Posts Tagged ‘San Francisco’

Mar 3, 2006

All Is Right In The World

Once again the world, as it does every spring, became a much better place to live. Yesterday the San Francisco Giants played their first Spring Training game. What this means is that baseball season is just around the corner. I do feel a need to make a statement however about the nature of being a San Francisco Giant fan. Besides being very patient (1954), we are also much better mannered than those teams’ fans from, say, the East Coast and…

Feb 23, 2006

Wine Letter of the Year

If anyone in the wine community wants a reason why Alder Yarrow’s Vinography won BEST WINE BLOG OF THE YEAR two years running, they need only look to the letters section of today’s San Francisco Chronicle.Alder’s take on the "Zinfandel as CA Official Grape" controversy is, well, unique. If Alder’s own cheek weren’t already quite busy accommodating his tongue, I might give it a big kiss for provoking me to laugh out loud.