The Essay Archives • The Nob Hill Gazette

nobhillgazetteJanuary 2, 2021

Cultivating a Beginner’s Mind

The New Year is an opportunity to “start over.” I have learned through my Zen Buddhist practice that every moment,…

nobhillgazetteDecember 3, 2020

A newly minted journalist finds herself in the story. On the southern shore of Lake Vattern in Sweden, there is…

Julissa JamesOctober 3, 2020

On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, the sun did not rise in San Francisco. A dim orange glow through smoke and…

nobhillgazetteSeptember 5, 2020

Welcome to our home! It’s so nice of you to join us for this Zoom dinner party on such short…

Wherever you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re not where you thought you’d be back on January 1, 2020.…

Basic Mac skills. Suggested typing speed: 50 wpm. Possibly familiar with email. Those bullet points on the job description weren’t…

The next time you’re walking through the City, pause for a minute to consider how many of the local streets…

nobhillgazetteFebruary 4, 2020

I have spent most of my life within an eight-block radius of Laurel Hill. I was born in the Children’s…

nobhillgazetteJanuary 3, 2020

My husband and I were walking back to our Lower Nob Hill home one hazy pink evening a few years…

nobhillgazetteSeptember 28, 2019

Tosca, as a bar and neighborhood joint, was truly democratic — a place where no reservations were required for folks…