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World
& Nation
Sporting
Green
1 South Sudan:
1 Warriors: Golden State romps to a
102-83 victory over
the injury-depleted
Lakers. B1
Gunfire hits U.S.
military aircraft
trying to evacuate
Americans, wounding four troops. A4
Datebook
It’s time for the Super
Fun Activity Book!
1 Spying: Government moves to prevent a San Francisco
judge from ruling
on the constitutionality of surveillance
programs. A10
Bay Area
1 Toy story: Thou-
Travel
See if these questions
will trip you up. P1
sands of kids get
Christmas gifts,
thanks to Glide’s
efforts. C1
CANDLESTICK MEMORIES
‘It was our dump’
Nearing the end of its life, much-maligned 54-year-old stadium
has played host to more than its share of remarkable moments
Books
The Top 10, plus 100
more great reads. F1
Contract
resolution
for BART
Agency offers concessions
to settle dispute over leave
By Nellie Bowles and Henry K. Lee
The bitter BART contract saga — a nearly
yearlong struggle between the transit district and
its unions that disrupted commutes and infuriated riders — may finally have come to an end Saturday as both sides agreed to settle their last
remaining dispute.
The deal, announced early Saturday, dropped
a controversial clause granting union members
up to six weeks of paid family leave in return for
several management concessions, including
expanded bereavement leave and construction of
new employee break rooms at three stations.
“After eight months of uncertainty for our
riders, this deal will guarantee that every ounce
of the Agency’s focus will be directed to providing great service to the Bay Area during the peak
BART continues on A13
S.F. GOVERNMENT
Chronicle file photo 1960
Candlestick Park, a concrete stadium on a windswept spit
of land, is an imposing site as it opens in 1960.
By Ron Kroichick
More coverage
For a drab, bone-chilling,
windswept punching bag of a
stadium, Candlestick Park
enjoyed one hell of a good run.
The Stick hosted two World
Series, two major-league AllStar Games and eight NFC
Championship Games. Joe
Montana and Jerry Rice spun
their magic on the soggy field
alongside the bay, as did Willie
Mays and Willie McCovey. The
Beatles, Rolling Stones and
Pope John Paul II stopped by.
And not even one massive
earthquake could bring down
the old lady.
The 49ers will play their
final regular-season game at
Candlestick on Monday night
The Chronicle will provide
extensive coverage
surrounding the last
regular-season game at
Candlestick Park on Monday.
Candlestick continues on A14
In Sports: Through the end
of the year, Sporting Green
writers will recount their most
memorable moments at the
stadium. And so will readers.
In news: Fan photos, personal recollections and coverage
of Monday night’s historic
game between the 49ers and
the Falcons.
Chronicle file photo 1966
The Beatles — George Harrison (top), John
Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney —
arrive in San Francisco in 1966.
Online: Go to www.sfchron
icle.com/candlestick for all of
our coverage.
Firefighters
dominate list
of top earners
By John Coté
It’s good to be the mayor, but it pays to be a
firefighter.
A fire official again topped the list of San Francisco’s highest paid city employees last year, and
the department had six of the city’s top 10 spots
for total pay, according to figures for fiscal 2012-13
from the city’s Department of Human Resources.
Mayor Ed Lee may get the august, wood-paneled office in City Hall’s Room 200 and a Chevy
Volt chauffeured by a security detail, but 48 city
employees took home more pay than Lee’s
$270,910 in fiscal 2012-13, the figures show.
Some of those are well-salaried department
heads who don’t make overtime and have some
Salaries continues on A13
1 In Sports today: Looking
back on The Catch.
B1
1 Money list: See S.F. city government’s top earners at www.sfgate.com/news/databases
SUNDAY PROFILE Alan Schaaf
INDEX
All in fun — the hacker CEO behind Imgur
Business . . . . . . . . . . . D1
Classified . . . . . . . . . . D7
Homes. . . . . Real Estate
Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . D7
Datebook
All Over Coffee.. . . . . 40
Crosswords.. . . . . 45, 47
Horoscope. . . . . . . . . 43
By Caleb Garling
Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle
Call him a hacker. Call him a
gamer. Call him a geek. Even
call him a dog lover. But you still
have to call him CEO.
You could call his website a
waste of time. But 100 million
people might disagree.
Alan Schaaf, 26, founded and
oversees an image hosting service and social network called
Imgur with a staff of 10. As of
last week, it was the 28th-most-
Left: Alan
Schaaf
founded
and
oversees
Imgur. At
far left is
Imgur
engineer
Jacob
Greenleaf.
trafficked website in the United
States, according to Alexa, a
Web analytics company. Apple
was 27th.
Instagram, Flickr and Photobucket are services where people primarily post photos. Imgur users post images: digital
artwork, altered photos, snapshots from movies, graphics,
cartoons, GIFs and all the bizarre pictures covered in rhetorical block letters we’ve come
Schaaf continues on A12
Movies. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Nightlife. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Food & Wine . . . . . . . G1
Home & Garden . . . . . N1
Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . E1
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . C8
Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1
Weather
Clear.
Highs: 57-67.
Lows: 31-48. C6-C7
Home&Garden
San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com | Sunday, December 22, 2013 | Section N
Matthew Williams / © “Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home”
BOOKS
Fine
tuning
the plan
Field guide
for home
renovators
Julie Carlson, the Mill Valley force
behind site Remodelista, shares
inspirations in her new book
By Chantal Lamers
When Julie Carlson set out to remodel her Mill
Valley home in 2006, inspiration was scarce. Shelter
magazines were folding and there were but a handful of design blogs on the Internet. So she found herself constantly on the phone comparing notes with
pal Francesca Connolly, who was doing a remodel of
her own in Brooklyn.
“We were literally calling each other every day and
saying, ‘What kind of cabinet pulls are you using in
the kitchen?’ ” says Carlson, who worked at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New
York, the New Yorker and a San Francisco magazine.
“We have the same taste, so she would find something, and we really collaborated on our choices.”
Those conversations would ultimately become the
The owners of a
home featured
in “Remodelista:
A Manual for
the Considered
Home,” devised
components for
the kitchen with
specialists at
Ikea; their
architect then
fine-tuned the
measurements
and drew up the
plans. Also
pictured:
Restoration
Hardware’s
Boulangerie
Table and
vintage Danish
chairs from
Circa Modern.
Carlson continues on N6
Essentials:
Mixologists’
must-haves for
the bar cart N4
Stylemaker
Spotlight:
Catherine and
Justine Macfee N5
Golden Gate
Gardener:
The best time to
plant seeds N2
SFChronicle.com and SFGate.com | Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
N5
HOME
A few favorites
CATHERINE MACFEE
Antique Italian writing desk: “An aged
antique adds so much warmth and soul to a
room — whether it’s a cherished family
heirloom, an item acquired while traveling or
something discovered at an antique dealer or
yard sale. This special piece is an 18th
century Italian walnut writing table
purchased for a client at C. Mariani, one of
my favorite sources for fine antiques.”
(www.cmarianiantiques.com)
David Duncan Livingston
Brant Ward / The Chronicle
Catherine (left) and Justine Macfee in the bar area at Chalkboard in Healdsburg, which they redesigned together.
STYLEMAKER SPOTLIGHT
Catherine and Justine Macfee
By Anh-Minh Le
and Wine Country, as well as in the Tahoe area.
In 2009, after completing her studies at the California College of the Arts, Justine came on board
at Catherine Macfee Interior Design as a design
assistant and retail buyer; this year, as the business continued to expand, she was named a partner. Mother and daughter’s first official joint endeavor was the interior of the Healdsburg restaurant Chalkboard.
The duo describes their aesthetic as “modern
organic luxe,” which Catherine says “reflects a
lifestyle of casual elegance — using classic styles
and mixing in found, salvaged and natural materials to achieve a balance of classic and unique. That
to me means quality, integrity and authenticity,
with a splash of texture and real life.”
Justine Macfee’s introduction to the interior
design world came at an early age: “After school,”
she recalls, “I would do my homework at my
mom’s design studio and help out with folding
fabric.”
Her mother, Catherine, launched her eponymous practice in 1989 (www.macfeedesign.com).
Since then, her work has appeared in numerous
shelter publications, including Sunset, California
Home + Design and Mountain Living. Seven years
ago, tapping into her retail past — she once managed the Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco —
Catherine acquired Rubicon Collection, a home
furnishings store in Truckee. Today, her design
office is in the showroom; another studio is located in Lafayette. The firm specializes in residential
and commercial projects throughout the Bay Area
Anh-Minh Le is a Portola Valley freelance writer. E-mail:
[email protected]
Bolinas kitchen project: “Visualizing what
would wash up on the beach and with the
intention of bringing the outdoors in, we
installed a tree trunk in the center of this
kitchen; the trunk’s base was wrapped with
mooring line. The edge detail and shape of
the concrete island was inspired by what a
wave would leave behind in the sand. The
cabinet doors are antique Indian temple
panels with knobs handmade of
wire-wrapped rocks found on the beach.”
JUSTINE MACFEE
Umpqua sconce: “This
hand-forged light was
created for a client’s
powder room, and I am
absolutely in love with
it. I’m drawn to this
design and how it kind
of looks like a scary
tribal weapon, but also
has a handmade
softness and sense of
whimsy. The sconces
are made to order and
are available through
our showroom in
Truckee and online at
Dering Hall.” (www.
deringhall.com)
Courtesy Justine
Macfee
Kravet’s Nomadic Chic collection: “I am
crazy about this entire collection of fabric and
trim — and not only for our mountain projects!
There’s a great rustic, transitional quality to
the colors and textures. One of my favorite
pillows I designed recently used the Artisan
Chevron fabric in Sundried Red with the
Nomad Chic braided tape.” (www.kravet.com)
The Macfee cheat sheet
CATHERINE MACFEE
JUSTINE MACFEE
On design decisions: “As designers
we curate entire lifestyles for our clients. We are creating the background
for family memories, atmospheres for
entertaining, architecture and furniture
that will be passed through generations. When designing for yourself,
think about your own life and style and
how you picture that to be as a whole.
Next time you go to purchase something, ask yourself if that fits into your
big-picture vision. This can help make
design decisions a little easier.”
Keep an eye out: “As a designer, work
and life intermix and inspiration is constantly around if you are aware and open
to taking it in. I get most of my design
inspiration from studying spaces I enjoy,
old and new. Stop, take a minute and
just look around, you never know what
can inspire you to create. Recently, I was
digging through an abandoned gold mill
salvaging relics to use as accessories in
a project, and the colors and textures of
the aged machinery and woodwork were
so amazing.”
Dine about town: “At Wolfdale’s in
Tahoe City, chef/owners Kathleen and
Douglas are passionate about fresh,
healthy soulful food with an Asian
twist. One of my favorite things to
order is the Green Thai Seafood Stew,
along with a glass of Flowers Pinot
Noir. A little secret: In the summer they
have a bocce ball court that you can
reserve for a little après dinner game!”
(www.wolfdales.com)
On the slopes: “I am not sure why I am
just discovering cross-country skiing, but
it is fantastic and everyone should try it
at least once. Tahoe City has a great
Nordic Center. Mark your calendars because in March they host a Gourmet Ski
Tour, which is an on-snow food-and-wine
tasting event showcasing local restaurants. If you’re not so confident in your
skiing skills, don’t worry — you can also
snowshoe the tour.” (www.tahoexc.org)
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