that come through the door.” owner surrenders. It is clear that you can do to support Supervisor dant deals with approximately 50 but the city converted the space to Since the majority of “no kill” the SF/SPCA, despite its millions Scott Wiener’s efforts to help animals, and the agency has only become ACC.” shelters in the country are not of dollars, could not do what ACC ACC, contact his office at 415- one veterinarian and one vet tech. Sally Stephens, chairwoman of open door shelters, Stephens said, manages to do even on its minis- 554-6968. For more information In the field, ACC has a total of 11 the advisory Animal Control and “they can and do refuse to accept cule budget. The idea of the SF/ on ACC and how you can help, officers and 1 field supervisor to Welfare Commission, pointed out unadoptable animals, which SPCA rescuing 300 pet rats from visit www.helpacc.org.

up the baggie in a bowl of on your food by using the three of them would turn We still take time to hot water before serving it, freezer your dog’s savings out to be spoiled, regard- add other elements to the still warm, to Max. bought! And who can place less of the sell-by date. canned or dry food. For Max’s transformation was a dollar value on a dog living A big bag of liver usual- example, as our aging Maine dramatic. He began to dis- longer? What would it mean ly fared better, but that, Coon, Charlie — who looks play the energy of a cat five to you to have your best too, was not always fresh like a little lion — began years younger than he was, friend with you for an extra and usable. showing signs of arthritis, and the cat we had begun year or more?” The problem wasn’t the we began including some to think was going to spend Today, there are many cost of buying the food, and natural ingredients that the rest of his days sleeping resources for a feline raw we didn’t mind the 15 min- help with joint flexibility. and slowly walking around food diet. (Just Google utes it would take us each They nearly immediately was able to jump and run raw food diet for cats and week to make the meals. The increased his agility, much once again. start digging through your problem was the cost of hav- to the chagrin of our other More expensive than the nearly 2.5 million results.) ing to go back to the store cat, Ashes, who gets tired traditional approach? Yes, With our current cats, we and buy yet more chicken of being chased by Charlie. but my attitude is echoed knew from the start there hearts or liver, and the As I sit in my office writ- by veterinarian Dr. Laurie was no way we were going repeated 15 minutes it took ing these words, Charlie is Charlie digs into his food, unaware that it has been spe- S. Coger, who wrote about to buy them sitting on the cially concocted just for him photo: john zipperer raw food diets for dogs last prepackaged floor under year on the (Albany, N.Y.) cat foods my desk, purr- Cathouse ing up with a mix of things Times Union website. Her in which Google raw food diet for cats ing loudly. continued from page 28 tailored for our older male words are equally applicable grain is the I know his cat. Thus began our regi- to cats: “[T]here are sav- first ingre- and get 2.5 million results. routine; he ways to help him with the men of chopping up chicken ings as your dog becomes dient and didn’t like the general aches and pains of hearts (purchased from gro- healthier when eating a nat- there are various myste- to make the meals. And it wet food we gave him this aging, and we got interested cery stores or restaurants) ural, raw diet. Imagine the rious byproducts among happened frequently. So we morning, and he’s telling me in a raw food diet for the cat. and liver, mixing a portion savings if you don’t have to the other ingredients. So began to look around for a that I clearly made a mistake There was not a lot of of it with ground turkey or go to the veterinarian for we started again with the better way. That led us back because he’s sure I intended information available on the a bit of red meat for taurine, an ear infection, or bout of chopping and the freezing to prepackaged food, in an to give him some salmon or topic at the time, and there and perhaps some other gastrointestinal upset? Let’s and the warming, but a updated way. But by then, his favorite dry food. That was more than a little unin- elements to address specif- say you save two veterinary persistent problem for us there were more brands like would be one error I can cor- formed crankery out there. ic needs of Max. Then we visits per year — that’s eas- was that the raw meat was Halo that use premium- rect, but I won’t. He needs to Luckily, one of us is a chem- would freeze each individu- ily $100–$200, depending often bad when we pur- quality ingredients and are eat the wet food, and on this, ist and was able to wade ally bagged meal, removing on your location. There’s the chased it. We might buy formulated with an animal’s I can wait him out. through the false claims and it from the freezer when it cost of your freezer! And the four packages filled with health in mind, not just ease junk cures, eventually com- was mealtime and heating bonus is you can save money chicken hearts and two or of production. E-mail: [email protected]

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mal dog now.” Phinny has been Doggy Fro-Yo Barefoot Contessa” Garten says, given a clean bill of health and is continued from page 28 “Why bother when, in this case, not expected to have any residual the canned version is just as good.” issues with his once-broken jaw. tucked into the mixture. Sky loves Phinny is sweet, smart, and eager jerky, and what dog doesn’t love HOMEMADE PUMPKIN-PEANUT to learn, just as happy snuggling bacon, so I crumble up Fruitables BUTTER DOGGY FRO-YO on the couch as he is going on Thick Cut Bacon Whole Jerky Makes 8 half-cup servings a great adventure. He loves other treats, which I purchase at Pet dogs and would do great in a home Food Express (the ingredients are 4 cups plain yogurt (Greek or with other doggy pals his size with bacon — unsalted, of course — regular) similar “big dog” playing styles, and natural flavor), and I tuck 2 cups Fruitables Pumpkin or but he would also enjoy being the them into the cups of yogurt plain pumpkin purée only dog in the house so he can before freezing. 4 heaping tablespoons organic soak up all the love he missed in Sky’s favorite is pumpkin-pea- unsweetened peanut butter his earlier life. (His foster mom, nut butter, and because pumpkin (smooth or crunchy) Megan, has three other dogs, and promotes a healthy digestive sys- 1 tablespoon honey because she loves Phinny so much, tem (it’s low calorie and contains 2 or 3 Fruitables Thick Cut Bacon she wants him to find a forever soluble and insoluble fiber), it’s Whole Jerky treats or your home where he will get all the my favorite, too. I use Fruitables dog’s favorite treats (optional) attention he craves.) Pumpkin Digestive Supplement If you’re interested in adopting for Dogs (also available at Pet In a large mixing bowl, combine Phinny and giving him the happily- Food Express), which contains yogurt and pumpkin and stir until ever-after he so deserves, please fresh pumpkin, ginger and cin- well incorporated. Fold in peanut complete an adoption application namon, but any organic canned butter and honey, scraping the bot- Phinny cuddling with his foster mom photo: courtesy savannahspawtracks.com at www.cchumane.org. Once sub- pumpkin works tom of the bowl mitted, the staff will review it and (I hear Trader occasionally, Phinny help and support of so many won- set up a meet-and-greet. You can Joe’s makes one and mix until all continued from page 28 derful Phinny Fans, and the gifted also find Phinny on www.petfinder. that dogs go Trader Joe’s ingredients are hands of Dr. Smith and the caring com (ID: 27527549, ad number crazy for). Just well combined. and decided to foster him. Because staff at SAGE Veterinary Centers 30145949). be sure you’re makes a canned Spoon the mix- his jaw was fused shut, Phinny in Dublin, Phinny was able to If you’d like to know more about not buying pumpkin that ture into the was only able to eat watered-down have the extensive six-hour sur- Phinny after hours when the office canned pump- half-cup con- wet food administered through gery he needed to repair his jaw,” is closed, please contact Megan kin pie filling, dogs go crazy for. tainers, leaving a syringe. Like most pitties, he the shelter says. “And after wak- Vaneck at 707-419-9833. which contains a little room at wanted more than anything to ing up from anesthesia, he ate his Contra Costa Humane Society: too many spices (though you can the top. For an added treat, press give kisses, but he wasn’t able to, very first treat. With some physi- 171 Mayhew Way, Suite 101, Pleasant add dashes of ginger and cinna- pieces of bacon jerky or your dog’s so the shelter launched the Help cal therapy, he’s regained about Hill, CA 94523, 925-279-2247, mon to the plain pumpkin). Of favorite treats into the thick mix- Phinny Kiss Campaign, and dona- 80 percent range of motion with www.cchumane.org course, if you’re feeling ambitious ture. Cover and freeze. tions poured in from all over the his jaw, and is able to chew and you can roast and purée your country and beyond. “With the eat and give kisses like a nor- E-mail: [email protected] own pumpkin, but as Ina “the E-mail: [email protected]

Mike Murray What is the age range of the dogs at change about nine years ago and use my A dog who is a great success story … continued from page 28 your rescue? background, which was sales and market- Little Nikko might be just about one All ages. We get litters of puppies to ing, to do what I loved to do, and that was of my favorite rescue dogs of all time. the club were going to local shelters and senior dogs of 12 years or older and be involved in animal welfare. Fortunately The shelter was going to have him put getting dogs out as they could. I knew everything in between. for me, Pet Food Express was looking for down because of multiple health issues. absolutely nothing about shelters then; someone who understood the rescue and He had a very weak immune system, in fact, I had never been to one until I Most people assume dogs in shelters are shelter world to head up their community which was causing all kinds of prob- volunteered to help them. My first rescue all “mutts,” but many of your dogs — like projects, and who could help them bring lems and we didn’t know, as we treated role was transporting a 14-month-old many dogs in shelters — are purebreds. together what the company had to offer with one thing after another, whether he was German shepherd who had run out of How do they wind up at shelters? where the greatest need was for the animals. going to live or die. He was small for a time at a local shelter and was going to It is estimated that 25 percent of all dogs I get unbelievable support from those two German shepherd, more like the size of be put down. I walked him out to my in shelters are purebreds. Many people guys, who are truly animal lovers first and a 6-month-old puppy, but he was already car, and he was jumping up and licking get a puppy from a breeder without con- foremost, to help in so many different areas. about a year old. He was shy and fearful my face and just full of joy. I thought sidering the long-term commitment that It is a very gratifying job not only in what around strangers, yet so sweet and lov- to myself, This dog was going to be dead is required. you can do, ing once he knew he could trust you. tomorrow because no one bothered to Once the but who you We fostered him at our house for many help him? That was simply unacceptable, “cute puppy” get to do it months, and there was something about and I started helping more and more, novelty Not only did Nikko survive, with. From a his little sweet, sad face, that just made until I took it over about a year later and wears off, company that you pull all that much harder for him formed San Francisco German Shepherd the dog gets he has gone on to be a believes in to survive. Not only did Nikko survive, Rescue with two other people who were less and less making a dif- he has gone on to to be a therapy dog, also involved. attention, therapy dog, visiting ference to all visiting assisted-living facilities where little or no the passionate all the residents love this little guy. He What do you love about German shepherds? training, and assisted-living facilities. and commit- remembers his foster dad, too — when While I love all animals, the loyalty, intel- is usually left ted animal I saw him at an event a few months ago, ligence, and versatility of the German shep- alone for much of the time, where they advocates throughout the rescue and shelter he pulled his owner across the room to herd dog has always stuck with me. From get bored. The dog might start barking community. Those people inspire me each come over and greet me. guide dogs for the blind, to police K-9 or doing some kind of destructive behav- and every day. officers, therapy dogs, search and rescue ior like digging, and the frustrated owner Where can people go online to find dogs, herding dogs, drug and bomb detec- dumps them off at the local shelter. A dog I’d really like to see adopted is … out more, see adoptable dogs, volunteer, tion dogs, military dogs, and of course, they Or unfortunately in recent years people Jedi, who came out of a high-kill shel- foster, or donate? make great family members. have had to downsize their housing or ter in the Central Valley. This beautiful, At www.gsgsrescue.org. All available dogs, have lost their homes and cannot take a big — 105 pounds — solid black male events and ways to help are listed there. Who would make the ideal guardian for a large dog with them. Sometimes it is a was another one of those examples of the German shepherd? divorce with both moving into non-dog- “How did this dog end up here?” ques- Golden State German Shepherd Rescue: The ideal guardian is someone who friendly housing, or maybe it is simply tions you ask at the shelter. Soon after P.O. Box 2956, Alameda, CA 94501, understands this is a breed that is very too much dog for some people — or they coming into rescue, he suffered what is 877-447-4717, goldenstategsr@earthlink. much a pack animal and will bond very didn’t do their homework on the breed, often a fatal condition called torsion. This net, www.gsgsrescue.org closely with its human or animal pack. which is imperative when considering is where the stomach flips, and cuts off This is a dog that needs to be engaged any dog. the blood supply, causing an extremely UPCOMING EVENTS with its family. From lying next to you painful and serious condition. We rushed •t 1s Saturday of each month at Pet Food watching TV, to taking walks or doing Your “day job” at Pet Food Express also him into surgery, where they tacked the Express in Blackhawk, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. some sort of activity like agility or “nose involves working with shelters and res- stomach to the abdominal wall, prevent- •d 2n Saturday of each month at Pet Food work,” the German shepherd is happiest cue groups. How did you wind up with ing this from reoccurring, and they also Express in Blossom Hill, noon–2 p.m. when busy. But not every one of them is such a perfect job? had to remove his spleen, which had been •d 3r Saturday of each month at Pet Food a high-energy “go, go” type of dog, either. I had known Michael and Mark, the own- affected. After $8,000 of emergency medi- Express in Napa, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. We get couch potatoes in rescue like any ers of Pet Food Express, for a number of cal care (which is why we fundraise!), he • October 2014 annual gala fundraiser other breed. The real key is to match the years before I went to work for the company, is in foster care, waiting for his perfect (date and location will be announced early dog’s temperament and energy level with as they had helped my start-up rescue group home. You can find more about Jedi by in the new year). the person or family it is going to. Rescue with food, supplies, and locations to hold going to www.gsgsrescue.org and clicking is certainly not about one size fits all. adoption events. I decided to make a career on the dog tab. E-mail: [email protected]

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JULIETTE SPICE Meet Juliette! She is approximately Spice is a darling one year old 7 months old and a long hair Ger- Lab/Shepherd mix girl who is man Shepherd mix. She was res- looking for a home. Spice is about cued from San Jose shelter where 40lbs- she is coming to us from she was shy, but she is quickly blos- the Glenn County Shelter. She’s soming into a confident, playful pup. a loving girl who enjoys being with She is great with dogs of all sizes, but because she loves to her people. She would be best play with dogs and doesn’t know her size, we recommend she as an only dog with one or two go to a home without a small dog, but larger dogs make great people. She can be shy at first playmates! She is an active puppy and will need exercise daily. but warms right up.She needs a home who will give her Training is also a recommendation as she is an eager learner! plenty of exercise. She does great in a car and on leash as well. In addition to be- ing an active puppy she is a great cuddler and she loves her down time, hanging out with you! FRANK & BARNEY Meet Frank & Barney! SUZY Q Barney is a healthy 1 1/2 yr old chihuahua Meet Suzy Q! She is a 3 year old mix was found with his Yorkshire Terrier mix that was res- brother Frank happily cued from the San Jose shelter. playing on a busy free- She was matted so the shelter had way in Oakland! He’s to shave down her body, hence the super freindly, great with unique hairstyle she is rocking for kids, and has my 10 yr the holidays! She is a very sweet girl old fox terrier so in love with him that shes bouncing around like and loves to be with you at all times. She has long legs and a puppy! He would never bare his teeth to a human. Eager to she can jump very high and climb right into your lap for cud- please and prefers to go potty on the grass which means he’s dles! She is also very active and spunky. She’s crate trained house trainable. Very attached to his brother Frank but can be and does great with dogs of all sizes! Suzy Q is ready to jump adpoted seperately. Loves cuddles, walks and treats. into your lap and heart! Frank, a 1 1/2 yr old chihuahua mix, is the quieter of the 2 but also the smartest. He’s the one who figures out how to open CHEWIE the treat bag or escape from a cage. Really I think he must be Houdini reincarnated! He alternately loves and fights with his Meet Chewie. Chewie spent two brother Barney but can be adopted separately. Great with kids! months in the shelter, patiently wait- ing for a home. All of his kennel mates were adopted, but no one wanted an PAXTI older dog. He maintained a positive attitude, but his time was running Meet Paxti, a darling, 6 month old out. Fortunately, Rocket Dog Rescue American Bulldog mix. This sweet- agreed to take him in, after the shel- heart is a true gem — she’s loving, ter staff asked that he be saved too. Chewie is about 10 years gentle and kind. She does well with old and weighs around 12 pounds. I think he is a chihuahua/pug kids, and with most other dogs (she mix. He is very sweet, mellow, submissive and dog friendly! He was raised with her two sisters). Paxti will make a great companion to anyone looking for a mellow dog, would love an active home where she could walk along the Ma- or as a companion to another older dog. Please consider giving rina Green or Crissy Field. She’s energetic but not hyper, and this guy the home he has been so patiently waiting for. she settles down well in the house. Who can resist that face?

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The Adventures of Skylar Grey Chapter 8

Skylar naps at Grandma’s after dancing in the moonlight

Need help cleaning up Dancing in the moonlight after the Holidays? by susan dyer reynolds but by morning she was well rested and With many great vacuum raring to go, so we headed to the elemen- cleaners, we can help you Everybody here is out of sight tary school and park near Kickie’s house. get the job done! They don’t bark and they don’t bite It was a Saturday and the school was They keep things loose, they keep it tight, eerily empty and still. I unhooked Sky’s Everybody’s dancing in the moonlight leash thinking she’d take off running and exploring, but instead she clung to my — “Dancing in the Moonlight,” side and started with the Chihuahua leg by King Harvest jumping thing again. “I’m not picking you up, Skylar,” I told her firmly. I began to he drive down to San Jose to run across the playground to start a game meet Grandma Kickie for the first of chase, but Sky thought I was trying to time was a breeze; the car was run away from her and frantically tried to Tstill the place Skylar felt most comfort- catch up. A few large leaves tossed about able. We stopped at a dog park a few in the autumn wind making a crinkly miles away because I thought it was a sound as they whipped past us. Again good idea to work off some of that puppy Sky jumped at my legs. “They’re leaves,” energy. We headed I said, picking one into the big dog up and showing it side first, but the to her as she backed dogs there were too There on the backyard away in fear. “It’s rough and Skylar not a snake, Sky, wound up jumping lawn, lit only by it’s a leaf.” on my legs like a Back at Kickie’s Chihuahua, want- the moonlight, I saw house, Sky was ing me to pick her beginning to feel up. At 23 pounds, Skylar twirling. more secure, even she was well under venturing into the the weight limit for the small dog side backyard by herself for a few minutes at a so we headed over there. At last, Skylar time. That evening, she went to the sliding calmed down and began venturing out glass door, so I let her out. She confidently ever so slightly, meeting and greeting the disappeared around the corner into the little ones, who all wanted to sniff her butt. darkness. Caught up in cooking dinner, I She reluctantly obliged. Within minutes, suddenly realized she’d been gone a long she was having a blast being chased by a time, so I made my way through the living herd of Corgis, dachshunds, Chihuahuas, room and looked out the window, wonder- and cocker spaniels. One of those cocker ing what she might have gotten into. There spaniels had a bit of an attitude prob- on the lawn, lit only by the moonlight, I saw lem and went after Sky, growling and Skylar twirling — using her weight to pro- snapping at her face, but as always, Sky pel her like an ice skater, counter-clockwise, was unfazed. “I’m so sorry,” the spaniel’s around and around, from one end of the embarrassed owner said. “I have a big dog lawn to the other and back again, where in a little dog’s body.” We both laughed as she would stop, slightly dizzy, and take Sky deflected the advances of her grumpy the “downward dog” position to rest for a playmate by rolling on her back in a show moment. Then she would let out a gleeful of submission. “That’s OK,” I said, “I have half bark, half grunt and start twirling again a little dog in a big dog’s body.” — counter-clockwise, around and around, After a quick bath at the Pet Food picking up speed as she went from one end Express on Blossom Hill Road, we rolled of the lawn to the other and back again. I up to Grandma Kickie’s and rang the bell. watched her for quite a while without her ar “Oh my goodness,” Kickie said as Skylar knowing, just Skylar dancing in the moon- Skyl shyly moved toward her, head down and light, by herself. It was one of the funniest tail wagging ever so slightly. “She’s ador- things I’d ever seen, but also such an amaz- able.” We sat in the den for a bit and Sky ing display of pure, innocent joy. I finally went to the sofa where Kickie was sitting tapped on the window and she sat down on and rested her chin on the edge. “You one hip, that “Eighth Wonder of the World” have such a cute little blockhead,” Kickie tongue flopped to one side, a huge pittie said in that slightly high-pitched puppy- smile on her square little face. And in that talk tone. “Are you Grandma’s little block- moment, I felt my love for Sky grow a bit head?” Skylar wagged her tail and pushed stronger, and the aching hole in my heart her little blockhead under Kickie’s hand. left by Jazzy’s loss shrink just a little. Exhausted from all the excitement, Sky was a perfect little lady that first night, E-mail: [email protected]

34 January 2014 THE MARINA TIMES www.marinatimes.com ANNOUNCEMENT: We urgently need short and long term foster homes! Grateful Dogs Rescue partners with the San Francisco city shelter to save dogs from euthanasia. Make your home a short term or long term safe haven and help save a dog’s life.ANNOUNCEMENT: Vet bills for foster dogs We areneed paid foster by GDR.homes! Volunteers Grateful Dogsand donations Rescue partners are always with welcome!the San Francisco Our website city shelter features to save more dogs dogs, from events, euthanasia. training Make resources, your home etc. aApply short todayterm or to long foster, term adopt, safe havenor foster-to-adopt! and help save GDR a dog’s is an life. all Vet volunteer, bills for 501(c)(3)foster dogs non-profit. paid by MakeGDR. Volunteersyour year-end and donationstax-deductible are always donation welcome! today! Our website features more dogs, events, training resources, etc. Apply today to foster, adopt, or foster-to-adopt! GDR is an all volunteer, 501(c)(3)DEWEY non-profit.Make your year-end tax-deductibleOPIE donation today! This American Bulldog mix Opie’s perfect home is one AUSTINis one of the sweetest dogs LULUthat will smother him with love, hugs and kisses. He Austinyou will is ever an meet! eight-month, Dewey Lulu is a little 6 pound, 6 years weighs about 65 pounds and is adores long walks on the puggle (beagle x pug). He’s a15 old sweetheart Chihuahua. She poundprobably puppy between full 2 of and curiosity 3 years beach, rolling in the grass at old. He is very fit and does need loves to cuddle and shares foster and affection. He’s very active the park, and receiving belly rubs. Opie is fine with dogs daily exercise, but just a couple of short intense sessions home with other small dogs. and loves going out for walks. of all sizes. He is well behaved on walks and politely will do it. He would be an excellent jogging partner along She’s easy going and happiest greets people. He knows sit and shake and will spin for the Marina Green, or a hikingAustin buddy is very for affectionate those weekend with when you are close by. Being treks to Tiburon! He is houseeveryone trained he andmeets. his Heobedience likes to treats. Opie has the softestalone white is fur,not isfun about for her. 5 1/2 Sleeping years worksnuggle is and progressing sleeps with very his nicely.people He’s at bedtime. doing great He enjoys in his a oldin a crateand weighsis scary for14 pounds,Lulu, she butwould he prefercould sleeping stand to near lose you. a good game of chase with dogs his size. He is friendly with current foster home and loves his big cozy dog bed. fewLulu pounds.was terrified Regular of the exercise car but is hasa must, gotten which much makes better. him Lulu little kids. Austin is quite smart and already knows how to Dewey would be best in a single dog family where he can perfectis great onfor her your leash, active and Marinaloves to lifestyle! explore outdoors.Opie is totally She is besit onshowered command, with he all is workingthe big onlove his this house big training.boy deserves. Austin house-trainedhouse broken and and alerts looking her foster forward parents to histhat perfectshe needs new to Startcan be the left New alone, Year but off prefers with beingyour new around forever people. buddy. Are you digsgo outside. this New This Year. little girl wants to be your friend. Do you have up to giving this active, fun-loving pup his forever home? a gentle, loving home for her? DEXTERBAILEY TINKERBELLE Dexter is an absolute joy. He PHARAOHYou can’t get more special isBailey friendly is an and adorable, outgoing, huggable loves than one-eyed sweetheart 11-year-old Corgi-Pomeranian Pharaoh a 10-week-old Shep- people and dogs and LOVES to Tinkerbelle! She is a mature mix (his body is mostly Corgi herd mix puppy. His foster par- play. He is about 10 months old but active girl. Tinkerbelle has and his head is the Pom part!). ents have given him lots of love and a bit over 10 pounds. We an gentle way about her and He currently weighs 23 pounds. and nurturing since being born. aren’t sure what breed he is, but is particularly wonderful with heBailey looks is verylike ahealthy mini-Corgi but could with Pharaoh LOVES everything in children. She is also very bright ashed curly tail a fewand Corgi extra fur. pounds. Dexter his world: people, playing ball, and loves to learn new things. Baileyis being is fostered looking atfor a adoggy companion daycare he so canhe will hang need out some with sitting in your lap, giving kisses, She is snuggly, silly and sensitive. Tinkerbelle is a good city onrefresher the couch, courses at thein house-training,park, or on a nice but walkhe is through absolutely the napping, puppy treats, toys, and other dogs. He is already dog. She walks well on a leash and has a nice solid tem- neighborhood.worth it. Add joy His to ideal your home New will Year be welcomingone without Dexter small trained to come when called, sit for treats, and fetches. children.into your Helife doesn’t — and requireadd joy a to lot his of life exercise by giving but hehim loves the Pharaohperament. is trainedA yard towhere use wee she weecould pads. safely Pharaoh be on is lookingsquirrel goinglove andfor walks attention and being he deserves outdoors. (the He doggy is good daycare on leash is forpatrol someone would beto spendideal. Shetime is withcrate him, trained as heand is quiettoo young when andgreat, is butfine it’s with not othera home!). dogs. Bailey is looking for a walking toleft be alone. left alone.Tinkerbelle He willwould positively be a wonderful make you match laugh for and a companion- are you the one? smile!family Pharaohin the New will Year be your with new lots bestof love friend. to share. He will love you Soooo much! LADYHORCHATA TUCKER Horchata is a cute 3 year old Tucker is a 60-pound chocolate Ladywho is looks a 4-year-old, like a 15-pound21-pound SHILOH Schipperke mix but looks more Labrador retriever mix. This 6 year super-sized Chihuahua mix. Shiloh. He is a 6 year-old Rat like a combination of border old has that adorable “one ear up Horchata excels in cuteness Terrier mix and around 40 collie and black bear! Lady and one down” thing going on. and cuddling. She already pounds. He loves his walks and had a miserable beginning He is the ultimate cuddle bug. knows how to play fetch all the people he meets. Shiloh toand her sit! life, She’s unloved a cheerful, and tied He loves to play, especially tug- to a short cable by day and is a pure joy at home and is intelligent dog and is non- of-war with his rope. He knows inside a storeroom at night. completely house trained. reactive with dogs and people. She is a quick learner basic commands and is housebroken, Tucker remembers Despite this, Lady has adapted well to her foster home Shiloh is not comfortable when and walks politely on leash and remains calm when everyone he has ever met and always manages to sneak in a and quickly learned basic manners and housetraining. strange dogs run up to his face. He gets nervous and can people enter and exit the home. Her adopter will kiss. He is fine being left home alone but will eagerly shower Gentle Lady loves her walks. She loves belly rubs while act out. His perfect home would be one with time to give need to continue her basic training and confidence you with love when you return home. He will need a good lying upside-down in your lap. Lady thrives on human him lots of love and time for daily walks. Someone to toss building so she can develop into the best dog she walk each day. Tucker would thrive in an only dog household attention and would be happiest as the only dog in the his ball for him and rub his belly. He knows all his basic can be (she’s already well on her way!). Horchata is where he could accompany you on your walks at Crissy Field home. Lady is ready for a gentle, loving home where she commands. Shiloh is looking for the perfect companion looking for a special loving family to begin her new or brunch with friends at Rose’s Café. Tucker’s hope for the can get the attention she deserves. to share life’s simple pleasures. life in the New Year. New Year is a loving home.

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