By Donna Sachet– If you watched the live broadcast of the Inaugural ceremonies last week, we hope you felt the fresh breeze we felt. The contrast in the very same…
By David Landis– She’s the Energizer Bunny of the culinary world. San Francisco’s chef Joanne Weir seems to do it all: she authors cookbooks; conducts culinary/travel tours in Morocco, Spain,…
By John Chen– It’s hard to believe that nearly a year has gone by since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak last March. Positivity cases and hospitalizations here in California…
A Castro icon self-described as the “father of diversity,” Ken Jones died of bladder cancer on January 13. He was 70. Many of us learned of Jones’ passing from fellow…
By Ann Rostow– The Horror— When we last communed, Dear Readers, we thought the worst was over, the new year beckoned, and we had at least a shot at winning…
By Andrea Shorter– “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells…
By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Welcome to 2021. If you said, “2021 will be better; it can’t be any worse,” I blame you for jinxing it, or as my Jewish grandmother…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– As we began to settle from the shock of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, we were surprised that one of our…
By Robert Holgate and Jennifer Kroot– After months and months of sheltering in place, we wanted to begin 2021 with a fresh perspective, so we had a good, old fashioned,…
By Brandon Miller, CFP– Mercifully, 2020 has ended. Sadly, our lives continue to be upended. It’s hard not to shout, “Enough already.” We long to hug our friends. We crave…
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