August means fashion week in SF! Join Mystery Girl Productions for a fabulous trip down the catwalk as only San Franciscans can serve it up. Fascinatingly creative local designers, parties parties parties, workshops and more parties await! Check www.fashionweek-sf.com frequently for schedule and event information. Designer Divas extraordinaire like Colleen Quen and Cari Borja will…
by Mary O’Regan The stadium smelled of salty peanuts and old man cigars. There were three flags flying high above the seats with Spain’s in the center position. We walked up steep, narrow steps and sat on hard concrete rows; our seats were in the lower deck near the doors through which they release the…
by Scharlene Fulmer “Ciao!” I shouted to the gondoliers as they glided past, their passengers waving up to me as I stood on the balcony of my room in a beautiful old hotel on the Grand Canal. I sang along with their romantic songs while I watched the many gondolas traverse from one bridge to…
by Scharlene Fulmer “Bella, Bella! you are so bea-uuu-tiful! I kiss your hand! Avante….please come this way.” That was the greeting my friend Sammie received from the salesman as we disembarked the water taxi at the door of the glass factory in Murano. I followed Sammie, the salesman’s newest star, into the large factory along…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about art. I’ve been painting large 4-foot by 4-foot canvasses covered with layers of electric, abstract colors, and each day that I can, I turn off the phone and court a kind of tingling surrender to hues, shapes and textures as they pass through me. What’s stunning is that…
Look at the new hybrid Tango that George is driving around in. Sharp. Sweet Wonder if it comes in Tango Blue and Diva Green. Anybody know much about it?
by Susan Mary McReynolds Ever stick your toe in the water to see how you like it? Well, it’s a bit like taking your first cruise. For years I’ve listened to jingles and seen the commercials. But it took a historic deluge to make me take the plunge. They say there’s a bright side to…