SENIORBEAT GUEST COLUMN – I love San Francisco, and I love to walk. So when a friend told me about a group walk tracing the 32-mile perimeter of San Francisco, I decided to try it. This was in March of 2023. We would start at the Ferry Building, loop south, west, north, and return to ... The post The biggest, best walk – and bath of a lifetime. first appeared on San Francisco Senior Beat. The post The biggest, best walk – and bath of a lifetime. appeared first on San Francisco Senior Beat.| San Francisco Senior Beat
Juliet Rothman was living in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992 when her 21-year-old son Daniel attempted a double flip from a diving board into a swimming pool and broke his neck when he hit the water. Both arms and legs were paralyzed. Not only could he no longer walk but couldn’t feed himself or talk. A ... The post ‘So hard, all the losses and pain:’ Personal and world tragedies led daughter of Holocaust survivors to life of helping others help others first appeared on San Francisco Senio...| San Francisco Senior Beat
By the time he was 12, Arthur Indenbaum had been playing the piano for four years and would soon take up the clarinet and the saxophone. Before long, he was the drummer in a junior high school band and quickly discovered the guitar. “I was ready to take on any instrument,” he said. He credits ... The post Rock ‘n’ roll and diamonds shaped the life of Arthur Indenbaum first appeared on San Francisco Senior Beat. The post Rock ‘n’ roll and diamonds shaped the life of Arthur Indenbau...| San Francisco Senior Beat
Tony Hanley felt stuck. He’d flunked out of San Francisco City College and was working at an unsatisfying job as a stock clerk at Jackson Hardware and Houseware in the Sunset District. For three years, he shelved merchandise, made deliveries, and swept floors. He was 20 years old and had no idea how to find ... The post A lucky phone call steered him into a 54-year career as a shipping executive. first appeared on San Francisco Senior Beat. The post A lucky phone call steered him into a 54-...| San Francisco Senior Beat
It’s a Friday night at Chief Sullivan’s, an Irish-themed bar in North Beach, and The Irish Newsboys are about to perform one of their signature Irish tunes. But don’t expect to hear a song about leprechauns and pots of gold. The Newsboys’ repertoire favors songs about Irish freedom like “The Rising of the Moon” and ... The post He rode the rails, he slept on the streets, Kevin Fagan spent decades reporting on the homeless for the San Francisco Chronicle first appeared on San Franc...| San Francisco Senior Beat
Lots of parents talk about juggling responsibilities when it comes to their kids. Not so many literally juggle their kids. Carlo Gentile is one of the few. With much experience as a juggler, clown, unicyclist and diabolo artist, Gentile is now booking and production manager for Circus Bella, a “fiercely homegrown” San Francisco-based circus, where ... The post Circus Bella veteran juggler and ‘right-hand man’ keeps his family in on the act first appeared on San Francisco Senior Beat...| San Francisco Senior Beat