Paramount PicturesThe CoreIn real life, people are always fighting to preserve the beauty of San Francisco, but through the magic of the silver screen we can get the slightly wrong thrill of watching it get messed with just a little bit. We don't really want the Golden Gate Bridge to explode, crumble, or be swarmed by crazy creatures and we don't think cable cars should be used as weapons and flying machines . . . or, judging by the box office success of many of these films which depict these an
Joe EskenaziThe tow truck had just finished hauling a jeep in forward and reverse through a maze of traffic cones, Muni personnel, Public Works guys, and bulldozers in an exercise reminiscent of the Olympic figure skating compulsories when I noticed the next car in line. It was this stunning black Ford Mustang; I know this is two Steve McQueen references in a week, but this vehicle really did look as if my grandmother's favorite actor ("Steve McKveen -- now dats a real man.") should have lope
Perhaps you've seen this before -- but it was a new thrill to us. A pair of gents with a time-lapse camera that snapped photos every 10 seconds have distilled their cross-country automobile journey down to the above four-and-a-half minute haul from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. In case you're wondering, this is the quickest anyone has left San Francisco since Gavin Newsom heard there were some folks in Bakersfield with an abiding interest in health care and photogenic mayors. If you're also
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