Many of us who’ve landed in this enclave known as the Bay Area instantly recognize the good fortune of living on a landscape so diverse and beautiful. Even then, it’s ... Read More

She's under-appreciated and trod upon, even though she does just about everything for us -- our mama Earth. So make plans to show a little love next month . . ... Read More

I can think of a few things I wouldn't want frozen, so don't quote me on the "anything" part. But the deep freeze will seem like the place to be ... Read More

It's World Water Week (March 22 to 28) and The Tap Project is raising funds to bring clean, accessible water to children worldwide. The project began in 2007 and donates ... Read More

A proposed resolution will turn Berkeley's green spaces into viable habitat for bees -- as reported in today's San Francisco Chronicle. Inspired by distress in honeybee colonies and reduced numbers ... Read More

Migrating Newts at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden The botanical garden of UC Berkeley houses a spectacular display of plants, a massive and stinky corpse flower, and a refuge of a rose ... Read More

At Stanford University - Palo Alto, California There's no denying the structural beauty of the Stanford University campus. When the magic-hour sun soaks the sandstone in amber -- and the lights ... Read More

The ire over new Bay to Breakers regulations -- which included a ban on the ever-popular floats -- produced a Save Bay to Breakers website and a Facebook page. In ... Read More

Alice Waters has been pressing for a bona fide White House garden for years, so it's no surprise that she's thrilled about Michelle Obama's decision to plant one (reported in ... Read More

March 19, 2009 The latest from local (and About.com) food bloggers -- saving you time, money and dining anguish: Michael Bauer wonders if diners are skimping on tips as an effect of ... Read More

Oakland's cinematic icon, the Parkway Speakeasy, will close on Sunday, March 22. Owners Catherine and Kyle Fischer are shuttering the Oakland venue after more than twelve years. The El Cerrito ... Read More

Contributor Hugh is at SXSW this week. So, in keeping with the theme, here are a few of my own [mostly pop] iMix picks of Bay Area bands playing at ... Read More

South by Southwest (SXSW) may be in Austin, but there's a solid roster of homegrown rock, funk and electronica on the Music Festival agenda this year -- well, every year. ... Read More

The Chronicle makes drinking into a linear project with its Where to Go on Your St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl. The article features a number of my own Irish Pub ... Read More

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival continues through March 22, showcasing approximately 120 new Asian American and Asian films at venues around the Bay. In a special world premiere ... Read More

Jim Herd of sfcitzen.com sent over these beauteous photos of this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade -- the 158th of its kind in San Francisco. The POV of these shots ... Read More

If you have even a scrap of life and soul left to devote to an iPhone . . . after keeping up with Tweets, Facebook posts and Flickr uploads . ... Read More

Contributor Hugh Grew will be filling this space for a few weeks, featuring five picks for upcoming live performances around San Francisco. It's tonight -- Thursday night -- say 6 o'clock. ... Read More

If you've lived in places where tracts of mini malls and pavement constitute "habitat," the Bay Area's huge green belts are almost unfathomable: the wildlife, the trails and the parks. ... Read More

The gallery at Rayko Photo Center hosts the 2nd Annual Juried Plastic Camera Show -- featuring 150 artists chosen from more than 400 Bay Area and international submissions. The plastic ... Read More

Steve Wozniak -- the "nicest man alive," according to his dance partner Karina Smirnoff -- eked out a few mediocre scores which, in turn, inspired some audience boos tonight. The ... Read More

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in San Francisco (March 14) is the largest of its kind in the West. It brings Irish expats and partygoers from around the Bay Area ... Read More

Today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the much-needed facelift at San Francisco's Metreon. As Chronicle writer John King aptly describes the space: Sony did its best to pretend the outside ... Read More

Contributor Hugh Grew will be filling this space for a few weeks, featuring five picks for upcoming live music. Our demigods -- of the musical kind. When their tour bus rolls ... Read More

March 5, 2009 The latest from local (and About.com) food bloggers -- saving you time, money and dining anguish: Eater SF exposes plans for the new restaurant-centric Metreon and the upcoming Tavern ... Read More

Dennis Westler, known to many as the Orchid Doctor, is purveyor (and fixer) of all things Orchidaceae. He was kind enough to give me some time in advance of this ... Read More

The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in the Proposition 8 cases. A ruling is expected within the next 90 days. Contributing writer and attorney Jeffrey Proske attended ... Read More

Related article: Q&A with the Orchid Doctor If you've ever tried to cultivate an orchid, you'll know what a nuanced endeavor it can be. Orchid species number in the tens of ... Read More

The New York Times today posted an interactive map showing the gradation of unemployment figures throughout the country. You can mouse over this map to see how your county fares ... Read More

From the guy who killed himself by testing to see if his jacket was "stab proof," to the home tree trimmer who didn't fully grasp the implications of an industrial ... Read More