Views by the Bay

The turkey's halfway done. It needs to be turned and basted. The hen is smaller than the birds we have bought in years past, but it...

illustration: Kiersten Essenpreis/WSJ Last spring I tripped over a garden hose and fell face forward onto the dirt. I thrust out my arms...

The rest of the country may consider Northern Californians irredeemable, but this shows there is still hope for us. [bold added] The week...

Our 15-lb. hen cost 99 cents/pound. The cost of Thanksgiving dinner is going down . [bold added] The average price for a turkey this holida...

David Mamet: the America-in-decline narrative is akin to Israel's 40 years in the wilderness. (image from Medium ) Pulitzer-winning pla...

While shopping at 99 Ranch I passed the display of chicken "paws." The price was $5.49 per pound, and no, I didn't buy any. ...

We first wrote about form scams 15 years ago . The grifters are still at it, evidenced by the "501-LLC, Declaration of Members and Man...

Empire of Lights (1954), (Christie's/WSJ) If you asked the man on the street to name twenty artists--alive or dead--the odds are extr...

Nick Bosa 49ers GIF from Nick Bosa GIFs The "Trump dance" is taking the sports world by storm , with football players, mixed mar...

The air filter on our Lennox furnace should be changed once a year, but I let it go for 17 months. The blackened filter, probably due to ...

(Illustration from them.us ) Just when I thought the Chronicle was a decent newspaper that kept its news and opinion sections separate, it...

Executive Shoeshine , Charlotte A lawyer catches a glimpse of the divine when his shoes are shined at the airport : Hunched over, he toile...

Hat on sale from Etsy WSJ columnist Joe Queenan does not believe that the chronically tardy are being deliberately disrespectful. They ar...

(WSJ photo) During my working years I flew on United Airlines dozens of times (nothing compared to the marketing guys who were members of...

In traditional Chinese cuisine no part of the animal is wasted. At the barbecue counter in 99 Ranch a roasted pig's head was placed ne...