Ann Hedges: a surprise at lunch
It was Ann Hedges birthday and I was taking her to lunch. She surprised me with this outfit coordinated around her mask. She’s so inventive in what she puts together.
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Former punk rocker pulls tricks from stage managing at the Mabuhay to fine-tuning the flow at Potrero food pantry
Though one might not see a direct connection between controlling a line of punk rockers eagerly awaiting entry to the Mabuhay Gardens and running a food pantry, for Michael Reid it came in handy. For the past 17 years, Reid, now 64, has been the operating manager of The Food Pantry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church on ...
Filmmaker keeps crafting winners, despite loss of Academy Award-winning partner – her mentor and husband
It was not Allie Light’s first brush with an Academy Award. But the first one without her husband, a noted filmmaker and her mentor. In 1991, Light and Irving Saraf won best documentary for “In the Shadow of the Stars,” which explored the lives of the San Francisco Opera chorus. This year, 28 years later, ...
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By sharing the stories of San Francisco’s older adults, the San Francisco Senior Beat is hoping to change societal views of aging that are often negative. And we could use your help to do more of this kind of storytelling. Please donate to Senior Beat’s GoFundMe campaign. In addition to our regular features, we are participating ...
Attitude about growing old has impact on actual aging, says author, geriatric expert
Like many doctors, Louise Aronson went into medicine to “help people.” And like many medical students, she quickly discovered that medical education is less about humanity and healing than chemical structures and biology, diseases and organs.” It was only when Aronson began taking care of patients during her residency that the practice of medicine became ...
Maintaining that ‘je ne c’est qua’ into age 60 and beyond
SENIOR FASHIONISTA – Mark Allan Davis, 57, is a musical theater specialist born in Rochester, N.Y. He says his work in dance and theatre took him to Europe, where he learned that “being fashionable and being stylish aren’t mutually inclusive. I collect clothes, then get rid of them, then look for new bargains. Successfully, I ...