Longtime business owners committed to keeping neighbors happy with chocolates from around the world and quirky packaging

September 20, 2023 All Posts 4 Comments

Enter Jack Epstein’s cool, narrow shop and you walk a chocolate gauntlet down a central aisle: bars from around the world line the walls on either side. Individual confections, truffles, and foil-wrapped hearts perch on the lower shelves. No wonder the longtime Noe Valley business is called Chocolate Covered. He sources the sweet-smelling wares from ...

Alcatraz docent wants you to know there’s something special to see on the island – and it’s not just the cells of jailbirds

September 14, 2023 All Posts 3 Comments

The 1.7 million tourists who visit Alcatraz every year are typically here to traipse through the cell block that held famous jailbird Al Capone. But in summer, there’s something special few are aware of. “Tourists don’t know this is a bird sanctuary,” said Kimberlie Moutoux, a 61-year-old retired elementary school art teacher and grandmother to seven ...

Only views from his window: Artist overcoming shyness shares paintings reflecting a life of chaos converted to calm

September 3, 2023 All Posts 3 Comments

Though Glenn Stultz has evolved from pencils and watercolors to acrylics and oil, his pictures depict the same view: backyards and houses seen from the windows of his Section 8 apartment in San Francisco’s Ocean View neighborhood. Too shy to enroll in a drawing class, he taught himself by studying big, coffee table books. His ...

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