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Friday Link Roundup: SF Fully Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave and the History...
How did all of your weeks go? I can’t get over how absolutely glorious San Francisco is every spring. I’m looking out at a field of cherry blossoms and Monterey Cypress trees as I type. (And...
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SFMOMA Reopens May 14th, Get Your Tickets Now
(unclear whether the Clyfford Still gallery remains…) Heads up, San Francisco. The SF Museum of Modern Art will finally be reopening next month, May 14th, after 3 years of renovations. Well,...
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Friday Link Roundup: Muni’s Red Bus Lanes Not So Popular and Steph Curry’s...
How was everyone’s week? Our streak of mellow, calm weeks continues. This weekend is supposed to be hot and sunny; we’ll be hanging out with family and friends on picnic blankets, taking in some bay...
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Oscar de la Renta at the de Young
Oh, lord, is this a treat. Last Friday, Bean and I had a chance to stop by the de Young to take in the newest exhibit: Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective. It was stunning. If you also like to...
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Our Family Night Ritual
Back when I was pregnant with Bean, Dave and I spent a couple days at Marble Mountain Ranch in the northern reaches of California, getting pampered and learned by the wonderful owners Heidi and...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF’s Stunning Tribute to Prince and a Couple Hilarious...
How are all your weekends looking? Dave is headed out of town for work, so Bean and I will be a) planning fun and indulgent mother-daughter adventures b) remodeling the joint or c) both. Probably...
View ArticleYour New Way to Get Through a Long Flight: The Flyover Country App
Raise your hand if you also insist on the window seat, and then spend a lot of time staring out at all the little houses below, the miniature pinpoint cars making their way to work. Noticing baseball...
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Government in Action: Let’s Check in on San Francisco’s VisionZero Plan
Last year, we wrote about SF’s VisionZero Plan — the city’s 2014 road safety policy and goal to have zero traffic deaths by 2024. I thought it’d be informative to check in and see how the projects are...
View Article‘Eyes on the Street’ and Perceptions of Urban Safety
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about “eyes on the street”, Jane Jacob’s sociological concept of our connected urban fabric that keeps us safe and secure. A safe and secure city street, she...
View ArticleFriday Link Roundup: SFPD Has Another Bad Week and Duchess Kate, Glamorous...
What are all of you up to this weekend? We’re all recovering from Dave’s work travel the past couple weeks, and planning on taking in the Hiller Aviation Museum. Have you been there? It looks like so...
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Day Game
It doesn’t feel like I’ve officially kicked off summer in San Francisco until I play hooky to go to a Giants day game. Just like last year, Bean drank her weight in pink lemonade. New this year, Bean’s...
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Friday Link Roundup: Riley is Back and Lots of Photography
How were all of your weeks? Dave and I are feeling a bit burnt out by this week. Which means we’ll be traveling down Route 1 with the sunroof open for the rest of the weekend. It’ll be interesting to...
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Thursday Link Roundup: San Francisco’s National Geographic Travel Photography...
Dave and I are headed to Lake Tahoe for a long weekend, continuing our streak of only visiting ski towns in the Spring. I’m looking forward to one last shot of snow capped mountains before Summer takes...
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Friday Link Roundup: Urban Planning News for SF and Oakland….and Baby Gorillas
How are your loooooong weekend plans shaping up? We’ll be recovering from our busy week (ahhh, night classes you are so fun and also so tiring) and hitting up Carnaval in the Mission. Hopefully, this...
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Guess Which American Animals End Up at International Zoos?
Walking through the San Francisco Zoo’s Australian Walkabout today, I asked my (Aussie) friend what American animals she grew up seeing at Australian zoos and in the various cities she’s lived in...
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Friday Link Roundup: The Physics of Steph Curry and Refusing to be “the Mum...
So, Bean is sick on the sofa today, and I decided to get it all cultural up in here with a Bolshoi Ballet performance of La Bayadere. If you know anything about ballet, then this is the moment you...
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The Richmond’s Russian Bakeries
One of my favorite ways to spend a quiet Saturday is to go on a Russian bakery crawl through the Richmond. As I see it, you aren’t properly enjoying the Richmond if you aren’t walking around face deep...
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Friday Link Roundup: Rethinking Fisherman’s Wharf
How are all your weekends looking? Bean’s cousins are coming to spend the weekend with us. The kids all adore each other and they’re all so excited. Bean’s been bouncing around the apartment for 2 days...
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Friday Link Roundup: SF’s Underground Shipwrecks and Mom Hair
Well. This has been a kicker of a week. At least it’s the weekend? From around the web this week: In tragic local news, two cyclists, Heather Miller and Kate Slattery, were killed by hit-an-run...
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Heads Up, the San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Flower Piano is Back on July 7th
Did you get a chance to see the SF Botanical Garden’s Flower Piano event last year? If so, you are probably chomping at the bit to experience it again. If not, GOOOOOOO. From July 7th to July 18th, the...
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