How beautiful it is to watch the simplicity in giving and receiving. Generosity goes both ways. A news reporter becomes the messenger of “Secret Santa,” spreading joy and sharing what money can do for the good of others. East Idaho News does a great job with this Secret Santa segment and report Nate Easton handles … More Secret Santa Brings A Gift To A Happy Mother Who Needed A Car
The nine Bay Area counties are currently under a Stay-at-Home mandate and so it is the State of California. Politics and conspiracy theories aside, wear a mask. #CubrebocasObligatorio*wash your hands frequently*follow social distancing guidelines*eat and sleep properly *wear a mask as often and as much as possible; all the time would be best! Los nueve … More SF Bay Area And California: Stay At Home Mandate In Effect
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This holiday season, you are probably wondering where the best towns for Christmas are? In California, McCloud is the answer. It is a small town in Siskiyou County, located south of Mount Shasta, by highway 89, not far from Interstate 5. Any time of the year, this town is the perfect choice for a weekend … More Best Christmas Town in California: McCloud!
There doesn’t seem to be much of a story behind the inverted Christmas Tree at the Westfield Centre in downtown San Francisco. It may just be the result of a creative idea. The tree looks beautiful hanging and visible to the public on level 4, under the dome. This Christmas tree is elegant, big, and … More The Famous Inverted Christmas Tree
As the autumn settled in the City, and the last months of 2020 are following their course, people are trying to adapt to an ever changing new normal -or whatever that is. But even with challenges and change pouring in, there is no town like San Francisco! Where is everybody? To walk through downtown in … More San Francisco 2020: Autumn, and the Christmas Spirit!
Some people call it “popular religiosity,” others call it faith and tradition. Whatever the case, the “Virgen Maria de Guadalupe,” celebrated in Mexico every December 12th, is a powerful image, literally, and a symbol of hope and love. Ask any Mexican and many Central Americans, men or women over 40. They will know who the … More December 12th is Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Day
It is December and the Christmas spirit is all around us. One of the best singers of all times, Frank Sinatra, brings to us this traditional song. Enjoy!
Por Lupita Franco Peimbert. Diciembre nos ha traído una nueva serie de restricciones y mandatos de distancia social. Nos han dicho que se trata de prevenir un contagio mayor durante las navidades. Esto llega después de que, en Noviembre, se reabrieran algunos lugares y mientras tanto un considerable número de establecimientos modificaran y hasta reconstruyeran … More Así estuvo San Francisco en Noviembre del 2020. ¡Cómo San Francisco No Hay Dos!
Large, elegant and beautiful, the Macy’s Tree in Union Square sets the tone for the Holiday Season each year. Because of the pandemic, there are not as many families and their children taking pictures, seating around, looking at it as it used to be. Yet, December 2020 is more festive and joyful because of the … More The Macy’s Tree in Union Square Sets the Tone for the Holiday Season
It is large and festive, and it adorns the business near Bank of America, and Castro Street as well. This Christmas tree is just another display of Holiday cheer despite the pandemic, as San Francisco and the rest of California prepare for yet another set of restrictions and closures due to COVID19. (LFP, December 2020).
For many years every December, people would drive through the “Tom and Jerry” House on 21st Street in San Francisco, to see the tall Norfolk Island pine tree decorated with Christmas lights and ornaments. Other large Christmas decorations were in display every year around the tall tree and the house. Families and their children would … More The Tom and Jerry House in San Francisco is Still Alive This Christmas!
I don’t know you, but every time I see someone sleeping on the street I feel bad and I wish I could do something big about it. I do what I can at the moment and I try to not judge because I am sure I’d have to be in their shoes to understand. It … More “The Way Home,” a Documentary Series on Homelessness to Begin this Friday on ITunes, Amazon, and Google Play.
French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of impressionism. He died on December 3, 1919 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Among his works there is a dancing series called “Dance in Bougival,” featuring three couples in movement. Bougival was a suburb of Paris. A film about Renoir’s last years in Cagnes-sur-Mer and his last model/muse … More Renoir Died On a Day Like Today
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, in Missouri. His real name was Samuel L. Clemens; Mark Twain was his pen name. The American writer was best known for writing “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” published in 1876. Twain died in 1910.
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