Email Author Eliza Strickland

Awards

• 2008 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published June 6, 2007

  "Burnt Chefs"

• 2008 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published June 6, 2007

  "Burnt Chefs"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published June 6, 2007

  "Burnt Chefs"

• 2007 - Society of Professional Journalists/Northern California Chapter, published June 6, 2007

  "Burnt Chefs"

• 2007 - Society of Professional Journalists/Northern California Chapter, published June 6, 2007

  "Burnt Chefs"

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2006 Stories by Eliza Strickland

• Don't Book 'Em

  published December 27, 2006

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• Green Like Me

  published December 20, 2006

  In case you haven't noticed (roll down the tinted windows), San Francisco is in the midst of an advertising blitz. Bright green posters have... More >>

• Mother’s Work

  published December 6, 2006

  During the summer of 2005, Hilda Turcios was working as a janitor at the Gap's corporate office building at First Street and Harrison, where she... More >>

• Hands Out

  published November 15, 2006

  Others may call it charity or philanthropy, but one entrepreneur looked at San Franciscans' penchant for giving away money and called it a... More >>

• Amazonian Quagmire

  published November 15, 2006

  Judge William Alsup is known as one of the most efficient judges in San Francisco's federal court. He bustles into the courtroom, robes flapping,... More >>

• Drawn Together

  published November 1, 2006

  The ponderous glass chandeliers dim in the hotel ballroom as the emcee takes the stage in front of a chattering crowd. It's past 10 on a Saturday... More >>

• There at Creation

  published October 18, 2006

  Pamela Kramlich's Pacific Heights mansion flickers with ghostly figures. Above the massive stone fireplace, the video art superstar Matthew Barney... More >>

• More Phone Pranks

  published October 11, 2006

  Faithful SF Weekly readers may remember Lee Kaplan, the self-appointed watchdog of the Bay Area's pro-Palestinian groups ("Disturbing the... More >>

• Whose Haight?

  published September 20, 2006

  "We've got enough bums here already." The four blue-uniformed police officers surround two young people lounging on Haight Street, in front of... More >>

• You're Not There

  published September 20, 2006

  Have you been feeling transparent lately? Has a barista looked right through you, as if he couldn't see you there at the counter, trembling with... More >>

• Pol Dancing

  published August 30, 2006

  After a long and bumpy ride, former San Francisco Supervisor Amos Brown isn't quite dismounting from the Democratic donkey — but he is... More >>

• Eminent Changes

  published August 23, 2006

  The traditional interpretation of government goes something like this: We citizens scurry along the busy paths of our lives, pursuing our best... More >>

• Disturbing the Peace

  published August 9, 2006

  Lee Kaplan barges through the crowd to the front of the barricade on Montgomery Street. Although it's quitting time on a Thursday, no suited... More >>

• Stick 'Em Up

  published August 2, 2006

  If you haven't noticed the lampposts along Mission Street, look again, for they are things of beauty. They're tall, red, and ornamented with... More >>

• Lust for Life

  published July 26, 2006

  The superheroes scurry down Castro Street, adjusting their costumes. An imposing Wonder Woman — over 6 feet tall, and sporting a slight five... More >>

• Life on the Water

  published July 26, 2006

  From the balcony of his redwood-shingled houseboat, Bob Isaacson points out a cormorant perched on a piling on the other side of Mission Creek,... More >>

• The Bayview Battler

  published July 5, 2006

  Willie Ratcliff can rev up from mild-mannered to full-blown outrage in two minutes flat. Or less. At the May 9th Board of Supervisors meeting,... More >>

• The Tide Is High

  published June 14, 2006

  Here's news to warm the hearts of wonky environmentalists: Tidal power in San Francisco has been declared officially feasible. And not only... More >>

• Beer: 1, Dufty: 0

  published May 24, 2006

  Clouds darkened the sky on Saturday afternoon, and perhaps, somewhere in District 8, Supervisor Bevan Dufty shivered with an ominous premonition.... More >>

• The Asylum Trap

  published May 10, 2006

  In a California state bar hearing room on Tuesday, the illegal Mexican immigrants rose one by one to tell their tales of deception, in an effort... More >>

• H to the Izzo

  published May 10, 2006

  The Bay Area Council doesn't think small — asked to come up with a plan to improve water transportation in the region, the area's premier... More >>

• No $$ for Blood

  published April 19, 2006

  Three years into the Iraq War, some protesters have blisters on their heels from marching and are looking for new ways to express their... More >>

• Too Sexy for Their Social Services

  published April 5, 2006

  Last Friday, the founder of the Erotic Service Providers Union marched down to the Cat Club, petition in hand, to catch revelers at the Mondo... More >>

• Eject d'Art

  published April 5, 2006

  It's hard to say who would be more excited by the sight of Mark "Huck" Gee's art studio: an 8-year-old kid or an art collector from SOMA. The... More >>

• Just Desserts

  published March 29, 2006

  Late on a Thursday evening in early March, the North Beach strip clubs were in full swing. The Hungry I's sign glowed in the night, 10 tall feet... More >>