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It’s allergy season – how to survive and thrive at home
The signs are always identical: watery eyes, running nose, that dreadful sensation for your nose that continuously asks to be scratched, as well as that scratchy throat, and sneezes… bless you! You suffer from allergies, and there are two ways to deal with them, learn to live with them or try to treat them. Treatment [...]
parks \ San Francisco \ San Francisco Parks & Recreation
Enjoying the outdoors in San Francisco – take a park break
In November 2003, San Francisco voters passed the proposition through which the City Services Auditor (CSA) works with the Recreation and Parks Department (Rec Park) to take care of the city’s parks, following 14 features: lawns, ornamental gardens, shrubs & ground covers, trees, athletic fields, hardscapes & trails, open space, courts, children’s play areas, benches, [...]
Richmond District \ Richmond District San Francisco \ San Francisco \ Sutro Baths
Neighborhood profile: Richmond District
Bordered by parks and the ocean, the Richmond District has a reputation of a comfortable and practical neighborhood with exquisite international restaurants. Named also Outside Lands, The Richmond, and even New Chinatown, it is flanked by Presidio and Lincoln Park (north), and Golden Gate Park (south). In the 1800s, today’s Richmond was owned by Mexico, [...]
Apartment market report – San Francisco is booming
A healthy housing market is characterized by low vacancy rates, low foreclosure inventory, and strong job growth. All three exist in San Francisco, making it one of the booming cities of the US. The economy in the past 12 months shows payrolls expanded by 3.2 percent. 30,700 positions were added by employers throughout the year [...]
Bed bug \ Bed bug infestation \ Chicago apartments
Unwanted inhabitants – bedbugs
“Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite” was more of a prayer than a bedtime wish in the city of Chicago last year. Just a few days ago, pest control leader Orkin announced the top 50 cities in the US that are fighting the little bloody pests and our beloved Windy City ranks first. One [...]
Health \ San Francisco \ Walk
More walking, less driving in San Francisco
Walk more. Make it fun. Start now. San Francisco is such a great place to walk, with improved crossings, calmer traffic, more green space, and wider sidewalks. Don’t let the hilly landscape scare you in your car, walk up and then enjoy the view. 30 minutes of walking each day have amazing effects on the [...]
Apple \ Macworld/iWorld 2013 \ Steve Jobs \ Steve Wozniak
Macworld/iWorld 2013 – the ultimate iFan event
Back in 2009 Apple announced that the company won’t exhibit anymore at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The ever increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores made trade shows become a very minor part of how the company reaches its customers. But that didn’t stop this event, it’s the 29th year since its first edition and [...]
Your January apartment workout
Holidays are last month’s thing, a new year began as did the task to lose the pounds we’ve been gathering since Christmas. Gym memberships seem to be on everyone’s minds, but before you sign the contract, watch out for scams and tricks. I am not a big fan of going to the gym, but I [...]
Garden your apartment in 4 steps
I grew up having a big garden filled with everything – vegetables, trees, all sorts of flowers and scrubs, even a little vineyard. Throughout the years I’ve learned a lot about gardening and became fond of it. Not to mention the great advantage of using fresh vegetables for every meal and saving quite a decent [...]
New Year’s Traditions
No matter how much the world evolves and despite the amazing technology that surrounds us, there are those illogical habits, the customs and traditions that stuck with us since antiquity. The New Year has a fair amount of such rituals. New Year’s celebrations begin on the evening of December 31— New Year’s Eve — and [...]
Burmese cuisine \ Burmese restaurants \ ethnic food \ San Francisco
Food adventure: Enjoy Burmese cuisine in San Francisco
One of the very delicious things about living in San Francisco is the aperture to so many ethnic eats, the imminent surprise every time you go out, asking the city to take you on another culinary adventure. And oh, the excitement when discovering yet another place you’ve never tried before and the astonishment to learn [...]
Christmas \ eggnog \ Eggnog Riot
Everything you need to know about egg-nog
In the 18th century it crossed the Atlantic for the first time, veiled in a British aristocratic air. It rapidly became so popular that Christmas in 1826 is famous for its Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. English brandy, rum, bourbon, whiskey, all make great fun-giver eggnog. What’s [...]
Christmas \ Christmas tree \ Light-emitting diode
Go green with your Christmas lights this year
‘Tis the season for holiday decorations. It’s comforting to see more and more retailers offering LED holiday lights, pure green holiday cheer. These little wonders are extremely energy-efficient, they save you money because your electricity bills will be considerably lowered, savings that you will have no problem redirecting towards something in tone with the season. [...]
Apartment \ Christmas \ Interior design
Christmas décor for small apartments
Christmas decorating – not an easy task, if you live in a tiny apartment, but not an impossible one, either. The first thing to watch out for? Overcrowding the space. Here are a few tips. Start with hanging light strings around your windows. These take up very minimal space and partially make up for your [...]
Ocean Beach \ San Francisco \ Solstice bonfire \ Winter Solstice
Celebrate Winter Solstice at Ocean Beach in San Francisco
The day when winter begins in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern one, is the day when most of us consider making a trip to buy gloves, an umbrella or a scarf – this is Winter Solstice in California. But it can be different. Head out to Ocean Beach (at “Ye Olde Site” [...]
High tech gifts for the grandparents
Gadgetry nowadays doesn’t limit to only the young of us. The senior populace has been under the radar of various tech companies who have invested in robotic technology coming up with modern tools and devices. Perhaps this year you should consider upgrading your grandpa and grandma with new age toys. Robotic technology is the aid [...]
What do you know about the Christmas tree?
The Christmas Tree is probably the most suggestive holiday symbol, next to Santa and his reindeers. Its history is sprinkled with great moments, did you know? The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510. Small candles used in lighting the tree date back to the middle of the 17th century. Edward Johnson, [...]
2012 phenomenon \ Maya calendar \ NASA
Another day the World won’t come to its End
December 21, 2012 – another date added to the worldwide calendars as a great opportunity to get together, party and, for some, the most frightening reason to worry about, again. Good for you if you made party plans, seriously, have a drink for me! The theories have been multiple, from the no-way-to-escape End of the [...]
childless in San Francisco \ DINK \ dual income no kids \ San Francisco \ Walkability
San Francisco is paradise for Dual Income No Kids couples
They are such a powerful demographic that they got their own acronym sometime in the 1980s. Maybe you’re one of them, the DINK segment. It stands for Dual Income No Kids couples and San Francisco, the city famed for having more dog-raising families than kid-raising ones, is headquarters for DINKs. New York City and Washington [...]
Winter holiday traditions around the world
Winter holiday season means for the most of us Christmas and Santa Claus, trees and gifts, but in other parts of the world, the scenario is different. Befana – Italy In Italy, the folklore features Befana, the witch who brings the gifts. The legend says that the Magi showed up at her door, asking [...]
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