Life in the Later Lane
Former sailor and academic researcher forged unique bond as writing and editing duo
It’s a Thursday morning and the North Beach branch of the San Francisco Public Library has just...
Teacher, translator, artist, and full-time caretaker: Finding time is just one of his challenges
Hitoshi Shigeta has perfected the art of juggling. Not the act you might see in a circus,...
Support housing tenant makes the most of his microwave and contributes to the nabe with ‘pedestrian protection’
How do you eat If you are on a fixed income and live in a single-room occupancy...
Military background and delight in the job help ‘star’ Muni driver keep things running smooth
Jolt after jolt, from stop to stop, veteran San Francisco Municipal Railway driver Angel Carvajal has piloted...
Insatiable curiosity led free spirit to bio-science career, travel, health activism and now, acting online
A cross-country train trip when she was 9 is a joyful memory for Jane Merschen, one of...
Painful college experience unexpectedly leads to successful career for man from Mississippi
Imagine having such a vicious toothache and no access to a dentist that you take a pair...
Writer of science fiction for the young tries to impart their simultaneous sense of wonder and danger
The path to success for many novelists is paved with rejection slips, but not for Ellen Klages,...
Wattusi Trio dancers embraced by U.S. jazz greats and European club scene of the ’50s-’70s for their fantastical, “exotic Africa” perfomances
An animal trainer from Barnum and Bailey Circus trained Deloris Perlmuttter, center, to use a whip in...
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Gigs at worldwide festivals support entertainer’s humanitarian work: ‘Clowns without Borders’ and the ‘Medical Clown Project’
Nurses smile and wave as a slim man in an oversized coat strides briskly past them. His wiry hair sticks out, Bozo-like from under his floppy hat, a ukulele is slung over his shoulder and he’s brandishing a gigantic paper sunflower. His nose is bright red and shiny over his KN95 mask. Popping into an ...
SENIORS TALK : Even if they avoided Covid, there is an emotional toll and worries about others
Although the worst of the pandemic has apparently passed, Covid remains an important concern for seniors. SeniorBeat went to the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center in the Bayview district and asked seniors how Covid has affected their lives, the lives of people close to them, and what they are doing to stay safe. (Photos ...
Ikebana expert explains that a flower is not always just a flower, a stem not just a supporting actor
In the minimalist flower arranging practice of ikebana, certain rules must be followed: flowers are focal points; plant stems are not just supporting actors but lines in a work of art celebrating all of life. Begun centuries ago in China, then perfected in Japan, ikebana could be described as a physical manifestation of the Buddhist ...
Growing need for senior models opens unexpected new career for retired executive assistant
The linoleum on the floor of the attic bedroom in Seattle, where Alice Arikawa grew up, was embedded with the image of a prince looking longingly at the blond, blue-eyed, long-legged young woman. She would stare at it for hours. “I wasn’t anything like the blond girl – being short, stout, and Japanese, but I ...
High school programming prodigy keeps engaged in retirement with bridge, tennis and little spaceships
Bill Char was a tech bro before it was cool to be a tech bro. He learned to program a minicomputer when he was still in high school – back in the late ’60s, and early ’70s. He was so devoted to Star Trek that he conceived and helped develop a first-generation computer game called ...
Longtime business owners committed to keeping neighbors happy with chocolates from around the world and quirky packaging
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 ...
