Cookbook Author Gina Meyers Books for Sale

Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook

The international phenomenon known as Twilight fever has ignited excitement in the kitchen. Delectable delights to satisfy the appetites of the humans can be found in the fictional book Twilight. Love at First Bite: the Unofficial Twilight Cookbook is meant to offer a satisfying array of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age can cook with ease and enjoyment. To help the reader determine the level of skill involved in preparing each dish, the recipes are labeled "easy", "medium", or "hard". One fork means "easy", two forks, "medium", and three forks means it is a "difficult" or "hard" recipe. Filled with forbidden love, action, and danger, so brace yourself, and bring your very best table manners and your appetites. Don't forget your forks. Beautiful Bella Swan will be serving up some scrumptious delights to satisfy even the pickiest puritan "vegetarian" vampires. Intertwined in the pages of Love at First Bite, you will find Bell's Lasagna, Harry's Famous Fish Fry, Mushroom Ravioli, Blushing Bella Punch, just to name a few. Your senses will be filled deep with the sweet aroma of mouthwatering I Dare You to Eat Pizza Edward, and sinfully delicious Red Velvet Cake. You know when the rooster crows, it is time to awaken your sense of taste and take a Bite at Dawn to Lemon Blueberry cake, Plum Pecan Waffles, or Grand Slam Sundae. Red juicy ripe vine tomatoes marinated in raspberry vinaigrette tempts the taste buds and is a featured salad in the There Are Cold Cut Sandwiches in the Fridge section. Pucker up and take a long cool sip of Sparkling Honey Lemonade in a citrus salt rimmed glass, one of the virgin recipes found in the beverage chapter. Give into your epicurean temptation and take a bite into Love at First Bite: the Unofficial Twilight Cookbook. The recipes will leave you breathless and hungry for more. Besides luscious recipes, you'll also find cast lists for Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, as well a Twilight Party Planning Checklist, Bella's Prom Planner, and tons of trivia. Also find invaluable resources on upcoming Unofficial Twilight Conventions, Twilight Cooking Classes and more. ISBN-13: 978-1450222006 $50.00

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer & More

Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Butterbeer And More! Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron’s Love Spell Sugar Cookies, Butterbeer Cupcakes, Pumpkin Juice, Hermiome’s Precious Potion, Mulled Mead, Rock Cakes, Treacle Crisp, Pumpkin Fudge, Yorkshire Pudding, Cauldron Cakes, King’s Cross Butterscotch Bars, Harry’s Tea and Get Out Of a Jam Cookies, Cockroach Clusters, and much, much more, if you dare. ISBN-13: 978-1463555054 $30.00

The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook: Clients, Cookery and Cocktails

Want to cook fun easy meals while remembering one of your Beloved 1960's sitcoms Bewitched? "Well", as Samantha would say hop on your brooms with an appetite and take a nostalgic flight back to yesteryear with The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook: Clients, Cookery and Cocktails. A magical cookbook with plenty of culinary classics that unthaws the proverbial TV dinner and brings to life delectable desserts, mouth watering main dishes, scrumptious appetizers, yummy breakfast treats, satisfying soups and sandwiches, and beverages sure to please any mere mortal. Find out what Darrin Stephens favorite meal is and what's boiling in Serena's Saucy Guide to Life, get advice from Bewitched's resident boss, Larry Tate with his little black book of hangover remedy cures. Get Gladys Kravitz, world's noisiest neighbor sugar cookie recipe, fly on over to the Clients Coming Over In An Instant Appetizers, and pull up a chair in the Tales of Toadstools and Barstools with Dr. Bombay's Sure to Cure Favorite Home Remedy drink. The Caldron is stirring up a tasty Witches Brew in Madison Avenue Mocktails. The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook has helpful kitchen tips, trivia tidbits, rare photographs, a listing of McMann and Tate Advertising Clients, an index and great recipes! No magic wands needed, just cooking the old fashioned messy mortal way! ISBN-13: 978-0595477609 $50.00

The Magic of Bewitched Trivia and More
	Witch-ever way you look at it, The Magic of Bewitched Trivia and More book is a magical, must have. An enchanting accompaniment to any Bewitched lovers collection. It's an out of this world galaxy guide to trivia, recipes, fun facts, never before seen photographs, and much more. It's FAN-tastic, FAN-tabulous, and a fun read! ISBN-13: 978-0595315574 $50.00

The Magic of Bewitched Trivia by Gina Meyers

Best Witches and much success with this and all your other books."Kasey Rogers, Louise Tate from Bewitched. "Gina Meyers pays respect to one of the classic television shows of our time. In the process, we discover more than just an entertaining and nostalgic sitcom, but one that has earned a place in our social fabric. Black cloak fabric, that is! Marcella Carrillo, book reviewer "This is a very involved book about Bewitched, even if you didn't know much about the show, you do after reading this book." Anne M. Morrall, Australia Bewitched Fan The Magic of Bewitched has totally cosmic trivia, fabulous fun facts, rarely seen photographs, 101 Things To Know About Bewitched, and lots more! ISBN-13: 978-0595447442 $50.00

Everyday Italian

In my Italian-American household and my Taste of Italy Cooking Classes, fun gatherings have always centered around good food, and great conversation. Everyday Italian focuses on the simple pleasure of cooking healthy, easy to follow, time tested recipes. Everyday Italian is resplendent of the fresh & seasonal ingredients found in Italy. With the spirit of Italy in mind, you will enjoy creating family favorites such as Aunt Rose’s Tallerina, My Mama’s Artichoke Cheese Squares, The Brooklyn Mama’s Brusetta, Chicken Cacciatore, Veal Scaloppini, Zucchini Italiano, Torte Angelica, Nonie Julie’s Anise Biscotti Cookie, and a whole lot more. Buon Appetito. Besides tasty Italian recipes, you will find fun quizzes to test your knowledge. You Know You Are Italian When, Hot to Spot a Real Italian, How To Embrace Your Inner Italian Mama, and Memories of Italian Cooking, and a Handy Weights and Measures Guide. ISBN-13: 978-1492993735 $50.00

Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook

You are getting ready to go off to college, congratulations! Now you can impress the girl or boy down the hall as she or he walks by your door, they will smell a wonderful aroma, what are you cooking? Inside Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook, a college cookbook, you will find gluten-free recipes, vegetarian specialties, gourmet recipes, desserts; appetizers just to name a few. How else do you expect to stay energized for early-morning classes and late-night study sessions? With Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook as your guide, you will find great resources that will help the beginning cook understand cooking abbreviations and terms, make substitutions in recipes, and convert to and from the metric system. There is even a Cooking Essentials Guide to the best products on the market as well as The Well-Stocked Dorm Room Pantry Checklist. To assist the budding dorm room chef in determining the level of skill involved in preparing each dish, the recipes are labeled "easy", "medium", or "hard". Bachelor's Degree means "easy", Master's Degree, "medium", and Doctorate Degree, "hard". Most recipes found in Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook are Bachelor's Degree Level, or "easy". With Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook, you not only get well balanced meals that are easy to prepare in your dorm room, but you also get a bonus: there are Holistic Healing Exercises, and a section on How to Make a Dreamboard. These are perfect for the dorm room resident who wants to be able to create a well-rounded lifestyle. ISBN-13: 9781502486998 $50.00

Dorm Room Dining

You are getting ready to go off to college, congratulations! Now you can impress the girl or boy down the hall as she or he walks by your door, they will smell a wonderful aroma, what are you cooking? Inside Dorm Room Dining, a college cookbook, you will find gluten-free recipes, vegetarian specialties, gourmet recipes, desserts; appetizers just to name a few. How else do you expect to stay energized for early-morning classes and late-night study sessions? With Dorm Room Dining as your guide, you will find great resources that will help the beginning cook understand cooking abbreviations and terms, make substitutions in recipes, and convert to and from the metric system, and a well stocked dorm room pantry checklist. In addition, is a handy list of cooking basics (foods and tools) that are perfect for the dorm room resident who wants to be able to create simple, delicious snacks and meals with minimum effort. With Dorm Room Dining, you not only get well balanced meals that are easy to prepare in your dorm room, but you also get a bonus: The Eight Keys To Balance, Five Elements To Produce Harmony In Your Environment, Six Inexpensive Cures To Health, Wealth, Prosperity, Understanding The Yin And Yang Energy, and Rules For Being Human. ISBN-13: 978-1466232976 $25.00

Manifesting Magnificence: A Personal Growth Workbook

Shine in 2018! Manifesting Magnificence is a personal growth workbook with uplifting exercises to promote positive benefits in the areas of mind, body, and spirit. Mindful living includes creating vision boards, healthy recipes, financial health advice, parenting advice from a psychologist, meditation exercises from a yoga instructor and so much more! Create the feeling of what you want NOW. Chapters include: Using The Law of Attraction and Dreamboards to Live Fully (Visionary Anita Rani), Tune in, Tap in, Turn on, An Easy Guide to Meditation ( Yoga Master, Richard Parenti), The Building Blocks of Self-Esteem (Clinical Psychologist Dr. Allan G. Hedberg), Move Past Your Obstacles and into your Magnificence (Drama Therapist Cecelia M. Klinger), The 21st of Every Month, A Plan for Keeping Your Life in Balance (Professor Linda Ferrari), Feel Good Food Recipes (Cookbook Author Gina Meyers), Tips for Parents (Artist Liz Longo), Brother John the Runner and the Old Abbott (Alan Hill) and much more! Ideal for divorced or separated people. ISBN-13: 978-0692345191 $25.00

The Twin Pomegranates Wine Cookbook

Things just taste better with wine, it is a fact that every great cook knows. Cooking with Twin Pomegranates wine is simply superb. Inside The Twin Pomegranates™ Cookbook, you will find appealing appetizers, mouthwatering main dishes, cheering cocktails, and delightful desserts. Pomegranate wine has medicinal qualities and impressive health benefits. Pomegranate wine has been known to improve one’s health, lower bad cholesterol in the blood, preventing heart disease and certain studies have shown pomegranate wine to destroy cancer cells. Dionysos was the God of wine, fruit, and viticulture. Euripides said, “where there is no wine, there is no love.” Ernest Hemingway pledged, “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.” Napoleon stated, “In victory, you deserve champagne, in defeat, you need it.” The Twin Pomegranates Cookbook has helpful and healthful tips, yummy recipes, full color photographs, and even a handy weights and measures and substitution guide. There is a guarantee that drinking one glass of Twin Pomegranate wine may promote smiling. To your health, à votre santé. ISBN-13: 978-0982503997 $50.00

101 Things To Know About I Dream of Jeannie & Bewitched

Did you know that the theme songs from “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Bewitched” have lyrics? Did you know that Jeannie, the resident genie from the hit ‘60’s sitcom “I Dream Of Jeannie”, made magic by blinking her eyes? And did you know that Samantha Stephens, the lead character in the 60’s magical hit sitcom “Bewitched” was a squeaky-clean suburban house-witch who tried hard to abstain from twitching her nose and playing her witchy craft in order to please her uptight advertising executive husband, Darrin? 101 Things To Know About I Dream of Jeannie & Bewitched answers those questions and more. In this bonus feature, also receive the theme song lyrics, stories told by real life Bewitched Fans, and tons more!!! ISBN-13: 978-1461053088 $25.00

Bite at Twilight

The international phenomenon known as Twilight fever has ignited excitement in the kitchen. Delectable delights to satisfy the appetites of the humans found in the fictional book Bite At Twilight: Vampires, Forks, & Knives, is meant to offer a satisfying array of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age can cook with ease and enjoyment. Whether you are planning a Twilight-Themed Birthday Party, just a simple get together with friends, a Halloween party, or just what to try your creative hand to some culinary delights you are in luck. Filled with forbidden love, action, and danger, brace yourself, and bring your very best table manners, and appetites. Don't forget your forks. Beautiful Bella Swan will be serving up some scrumptious delights to satisfy even the pickiest, puritan "vegetarian" vampires. Intertwined in the pages of Bite At Twilight Cookbook: Vampires, Forks, & Knives, you will find Bell's Lasagna, Harry's Famous Fish Fry, Mushroom Raviolis, Red Velvet Cake, Blushing Bella Punch, and much more. Besides mouthwatering recipes, you'll also find a Twilight Party Planning Guide, and for the teenagers, Bell's Prom Primer. "I bought this cookbook on a whim, and love it! The recipes are easy. I made the mushroom ravioli and my family loved it".-Diana, Philadelphia, PA, Amazon customer "Gina, this is brilliant! I have a teen daughter who needs a boost like this to get her nose out of her Twilight books and into the kitchen." Laurie Vengoechea, San Diego Cooking Examiner ISBN-13: 978-0615282954 $25.00

Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Muggles To Magic

Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic Cookbook. Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron's Love Spell Sugar Cookies, Butterbeer Cupcakes, Pumpkin Juice, Hermiome's Precious Potion, Mulled Mead, Rock Cakes, Treacle Crisp, Pumpkin Fudge, Yorkshire Pudding, Cauldron Cakes, King's Cross Butterscotch Bars, Harry's Tea and Get Out Of a Jam Cookies, Cockroach Clusters, and much, much more, if you dare. With The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic, you will conjure up easy to follow recipes that have been thoroughly researched and taste tested. Harry Potter fans will delight in recreating their favorite delicacies so smuggle in some muggle magic and try your hand or magic wand at Potter Stew, Hogwarts Best Bruscetta, Lasagna, Banoffi Inspired Pizza Pie, Christmas Coconut Soup, Dumbledore's Delightful Dumplings, and much, much more. ISBN-13: 978-0982503959 $25.00

The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe

Smuggle in some muggle magic with Indulge your sophisticated palate, be the envy of your friends, embrace your inner chef and learn to cook easy, exotic, culinary masterpieces with, The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe. A cookbook designed for “foodies” ages six to sixteen who have an insatiable desire to be the next Top Chef! The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe, is packed with flavorful dishes from the regions of Italy, France, England, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand, China, Hawaii (Polynesian), and Japan. Gourmet recipes such as Thai Coconut Soup (Thailand), Ginger Chicken Stir Fry (China), Corned Beef and Cabbage (Ireland), Fruit Kabobs (Hawaii), Tea and Jam Cookies (England), Crepes Suzette (France), Pasta With Roasted Red Peppers (Italy), Chiles Rellenos Soufflé (Mexico) and dozens more healthy, fun, yummy gourmet recipes. ISBN-13: 978-1460916209 $25.00

How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama

In my Hot Italian Mama household, fun family gatherings have always centered around good food, great conversation, and lively interchanges. Let The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook be your guide to: economical ingredients, enjoyable, tasty recipes, and easy to follow instructions. Enjoy The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook with sure to please simple, easy and incredibly quick Italian inspired recipes. The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook takes into consideration what you have in your refrigerator or pantry. Mouthwatering recipes such as The Brooklyn Mama Bruscetta, My Italian Mama’s Artichoke Cheese Squares, Mushroom Ravioli, Yellow Squash and Tomato Parmesan, Pasta with Creamy Garlic and Walnut Sauce, Veal Scaloppini, Spaghettini Primavera and dozens more inspirational dishes. Gina Ferrari serves up easy, tasty Italian main dishes as well as simple desserts sure to be crowd pleasers. Buon Appetito. Besides tasty Italian recipes, you will find fun quizzes: You Know You Are Italian When, Hot to Spot a Real Italian, How To Spot A Non-Italian, How To Embrace Your Inner Italian Mom, and True Italian Stories. ISBN-13: 978-0982503904 $50.00

Attention all Central Valley Authors! Christian Writer's Seminar is sponsoring a Book Contest!

Attention all authors! Do you have a book that you've published in 2019? Are you in the Central Valley Region of California? Well stay tuned for an exciting contest sponsored by The Christian's Writers Seminar. Inquiries, please email: serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com.

San Francisco, California (Fisherman's Wharf District)

San Francisco, California (Fisherman’s Wharf District)

City Vibe:

Urban, fun, quirky, liberal, unique, one of a kind gem—are just a few words to describe San Francisco. Tony Bennett sang the infamous song, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” and you will too. As a third generation native San Franciscan, with my family roots in the seafood business, specifically my great grandfather immigrated from Porticello, Sicily and started Cresci Brothers on Historic Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, Stall No. 2, my love for the city distinct flavors and lovely charm will never go out of style. San Francisco is one of the most diverse cities in America. While most cities in the United States were originally settled by people with common values, a common religion, and similar hopes and dreams; San Francisco is an exception. San Francisco was settled by 25,000 people of different religions, ethnicities, hopes & dreams, all with one purpose, to get rich. Settled from people from all over the world, to find gold. In 1848, gold was discovered  in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Population of San Francisco went from 850 people to over 50,000 three years after the find of gold. Almost everyone that came to San Francisco was a risk taker from a foreign country.

Places to Eat:

There are many fine and casual dining experiences at your disposal on historic Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.  If you are looking for a fine tasting and dining experience, look no further than the famous Scoma’s.  Family owned and operated for over fifty years, Scoma’s Restaurant their legacy is the fresh local seafood. Located on Al Scoma Way, on Pier 47, Scoma’s has the best Crab Cakes and Cioppino in the universe! The seafood is so fresh, you can practically taste the ocean. Scoma’s uses only the freshest ingredients including Dungeness Crab, caught daily by the local fisherman. At Scoma’s, they pride themselves on the total dining experience. Some items on the menu include Caesar Salad, Clam Chowder, Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri Sauce, and Parmesan Polenta Alaskan Pollock alla Romano, Combination Crab and Shrimp Louis Salad, Pasta Garibaldi– Loch Duart Salmon, Calico Scallops, and Mussels with Sun Dried Tomato Pesto, and a lot more tasty dishes, just to name a few. They also have a wonderful selection of fine wines, delectable desserts and scrumptious appetizers.

Another great restaurant along Fisherman’s Wharf is Castagnola’s. Castagnola's is a world-class destination in the heart of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf right along the water, since 1916. Relax in the casual atmosphere of our dining rooms perched right over the water where you can watch the famous San Francisco boats coming and going. Castagnola’s is one of the oldest establishments at Fisherman’s Wharf and has fine Italian cuisine, chops and locally caught seafood. Downstairs, they have live music nightly, often a piano player plays to tourists as the doors are often open in the bar area of Castagnola’s. If you are looking for a chain restaurant then look no further than Buba Gump’s or The Rain Forest Café. The Rain Forest Café is a great excursion especially for parents with small children. The Rain Forest Café does birthdays and other special occasions and boats a large chocolate lava cake, which can be enjoyed by two or more people.

Chef’s Special Salad Dressing

1 ½ cups chili sauce

¼ cup of celery, finely diced or a ½ teaspoon of celery seed, ground

¼ cup of sour pickles

2 cups of mayonnaise

1 teaspoon of lemon juice

½ teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon of horseradish

Directions: put all ingredients into a bowl. Mix together; until well blended. This salad dressing can be used on a cobb salad, a chef’s salad, a spinach salad, a seafood salad. Makes one quart. 

Chioppino Sauce

½ cup of extra virgin olive oil

1 Tablespoon of chopped garlic

1 Tablespoon of chopped parsley

1 Tablespoon of chopped celery

1 Tablespoon of chopped green pepper

2 cups of tomatoes

1 cup of tomato sauce

2 Tablespoons of salt

1 Tablespoon of paprika

½ cup of sherry wine

3 cups of water

A small fresh basil

Directions: In a skillet, braise onions, garlic, parsley, celery and bell pepper in olive oil until golden brown. In a large pot, add skillet mixture, next add tomatoes and tomato sauce, salt, black pepper, paprike and sherry wine. Cook for 15 minutes on medium heat. Next,  add water, turn down the heat to medium low and slowly cook for one hour. This amount of chioppino sauce serves six people. May add any fresh fish or shellfish to this chioppino sauce. May also make polenta and use the chioppino sauce and add fresh mozzarella cheese. Follow package directions on how to make polenta.

Spaghetti and Crab

¼ cup of olive oil 

½ cup of chopped yellow or white onion

1 teaspoon of chopped garlic

1 teaspoon of chopped parsley

1 teaspoon of chopped celery

1 cup of canned tomatoes

1 cup of tomato sauce

¼ cup of sherry wine

1 teaspoon of black pepper

2 teaspoons of salt

½ teaspoon of paprika

1 ½ cups of water

1 pound of fresh craf

1 pound of spaghetti

Directions: In a skillet, braise onions, celery, garlic and parsley in olive oil until golden brown. In a pot, add tomatoes, tomato suce, water, seasons and the skillet creation. Simmer for one hour over medium heat. Next, add crab meat and wine and simmer for a few minutes mixing with a wooden spoon. Cook spaghetti according to package directions, and drain. Add hot cooked spaghetti noodles to sauce. Mix well. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Serves 5 to 6 people. 

Grab a bowl of clam chowder. If you are in the mood for a walk away crab cocktail, a seafood sandwich, or want to grab a bowl of clam chowder, look no further than one of the crab stands or stalls as they are referred to along Fisherman’s Wharf. Alioto’s Restaurant has either a casual atmosphere or a more refined sit down dinner appeal.

Places to Stay

San Francisco is and always will be about opulence. From the early beginnings of distinct ethnic groups coming to San Francisco to seek their fortune during the Gold Rush, many individuals did strike it rich. Instead of going back to their native country of origin, they remained in San Francisco and built landmarks, including exclusive hotels.

The Hotel Argonaut, a Kimpton Hotel, is right in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf district in San Francisco.

If you need help to plan out your itinerary for a trip to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, a conseirge is at your disposal at The Hotel Argonaut. Other great places to stay at Fisherman’s Wharf include, Best Western Tuscan Inn, Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf, and Courtyard San Francisco, Fisherman’s Wharf.

Transportation

Transportation is plentiful in San Francisco, especially at The Fisherman Wharf’s District. You can pick up the cable car at two locations at Fisherman’s Wharf. You can use your feet and walk to many popular destinations along Fisherman’s Wharf. You can take a helicopter ride, take a boat ride on The Blue & Gold Fleet or The Red & White Fleet. In the mood for a bike ride, there are a plethora of bike rental locations including hiring a driver, you sit in the back and enjoy the ride along Jefferson Street.

Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals allows you to be in the driver seat. Pick up your bike from Pier 41 and go on an excursion for however short or long a duration. Ride your bike from Fisherman’s Wharf across the Golden Gate Bridge and take the ferry back to Fisherman’s Wharf. Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals’ goal is to make the bike ride the best part of your trip to San Francisco. There is an easy and new National Park Bike Path which is from Fisherman’s Wharf to the Golden Gate Bridge. You can cross the bridge and coast downhill to Sausalito and catch a ferry back to Pier 39 to return your bike rental.  The Duck Tours is also a wonderful means of transportation, the trolley, or even a cable car on wheels.

A little more about the cable cars. San Francisco is one of few places in the world where people can ride on a national historic landmark. Refurbished and equipped with new tracks, cables, turntables and cable propulsion machinery, San Francisco’s famed cable cars operate much as they did on August 2, 1873 when Andrew S. Hallidie guided the first car down the Clay Street grade. Two of the three cable car lines stop in Fisherman’s Wharf. Catch the Powell-Mason line at Taylor St. and Bay St., or the Powell-Hyde line at Hyde St. and Beach St. 

Things To Do

Check out the Sea Lions at Pier 39. Most of the year, you can find hundreds of these local sea mammals gathered on the docks beside PIER 39, cavorting, eating and basking in the sun. Their numbers vary depending on time of year, but their distinct barks can always be heard from blocks away. There is another way to view the Sea Lions and that is at  the Aquarium By The Bay. Located right at Pier 39, The Aquarium By The Bay is fun for the entire family. Explore the best of the bay by getting to learn about the sea life that makes San Francisco Bay their home.

Island

Take a tour of the famous Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory and sample some chocolate.

During the day, street performers are here to tirelessly entertain you: magicians, mimes, musicians, jugglers, clowns and fire-eaters take pride in their efforts to make you feel welcome at Fisherman's Wharf. You can find them performing by Boudin Bakery, Ghiradelli Square, Pier 39, or at The Embarcadero.

The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in The Embarcadero. There is plenty of shopping to do including a large Sur La Table cookery store and a quaint Book Passage Bookstore located right at the Ferry Building. The Farmers Market at The Embarcadero has free cooking demonstrations every Saturday and individual vendors sell mainly fresh vegetables and fruit at the weekly Farmers Market.

If you want a real slice of San Francisco and Fisherman’s Wharf history, a visit to Boudin’s is in order. A visit to Boudin at the Wharf serves up a "one of a kind" San Francisco experience. Watch our bakers prepare the dough with our Gold Rush heritage recipes. Explore the interactive exhibits in our museum. Shop for distinctive gifts at our marketplace. Then relax and enjoy lunch or dinner in our cafe or upstairs in our full-service restauran Bistro Boudin where you can see views of the waterfront and historic Alcatraz. Every meal celebrates the best of San Francisco's regional delicacies. Come join us for a taste of authentic San Francisco, then and now. 

The Mechanical Museum is located at Pier 45 at the end of Taylor Street. The Mechanical Museum was featured in the movie, The Princess Diaries. It boasts the largest private collection of mechanical coin operated machines.  

About San Francisco, California

With 43 hills, one of the world's great bridges and a population of more than 800,000 freethinkers, inventors and people who beat to their own drummer, San Francisco is one of the USA's most compelling cities. Fisherman’s Wharf, one of the world’s most popular destination spots, it has something for everyone. 

Blessing

I was led twice today to Joel Osteen's, I Declare: 31 Promises book. What is serendipitous about this, is I wasn't just led to the same book, once at Walmart and then at Majesty Christian Bookstore, but that I was led to the same page in the book. Page 83.


So, if you're like me and you occasionally need something repeated in order for the life lesson to be learned then here goes:

The passage is in the past tense about us human beings-- being blessed by God and already having every spiritual blessing we'll ever need.

In the book of Ephesians it states in the past tense: "I have blessed you with every spiritual blessing." Colossians also says: "I have made you worthy."


God has already blessed you, you already have every spiritual blessing you'll ever need, get it?

One Special Memory

One Special Memory

By, Gina Hill

1989ish

Based upon true events, well most of it.

Dedicated to my mom.

“Mom, are you ready to go for my driving lesson?” asked Nina.

“Just a minute, sweetie. I’ll be coming,” I replied.

I remembered the day I went to get my own driver’s license.

I wanted the freedom that came with owning my own wheels. But first I had to pass the very difficult written exam and driving test. I remember being very anxious that day and having studied very diligently that whole previous week for the written exam.

As I entered the Department of Motor Vehicles, I sensed a strange atmosphere and I suddenly lost the courage I had just a few minutes before. The first woman I encountered was a DMV clerk who was in her mid-40’s; she wore her glasses on the tip of her nose and her bluish gray hair was pulled back in a severe bun. The woman looked very old fashioned and out of style. The light blue jacket and matching modest length skirt she wore made her look like she had just stepped out of the 60’s.

My mother and I waited in line for a good ten minutes, with all the correct papers in hand, until she called me. Her shrill voice cried out “Next!” I walked up to the desk, relieved that I was finally there, but I did not know what was in store for me. She asked for the papers I was holding and everything seemed fine until she type the information I had given her into her little computer.

“I’m sorry, Miss Miller,” she said, “but the computer says you already got your driver’s license last July.”

My mother quickly replied, “She doesn’t have her license; she just turned 16 in June.”

After about five minutes we had that cleared up. It turned out that someone in California had the exact same name as I and had been born on the same day. So I had to add my mother’s maiden name onto my name, making it, Nine Louise Smith Miller. The secretary handed me an application that I had to fill out. At first I was agitated by the fact that I had to go through another process in the long chain of steps.

After I got the application, I read it carefully. The application asked all sorts of interesting and strange questions. Some of the questions were as follows: Are you an American citizen? I answered “Yes.” Are you male or female? I answered “Female.” Do you have children? I said “No.” How much do you weigh? This, in truth, to me was the hardest question of all. To any girl this is an embarrassing question. So I lied; I said I weighed 93 pounds when in fact I weighed 95 pounds.

            When I had finished the application, I was given the test. Boy, was I nervous! I read all of the questions carefully and tried not to get thrown off with the tricky questions like: When should you be most careful while driving: 1) After it has been raining all day 2) ½ hour after a rain 3) during ½ hour of rain. I picked number 2. When I was through with the test, I was told to go wait in the “D” line. I kept wondering what the “D” stood for. Dummy? Delirious?

Finally, I got to the front of the line and encountered the test corrector. She was approximately 35 years old; she wore her reddish brown hair in a short bob. She flattered her slight figure by wearing a tight, bright red dress. I could tell that the woman did not enjoy her job. She grabbed my test abruptly and started marking away. At the time I was imagining myself in a red convertible with the top rolled down, with my hair blowing through the air as I sang along with my favorite song playing on the radio.

But suddenly my dream world was shattered, vanished into think air, when the test corrector said, “I’m sorry, you flunked.” I thought I must be hearing things. I had to have passed. I knew everything on the test by heart. No more freedom. No red convertible for me. Lucky me. Back to Mom and the station wagon and my little brother screaming in the back seat.

The test corrector handed the test to me and told me not to come back before next Friday. A whole week more of being chauffeured in a station wagon. I told my mother the sad story as we drove home. While I was in the car, I decided to look over the test. To my astonishment, I saw I had only missed by only one point. The written exam stated that seven could be missed; I missed eight. I quickly skimmed over the test to find that one “ittie bittie” mistake that could have been corrected. But it was too late; the test was over with, finished. As I tried to hold back the tears on the way home, my mom kept telling me I would pass next time and be able to drive. These words of encouragement made me feel better in bad times.

When we finally got home, my mom called the DMV and made an appointment for the next week. My sarcastic little brother entered the kitchen and said, “Did you flunk?”

My mother quickly protected me and said, “She only missed it by one and the questions were very difficult.”

The next week is very vague to me now, but I do remember going to the DMV with a new pencil in hand. I was ready for the test; I had been through this before. I had all the preliminaries down.

The same cleark was there. She still wore her bluish gray hair pulled back in a severe bun and her mannerisms were the same. She gave me test number 2, and I went to the table and started reading. It took me approximately 30 minutes to finish the test and about 20 minutes in the “D” line. When I got to the front of the line, I noticed a new and compassionate face, not like the others at the DMV.

She was different; her visage was old and wrinkled, but she had a great sense of compassion about her. She wore glasses and had curly gray hair. Her gray hair was alive and full of body. She asked to see my test very politely. There was nothing harsh about this lady. I gave her the test. This time I wasn’t nervous or anxious; I was very calm.

When she finished correcting the test, she said, “You did very well. All 100% correct.”

I was excited to hear those words!

“You passed,” she said. “You can start driving tomorrow with a temporary license.”

When I told my mom the news, she was proud and all the time while we were driving home, I realized that some people can make a big difference. Nice people are more helpful and make people feel at ease.

That night I wrote in my diary that I now knew what the “D” line stood for: diligent workers. While I was writing in my diary, I heard a horn honking outside. I went outside and there was my dream-a shiny, new, red convertible. I was so happy and so was Mom.

“Mom, are you ready to go for my driving lesson yet?” asked Nina. “It’s getting dark.”

“I’m coming, sweetie”, she replied.

The Eliza Do A Little More Effect/Pygmalion Effect

The Eliza Do A Little More Effect

By, Gina Marie Hill Meyers

While attending Fresno State University,  in 1992, I was selected to be part of an elite marketing/management class headed by the late Dr. Vic Panico. Dr. Panico introduced the term Pygmalion Effect to the sixteen of us. Now, a little over twenty years of thinking about the concept, I have developed two new terms related to the Pygmalion Effect, The Eliza Do A Little More Effect, and Substitute Authority Figure Interference.

The Eliza Do A Little More Effect. Eliza Doo Little was the main character in the movie, My Fair Lady. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

The story centers around an unmannered, poor, Cockney dialect flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a phoeticist, so that he can get her to pass as a well manner, sophisticated, wealthy and well-bred lady.

The original playbill has playwright Shaw as a heavenly puppet master, pulling the strings on the character Professor Henry Higgins, in turn Henry Higgins attempts to control Ms. Doo Little. Drawn by Al Hirschfeld.

A snobbish, stuck up conceited, intellectual by the name of Professor Higgins, an aristocrat in the field of languages and linguistics makes a bet with his friend that he can take lower- class Eliza Doolittle, with her harsh and thick Cockney accent, and transform her into a proper English Society Lady.

The Pygmalion Effect, also known as the Rosenthal Effect and the Galatea Effects is defined as your expectations of people and their expectations of themselves are key factors in behavior.

If we can all take the Eliza Do A Little More Effect into account each and every day, we can be the change we hope in the world.

There are a few simple steps to take in your life to Do A Little More.

1.      Take responsibility for feelings, thoughts and actions.

2.      Believe we are good.

3.      Believe we are capable.

4.      Believe we can achieve.

5.       Take risks.

6.      Try and try again.

7.      Believe failure is not an option.

8.      Set goals high.

The Eliza Do A Little More Effect breaks your own glass ceiling, you raise the bar for yourself. You have to believe you are capable on achieving greatness in order to achieve greatness. It is a self fulfilling prophecy. Believing in your own potential creates potential.

Tell yourself:

You are your own cheerleader, you are bright and clever. If you have an issue, get help. Seek out positive role models; don’t beat yourself up, live.

I will introduce a term I have developed called Substitute Authority Figure Interference. What it means is that any person can replace or substitute and create a positive experience and get a positive result from employees. It works on the basic good cop bad cop principle. If the teacher for example thinks his class is loud, disruptive and just plain horrible and he introduces another substitute authority figure. The Substitute Authority Figure can:

1) Believe the primary authority figure and institute Pygmalion Effect or

2) Utilize the approach of Pygmalion Effect, take charge, expect positive behavior from employees or students. Set up clear boundaries, expectations and improvement.

If you institute the second approach, the approach will reap benefits. Positive behavior will be had. So, the power of expectations is like the Law of Attraction.

To say it in a more concrete way, authority figures perceptions affect the performance of their charges or employees. As an elementary substitute teacher for the past sixteen years, I have seen it time and time again. The teacher will leave a note and it will start…. One of two ways.

This is a very well-behaved class, they are respectful, caring, great at following directions. Here is a list of names of students to call on if you need any assistance.

The second note would read:

This is a terrible class. They are loud, disrespectful, poor listeners. I have personally found that those classes where the teacher thinks the kids are so great are neither better or worse than any other class. Sometimes in fact, the children are louder and more power hungry since their teacher believes them to be so exceptional.

The real key is the authority figures perceptions. Anytime I buy into the teachers perceptions of a disruptive class I’m in trouble. The key is giving everyone a clean slate and “yes” at times acknowledging disruptive students or rather being aware of the potential. The most important part of maintaining order, having a quiet class, or whatever positive actions or productivity you are seeking is to model this positive approach with clear expectations, being positive. 

Pygmalion Effect

Principal

Supervisor

Teacher

Parent

*Every supervisor has expectations of the people who report to them.

*Supervisors communicate these expectations consciously and unconsciously.

*People, students, employees, children consciously and unconsciously.

&People, students, employees, children consciously and unconsciously pick up on the vibe.

*People perform in ways that is consistent with the expectations they have picked up from a supervisor.

supervisor.

Excerpt From Twitch: Meeting Kasey Rogers

Recollections of the Bewitched Fan Fare 2005. It was hot and humid. Kasey and Mark were handing out autographed photos of Louise Tate (Kasey Rogers) and Larry Tate (David White). It was very hot in Burbank that day and Kasey and Mark excused themselves early. I was disappointed since I was the only one of the group of twenty or so Bewitched enthusiasts that did not receive a black and white glossy photo. But fate had a different plan that day. After the festivities at the Warner Brothers Lot were complete, David and myself had a long drive back to Fresno ahead of us. We went to a liquor store to get some gum and noticed that the Bewitched movie was plastered on pretty much every news paper and magazine, so I purchased everything in site. We were both hungry and noticed that there was a restaurant above the liquor store. As we approached the building, it literally looked dark and vacant. There was a sign outside that said something to the extent that the official last day of business was the day we were there and that they would be closing permanently the very next day. I seem to remember a bar in the front, and lots of dark cherry oak tables. The hostess seated us across from Mark and Kasey. David and myself went without the kids to the Bewitched Fan Fare in June of 2005, but for the book signing we had Lauren about eight years old at the time, and Lucas, one and a half with us. Most of the book signing is a blur since Lucas was very active and I had to be “on” for the book signing. What I do remember is that Lucas was misbehaving and David left with Lucas in tow about 15 minutes into the book signing. That left Lauren to video tape the event. Kasey had recently had a tracheotomy, so I fielded questions from the audience. I do remember that Mark was having a blast, he was gossiping up a storm and Kasey kept telling him to hush. That was so cute to me. There also was a fourteen year old boy with his friends and mom and dad who had come especially to meet me and to buy my Magic of Bewitched Trivia and More book. It was beyond a treat for the young man to meet a real life actress who played on Bewitched. I was overjoyed and overcome with such sheer pride the entire day. Kasey had said something at the Fan Fare that stuck with me. Many of the Bewitched fans were wearing WWSD? Tee shirts. This was a play on What Would Jesus Do?, and basically said, What Would Samantha Do? (as in Samantha Stephens .) Maybe it wasn’t her words so much as her dismay at the rip off from what Jesus Would Do. As a Christian woman myself, I understood her faith in God and this WWSD? Just didn’t sit well with her.