A Firsthand Account Of The Championships At The All Enalawn Tennis Club

PHOTOGRAPHY DREW ALTIZER The UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital fund-raising event with the Painted Turtle called “A Starry Evening of Music, Comedy & Surprises” at Davies Symphony Hall on March 10 was indeed a star-studded evening, hosted by Kathy Griffin and featured celebrities Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Josh Groban, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Amber Riley and […]

Photograhy: Drew Altizer On March 1, over 500 guests gathered for the 2014 BUILD Gala at the Palace of Fine Arts. Bay Area and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists came together to support BUILD’s programs for disadvantaged high school students by engaging them in entrepreneurial education. Founded by Stanford Law School graduate Suzanne McKechnie in […]

The San Francisco Symphony saluted Gordon Getty at his 80th Birthday with a special concert on Jan. 6 featuring Placido Domingo and Frederica von Stade along with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, Ragnar Bohlin and Placido Domingo. The program included the works of Strauss, Mahler, Verdi, Beethoven, Lehar and […]

The San Francisco Opera hosted an exquisite gala dinner on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House on Dec. 2. It celebrated the 75th Anniversary of SF Opera Guild giving voice to potential through education and outreach programs that bring opera center stage into the life of the community. The evening also honored California […]

It was a big mistake on my part when I lost faith in Jimmy Spithill and his Oracle Team USA’s ability to defend the America’s Cup when they were down 8 points to 1. I left San Francisco for the Monaco Yacht Show. Amazingly, Oracle came back from behind and on Sept. 25th, I watched […]

The San Francisco Opera opened its 91st season in early September with a glittering Opera Ball and the performance of Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele by American soprano Patricia Racette, Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov and tenor Ramon Vargas. The theme of the 2013 Opening Night was The Garden of Good and Evil created by celebrity event designer […]

  Fasten your seat belt for the ride of a lifetime! Space travel is no longer a fantasy in George Lucas movies—it is now an attainable reality for adventurous folks who can spare $250,000 on Virgin Galactic or book a flight with Space Expedition Corporation at $95,000 that seems to be a bargain (round trip!). […]

On a beautiful spring evening in late April, I attended the Ocean Independence’s Legends in London event. This exclusive cocktail reception, held at the Mall Galleries, showcased both the America’s Cup and the Louis Vuitton Cup, together for the first time in many years in London. During the elegant event guests got the chance to see revolutionary on-board footage of America’s Cup sailing.