Finding a marketing expert to employ was no problem. The challenge for the boutique creative agency located in the Mission was finding the money to make the hire. Enter Jobs Now!, a city program funded by the stimulus to subsidize employment. “We found someone who had been laid off from a very successful company,” said Sir …
Pictures of a girl masturbating for an audience, a nude androgynous man being taken away by cops during Mardi Gras and one of William S. Burroughs, in front of a lie detector, were among the photographs shown at the San Francisco Art Institute, at the second of a three-day celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Naked Lunch, written …
Bay Area residents can come to the Mission District, show their zip code and get a discount when they shop, wine, dine, get an acupuncture session and more. It’s a citywide promotion called Show Your Zip. “It is a great idea to promote business locally,” said Julie Baumhofser, owner of Bu Tong Acupuncture. Bay Area residents …
Although 24th Street from Valencia to Folsom remains full of foot traffic, merchants said few customers are walking into their stores and sales have yet to recover. Nevertheless, instead of layoffs, many are cutting hours or trying other innovations including selling aging elixirs. “We don’t whine about it and work hard,” said Martha Andrade, owner …
As soon as the Day of the Dead was over, the Christmas season started on Mission Street. “We do it every year,” said Arline Santos, the daughter of the owner of Joannna’s Bridal & Fashion, which has already put out Christmas lights and decorations. From pharmacies to one-dollar stores, many Mission merchants take advantage of …
San Francisco residents were turned away this afternoon when the Department of Public Works ran out of sandbags due to high demand. “The city means well but oftentimes promises more than what they can deliver,” said Jul Niemier, a Mission resident lucky enough to get the last 10 sand bags at 1:20 p.m. With a …
BUY Olivia y los monos is an easy low-level Spanish novella for true beginners. It is almost entirely in the present tense with a smattering of past tense and no subjunctive. With about 285 unique words (not including obvious cognates) and plenty of repetition, it tells a 2,700-word story. A full glossary for each of the seven …
BUY A novella for 3rd-year high school Spanish students. SUMMARY Daniel, a 16-year-old American boy wants to enter a photography contest. He goes to Ecuador to visit his Ecuadorian-American relatives. While there, he must deal with various culturally challenging situations. On a day trip he meets Carmen, a girl with exceptional eyes. He wants to photograph …
BUY Historias con sabor a sueño (Dream-Flavored Stories) is the name of Verónica’s first book, published by Letramía in Quito, Ecuador in 2001. This book is a compilation of five fantasy stories. Each one is like a metaphor of some of the author’s life experiences and the teachings they left her. The result are stories similar …
Pineapple upside-down cake, potato salad, homemade hummus and more decorated the table for a potluck organized by the Richmond Heights Neighborhood Council this past Monday. Community members gathered at the Humboldt play lot, where neighbors mingled with members of the fire department and enjoyed a canine demonstration presented by some police officers. Children and grown ups …