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 The S.F. Real Estate Merry-Go-Round
Former architect provides some tips on selling your house
By George McConnell Apr 13, 2007
Your home, according to the well-known axiom, is the largest purchase you will make in life. And in San Francisco, people are buying homes at a dizzying pace say the statistics. San Francisco Real Estate Trends, the online sales tracking service, for example, reports that in the year 2006, there were 5507 sales of single-family homes, condos, and TICs in the city. This averages 15 units every day.
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 The Power of Tap Unleashed
Legendary tapper wakes and shakes up an entire city
By George McConnell Feb 15, 2007
In tap dancing, the clickety, click, click is the mania. With its syncopated beat produced by flurries of flaps, shim shams, riffles, and cramp rolls, tap is a phenomenon to be heard as much as seen. “In tap, we do not dance to music, we make music,” said San Francisco's celebrated tapper, Rosie Radiator.
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 Local Merchant Celebrates Personal Milestone
Hard work and a bit of serendipity help lead to success
By George McConnell Jan 16, 2007
Valencia Street can be full of surprises. Where else, for example, could you find under one roof, an oil painting of “Kramer” the character on the TV show Seinfeld show along side works by new Latin American artists, such as Montoya Catrinas and Rufino Tamayo?
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 The Far Side Comes to Bernal Heights
Opp and her gang bring Woo Woos and more to the ’hood
By George McConnell Dec 11, 2006
You’ve just had a horrific encounter with a vicious bald-headed taxi driver. What to do? If slipping your shady cousin Pluto a few G's to give baldy a bad headache isn't an option, consider a jaunt down to 309 Cortland Ave. in cozy Bernal Heights and asking Erika for a couple of her Woo Woos. Those bad memories of baldy will soon be of historical nature, and better yet, it's legal, no chance you'll end up at the big house spending quality time churning out license plates and road signs.
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 Burritos & Other Necessities
One man’s epicurean passion brings unexpected celebrity
By George McConnell Nov 06, 2006
For most people, a burrito may be little more than beans, rice, salsa, and sliced meat wrapped in a flour tortilla, but for one San Francisco resident known as the Burrito Eater, they have transcended mere nourishment and become a passion, an enchantment, and a cause d’celebré. And he has the numbers to prove it.
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