Friday night I went to the opening reception at the Market Street Gallery, 1554 Market Street, between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street, www.marketstreetgallery.com. The show, entitled “Narrative Vision: Clay onto Art”, features the work of seven talented artists: Steve Allen, Ilana Crispi, Natasha Dikareva, Maggie Malloy, Oli Quezada, Alex Hackworth and Lori Koenig.

My client is a very fit guy who works in Silicon Valley. He’s so fit, he often rides his bike 45 miles to and from work. But he works long hours too, and sometimes it feels good to ride home with his bike on Caltrain. He and his partner have lived in a cramped 690 square foot condo in SOMA for several years. They said they were ready to significantly increase their living space. They wanted a loft with soaring ceilings and big rooms, and it had to be within walking distance to the Caltrain Station at 4th & King Streets. Continue Reading…

This Memorial Day afternoon, I strolled with friends in Tilden Park. Straddling the hills between Berkeley, Oakland and Contra Costa County, this 2000+ acre regional park was created out of land that businessman and visionary Charles Lee Tilden acquired in the 1930’s. The Seaview Trail provides panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay, Mount Diablo and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The weather was warm and sunny, although the ground was still damp in places from recent rains. At the crest of the hill we sat and watched puffs of fluffy fog envelop the Golden Gate Bridge and extend white fingers straight east to Berkeley. Hawks hovered almost motionless above the canyons and the breeze carried a rich mixture of sounds, including the laughter of children playing, birds chirping, freeway noise, bees buzzing and train whistles blowing from afar.
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