“Dollars for Deb” Eric Whittington billed the fund-raiser. Whittington, proprietor of Bird & Beckett, has thrown rent parties with live jazz before, to help keep his independent bookstore open for another month. But over the summer, he threw a rent party for Destination Bakery’s Deb Lunsford, a neighborhood favorite who’s recovering from surgery. Bakery regulars […]
Bird and Beckett
Mark your calendar for a Deb Lunsford Benefit! Destination Bakery’s goodwill ambassador!
Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, SF July 26, 2019 – 5:30-8:00pm If you can’t make it in person you can donate online! Go to https://www.tinyurl.com/helpfordeb All proceeds go to Deb! –Glen Park Neighborhood Icon –Weekday Mornings Counter Gal at Destination Bakery, at the corner of Chenery & Castro –Friend and co-conspirator with all small […]
Bird & Beckett Bookstore Recognized at City Hall
Eric Whittington, proprietor of Glen Park’s Bird & Beckett Books, was honored at City Hall on Tuesday with a commendation from Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. (Or “Condemnation,” as Whittington accidentally referred to it.) Introduced by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who graciously thanked Whittington for bringing 20 years of music, books, poetry, and culture to the […]
Celebrate 16 Years of Music at Bird & Beckett
Tonight, February 15th, join the Scott Foster Quartet from 5:30-8:00pm at Bird & Beckett, featuring four superb players encountering each other for the first time as a unit, though they’ve all crossed paths in the past. It’s the nature of most jazz gigs, and one of the things that makes this music so exciting. Scott, Rob, […]
Dear Glen Park, Happy New Year
It was a clear chilly night in Glen Park on New Year’s eve. A number of people chose to ring in the new year close to home. Manzoni was open for dinner until midnight. Over at Bird and Beckett, Darren Johnston & Friends gave 2018 a jazzy push to the exits. The Glen Park News […]
Local Author on Sheep, Wool and Life
Glen Park resident Stephany Wilkes, vice president of the Glen Park Association, has managed to pull off a coup: taking a niche, arcane subject and writing a page-turner of a book about it. Wilkes, now 41, is one of those people who end up doing things that weren’t on their original life trajectory. She didn’t […]
Arlington Street’s Pauline Scholten and her Prairie Rose Band play city-wide
While Clement Street is a bit of a stretch from Chenery Street, Pauline Scholten has performed music along both San Francisco avenues. Her most recent Glen Park gig was at Chenery Street’s Bird & Beckett on October 11. Scholten, who lives on Arlington Street, fronts a four-member group called The Prairie Rose Band, which two […]
Glen Park Merchants Rock in 2018
This year has been a big one for Glen Park’s merchants. In May, the Cheese Boutique was honored as an exceptional business with a ceremony at City Hall. Last month, Dalere’s Beauty Salon, Glen Park’s oldest business at 50 years, was celebrated by Mayor London Breed and other dignitaries at the shop on Chenery Street. […]
Glen Park Businesses: Longevity Rules One family. Three locations. Fifty years.
Even for tiny Glen Park, where a surprising number of businesses are in their second, third or even fourth decade under the same ownership, Dalere’s Beauty Salon stands out for longevity. Glory Dalere is 83 now, a widow, and has long since turned over the operation of the shop to her daughter Marian, who runs […]