BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: September, 2018 Since 1995, September 19 has “officially” been Talk Like a Pirate Day. Over the past years, I’ve used my September column to explain the nautical origins of commonly used shore-side expressions. When you understand the roots of these everyday sayings, you will realize that everyone talks like a […]
By Bodo Eichler & Mary Swift-Swan Published: September, 2003 Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant is a certified lighthouse set in a quaint Victorian village at 51 Embarcadero Cove, just off the 16th Street exit, a few miles east of Jack London Square in Oakland. Patrons can enjoy the quiet pleasant dining room fully surrounded by a marina […]
By Guy Span Published: April, 2004 For the first time in 45 years, San Francisco feted a ferryboat retirement as the MV Golden Gate made her last trips to Sausalito. Special events were held on the 4:05 and 5:30 p.m. runs and commuters, former commuters, friends, and the interested public were all invited to join. […]
