Stow Lake Boathouse Renovation Plans
February 9, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Renovation plans for the Stow Lake Boathouse in Golden Gate Park will keep many of the historic features of the Alpine Chalet-style building intact while adding a modern commercial kitchen, a bathroom and bringing it up to today’s fire, health, building and disability access codes. “Everything that was promised is being delivered,” said Nick Kinsey, [...]
Chinese New Year Parade
February 1, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
2012 is the Year of the Dragon! This year’s Chinese New Year Parade takes place on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 5:15pm-8pm Did you know that the Chinese New Year is actually a two week Spring festival celebrated for over 5,000 years in China. The San Francisco Chinese New Year celebration originated in the 1860′s [...]
SF Neighborhood Guide
January 27, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
San Francisco is not a large city in terms of population. It has nearly 800,000 residents according to the 2000 census figures. However, it is a very dense city with 16,632 residents per square mile. In the U.S. this density is second only to New York. The different cultures that formed San Francisco, now flourish [...]
Bi-Rite Market on the Web
January 24, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
The New York Times Small Business Section ran a story recently on Bi-Rite Market and the redesign of their Web Site. Bi-Rite Market is something of an institution here in San Francisco. A grocery store with a huge and faithful following, it doesn’t see itself as just a grocery store. People actually line up on [...]
49ers in NFC Championship game!
January 22, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
San Francisco 49ers, after a decade of irrelevance, are in the NFC championship game, on the brink of the Super Bowl. Welcome back, San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers will play the NY Giants today at 3:30pm PST at Candlestick park for the NFC Championship. The winner will advance to the Superbowl on Sunday, Feb. 5th. [...]
Pissarro’s People at Legion of Honor ends Jan 22
January 13, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Visit The Legion of Honor Museum this weekend – located at 100 34th Avenue at Clement Street in Lincoln Park – and see the current exhibit, Pissarro’s People, before it ends next Sunday, January 22nd. Camille Pissarro had a unique and lifelong interest in the human figure. From his earliest years in the Caribbean and [...]
Snow flurries at the California Academy of Science
January 4, 2012 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Snow is falling at the California Academy of Science this dry winter. Why not take the kids to experience ‘Tis the Season for Science this weekend, where indoor snow flurries occur twice an hour in the Piazza. While there, you can also walk through a spice forest or visit a pair of live reindeer! But [...]
‘Twas the Night with the Symphony
December 21, 2011 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Enjoy the sounds of the symphony and sing along to your favorite holiday tunes as Christmas approaches. ‘Twas the Night is a warm and intimate program, a perfect family event. Shows are Dec 22 at 7pm, Dec 23 at 7pm and Dec 24 at 2pm. Tickets start at $15. Half price tickets are available for [...]
Holiday Ice-Skating!
December 3, 2011 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Soak up the holiday spirit and join in the fun! The Ice Skating Rinks at both Union Square and Justin Herman Plaza are open from now until January 8th for some good old fashioned fun!! For prices and hours of operation, check out their websites. Union Square ice rink at: http://unionsquareicerink.com/ and the Justin Herman [...]
Who is San Francisco?
November 2, 2011 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Some “good to know” stats about the city. Did you know these facts about San Francisco? Population: 809,000 13th most populous city in the US Land Area: 47 square miles People per square mile: 17,000 2nd most densely populated city in the US ( after New York) 51% are male 49% are female 13% are [...]
