Mark Your Ballot Against Circumcision?
As a doctor for health who treats both children and adults, I have mixed feelings about San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Loretta Georgi’s, tentative ruling last Wednesday regarding the criminalization of circumcision. Although, according to Wikipedia, the origin of male circumcision is not known with certainty, one thing is certain, it has been a practice, [...]
No More Free Rides…For Our Groceries?
Did you know that San Francisco was the first city in the country to ban the pervasive plastic shopping bag? That right! Three years ago, right here in the city. Of course it didn’t take long before Palo Alto and Oakland followed suit, and we’re always happy to lead the environmental way, and to keep [...]
Bare-Footin’ in San Francisco
Sometimes the younger generation, be they “X” or otherwise, think that we Baby Boomers are “older than dirt,” or at least older than the design and/or invention of anything useful, like running shoes, for instance. So, it is interesting that when Harvard biologist and runner, Daniel Lieberman, had a simple question: “How did people run [...]
Free and Easy San Francisco Style
If you’re like me, you are visited frequently by family and friends (and friends of friends) who love San Francisco (at least for the weekend). And, I’m not complaining, really, about providing food and entertainment for most of my visitors. I’m a chiropractor who is doing okay even in this economy. In fact, most people [...]
ADHD and the San Francisco Treat
On an unusually sunny Saturday last month, a former college roommate and I took her eight-year-old son to Fisherman’s Wharf. I don’t have children of my own, for a number of reasons, and Sean embodied quite a few of those. Don’t get me wrong. Sean is adorable and funny as heck. Actually, he’s really kind [...]
Morning Comes to San Francisco
I just saw the coolest pic called Sausalito Morning on 411 Photography. It’s an errie morning shot of the city and Alcatraz from over in Sausalito. Got Check it out and let me know what you think! Technorati Tags: Alcatraz, photography, San Francisco, Sausalito
Riding a Cheap Scooter down Lombard
What a thrill! Riding my rented Tank scooter down Lombard. I just got this cheap scooter for a day and I love it. When I’m back home in Orlando I’m going to check into buying one. It is great for the SF streets as many are very narrow and curvaceous., like Lombard street. Now being [...]
How lovely To Walk the Golden Gate Bridge.
What a thrill it was for me this past weekend to be able to walk the length of the Golden Gate Bridge. Why is it kind of Orange though? It seems as though it should be golden. Anyway, it is quite a walk and quite windy not unlike my home town of Chicago. the wind [...]
Tien Hau Temple, San Francisco
Arguably the oldest Chinese temple in North America, established in 1853 as a place of refuge, and worship for newly come Chinese to this far shore. Tien Hau is revered as a Goddess who has control over the Heavens and Sea to ensure safe passage, it seems fitting that those devoted to her erect a [...]
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom holds his first campaign stop
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom held his first gubernatorial campaign stop outside the Bay Area Thursday in the conservative San Joaquin Valley, where a friendly crowd of mostly college students and supporters – many invited through his Facebook Web page – greeted him with cheers. The mayor’s comments on health care, education and same-sex marriage [...]