Our Fourth Occasional Fundraiser is nigh upon us! Two weeks from today — May 19 The Big Bash at the Clubhouse Benefitting Bird & Beckett and the BBCLP Focus on SOTA! On Saturday, May 19th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, join us up at the Miraloma Clubhouse, 350 O‚Shaughnessy (at Del Vale) for an afternoon […]
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A poem about Bird and Beckett
They say if you pass the Bird & Beckett in the wee hours of the morn, you might hear the strains of the K.C. Blues— ‘ lest that’s according to Village lore. Some say that just above the tenor sax the voice of Samuel Beckett quips: “Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!” […]
A day among the flower: Glen Canyon Wildflower Walk
Story and photos by Murray Schneider After spending two hours pulling Italian thistle along a steep Glen Canyon hillside, five Friends of Glen Canyon Park volunteers and one Natural Areas apprentice followed Recreation and Parks manager Randy Zebell on a one-hour tutorial wildflower walk. “Watch for poison oak,” Zebell said, as he guided the group […]
Glen Park Festival Grants available for school programs now
If you know of a school or organization that works with children in the Glen Park area, please help us spread the word…. The Glen Park Festival Grant Application is available on the Glen Park Festival Website. http://www.glenparkfestival.com/glenparkfestival-grant-application-2012.pdf Grants are made from proceeds from the Festival to non-profit organizations (including schools, preschools, and after school […]
Crime April 17 – 30
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Tuesday, April 17 11:37am 200 Blk Whitney St Vandalism Officer Preston was dispatched to a vandalism report. The reporting party was a house guest of the victim. He pointed out damage to the front gate handle. The suspect did not gain entry into the residence and nothing appeared to […]
Neighbors curbing their wheels, but frustrated
A note on the window of a car parked (with wheels sharply curbed) on the 700 block of Chenery.
The Chronicle writes about parking controversy in Glen Park
Curb your wheels – even on flat roads – or face S.F. Muni wrath A dreaded sight (Credit: The Chronicle) Residents along Chenery Street in Glen Park have been perplexed in recent days to learn they live on a hill. Common sense would say the stretch just east of the canyon is flat, but when […]
Scenes from the Glen Park Festival
Kudos to all who made such a wonderful Festival for us this year! Photos: Michael Waldstein.
The Chron’s Leah Garchik runs into Glen Parkite John Hafernik
P.S.: At last week’s Big Bang Gala at the California Academy of Sciences, I was seated next to John Hafernik, president of the academy’s board of trustees and an entomologist at San Francisco State. He described his passion for insects, from his boyhood in Texas. And in response to an inquiry, he said very modestly that […]
DISTRICT 8 EXPANDS SOUTHEAST OF BERNAL CUT
And Other News from the Glen Park Association By Bonnee Waldstein College Hill is now part of District 8, since boundaries were changed citywide in April. What is College Hill? It’s a neighborhood, newly registered with the City and County of San Francisco, that used to be home to St. Mary’s College before it moved […]