Views by the Bay

The children had not rehearsed for the Christmas pageant at Grace Cathedral , but the relatives of the participants didn’t notice or care. T...

Children whose families struggle to obtain the basic necessities garner everyone’s sympathy over the holidays. But we often don’t think abo...

Grant Avenue, SF Chinatown “A traditional Jewish activity on Christmas is Chinese food and a movie.” Not a bad idea if you're not Jewis...

A graduate from a Hawaiian high school returns to the Islands to make an important decision . A senior going to that school has made hers . ...

Time’s Person of the Year is You. You post on YouTube, MySpace, and Friendster (mere blogging is nearly passé) to add to the world’s pool of...

Joseph Rago of the Wall Street Journal doesn’t like blogs . Most of them are pretty awful. Many, even some with large followings, are downri...

I used to have to hang on the line to find out whether a flight was arriving on time. Now I can get a graphical representation of the locati...

Janet and Hugh The office Christmas party at the Sir Francis Drake was a long and liquid affair, made bittersweet by the sale of a major div...

As families shrink and disperse, too many of our elderly neighbors are forgotten during the holidays, and even small remembrances can bright...

The skies cleared on Sunday afternoon, so attending my first professional football game at Monster Park wasn’t a totally miserable experienc...

Who am I to disparage oxidized metal (Tuesday's post below) when I can’t / won’t / shan’t part with my rust-pocked wheels from my colleg...

At first glance the human figures appear to spring from woody vines. As one moves nearer, one notices the dirty pipes and corroded metal par...

I’ve never been so inebriated that I’ve passed out, but on Thursday night I came close. After having imbibed two glasses of champagne and a ...

We joined the madding crowd at the Fashion Valley mall on “Black” Friday, so designated because it’s the day after Thanksgiving when merchan...

The thermometer has dipped below freezing this morning. If the skies weren’t clear, we’d be having snow, just like in Seattle. Further north...