The Place to get a Fedora – or a Shave
Step into Cable Car Clothiers on Sutter Street and instantly feel transported into an environment that evokes the sensory richness of Ali Baba’s cave. Irish country hats, Panamas and fedoras vie for...
View ArticleDecember to Remember
By Catherine Bigelow For years, a somewhat naughty holiday tradition in my family involved an annual Christmas letter from a dear, distant one who shall remain nameless. The Xeroxed prose meticulously...
View ArticleThe Saviors
From baseball fields to museums, these do-gooders have swooped in to rescue beloved institutions—including an iconic artwork—that are part of Bay Area history. By Paul Wilner Our stretch of Northern...
View ArticleTipping into the Future
Over just 12 years, Daniel Lurie has made Tipping Point Community one of San Francisco’s most prominent—and effective—charities to take on poverty. By Heather Wood Rudulph | Photo by Spencer Brown...
View ArticleThe A-List
Seasons come and seasons go, yet many of the names (and faces!) remain the same – well, not all of them. Welcome to the 2018 edition of an NHG tradition – a celebration if you will, of all the people...
View ArticleA-Listers in Memoriam
Charlot D. Malin Although she was a transplant from her native Norway, within a very short period Charlot D. Malin became one of the major presences on the San Francisco social, cultural and charity...
View ArticleLondon Breed’s big day
What a wonderful morning for an inauguration, Ms. Mayor! Indeed, there was not a cloud in the sky when Breed, the first African-American woman to be elected to San Francisco’s highest office, took her...
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