Granada GazetteVolume 14 Issue 5 September/October 2003

The Granada1000 Sutter StreetSan Francisco, Ca.94109

Telephone:415.673.2511

Fax:415.771.4305

E-mail:GranadaHotel@mindspring.com

Web site:www.granadasf.com

Kevin B. Mc Glynn, editor

Garden Fresh Variety Salad BarsPhotography: Kevin B. Mc Glynn

Upper salad bar includes in order:Iceberg/Romaine/Spring Mix Lettuce with Red Cabbage, Garbanzo Beans, Celery, Baby Corn, MushroomsBeets, 3 Bean, Bean Sprouts, Tomatoes,Jalapeno Peppers, Carrots, Broccoli, Cucumbers.Lower salad bar includes in order:Iceberg/Romaine with Red Cabbage and Tomato, Red Beans, Baby Corn, Bean Sprouts, Zucchini, Beets,Mushrooms, 3 Bean, Squash, Olives, Garbanzo Beans,Broccoli, Carrots, Green Peppers, Red Peppers, Celery.

It starts in the morning about 9 a.m., after breakfast, in thekitchen at the chopping table. Garden fresh vegetables arestacked up then peeled, sliced, diced, segmented, shredded,iced and presented with condiments in a variety salad bar forlunch. O, yes and again about 3 p.m., after lunch,the peeling,slicing, dicing, segmenting, shredding, icing and presenting yet

another variety salad bar for dinner. Does anyone remember all that work? Beloware two fresh garden variety salad bars of the day and a list of ingredients.Healthy California eating at the Granada, everyday.

Salad Dressingsinclude:

Vinegarette

Ranch

Russian

and

Crispy Noodles

A GranadaWelcome to

Anne Medic

Andrew Massarella

Donald Nitto

John Murphy

Pat Toop

Audie Gage

Michael Quinn

Granada Gazette

The Granada1000 Sutter StreetSan Francisco, Ca.94109

Telephone:415.673.2511

Fax:415.771.4305

E-mail:GranadaHotel@mindspring.com

Web site:www.granadasf.com

RESIDENT ofthe MONTH Birthdays

RESIDENTSSeptember

9/2 RUTH HESS

9/3 LESLIE FERROGGIARO9/5 JEANNE UNDERWOOD9/8 GERTRUDE MORROW9/9 VAN ENGLISH9/11 KEI SAKATA9/11 DONALD GILFERT

9/14 SHERESE SARRAFIAN9/20 DONALD NITTO9/20 MICHEAL FELZIEN9/21 ANTONIA HAMILTON9/23 RUTH YEP9/23 RON MCGLASHAN

9/24 NICK ORESKOVICH9/25 WILLIAM BURKE9/25 PAT TOOP9/26 PAUL DOWNEY9/27 CAROL MAURO9/30 FRANCES BEAVER

October

10/2 MARY FINNIGAN10/5 BETTY GLASS10/9 ANNIE HESSEL10/9 EDWARD CHAN10/19 RANDY RUBIN

10/20 TONY MA10/22 BOB TAUB10/24 JEAN SCHAEFFER10/28 IVAN GROZDANOV10/31 RENEE LIERLY

EMPLOYEES

9/12 LETICIA CRUZ

9/14 OSCAR CARDENAS

9/25 JESSICA PHILLIPS

10/1 DOUGLAS MCDONALD

10/7 GUILLERMO MAGPOC

10/7 WILLIAM CASTANEDA

10/21 DANIEL MCHUGH

10/21 THOMAS MOXIE

10/23 JORGE ABELLEIRA

10/25 GREGORY KIRBY

The GranadaSalon Openby AppointmentCall 921-8402

Dolores, the Granada resident of the month, wasraised in Cumberland, in the mountains of westMaryland, 35 miles from the Mason-Dixon Line.The chief industries of the area are textiles, rubberproducts and coal mining. Dolores served in theNavy WAVES 1950-56 during the Korean War andattained the rank of Yoman 3rd class, then in 1958moved to San Francisco . After a brief timeworking for Baldwin Piano at 312 Sutter Street,Dolores started a career in the Federal Governmentat the IRS (internal revenue service) and INS(immigration and naturalization service) and finallythe SBA (small business administration) untilretirement in 1991.

When Delores retired she lived at Geary and TaylorStreets and knew the Granada because she oftenpassed by. "I would wondered what it would belike, community life and schedules in exchange forisolation and loneliness." So she decided to movein and what a surprise! "The nutritious food, plusmy favorite, ice cream and active people every-where, just like myself." Rosa is her favorite maid,"she takes special care to make sure I'm pleased."

"I plan to stay here at the Granada indefinitelybecause I like to travel and here I can leave andreturn to everything in place, it's wonderful! Mylast trip was to South America for 20 days." Wellwe think you are pretty wonderful too, DoloresFletcher and look forward tothe continued favor of yourcompany here at theGranada.

Dolores Fletcher

Granada Gazette

EMPLOYEE ofthe MONTH

Tony’sNewsletter Column

For the saftey andaesthetics of the Granada,the front sidewalk hasbeen replaced, what doyou think?

The dining room carpetingwas finished in record timeand so now we are goingto recarpet the lobby.Thanks for yourcontinued patience. Didyou notice the newtreatments to the windowsin the lobby? I look in at ahappy hour last week andeveryone looked quitecomfortable in a goodlooking setting andenjoying themselves withhors d'oeurves andcocktails.

Labor Day picnic, afavorite, is here to remindus of those beautifulpensions. The holidaysare coming up so ifanyone has a suggestionfor fun, let me hear it.

My two daughters havereturned to University andmy oldest who isgraduating from UCBerkeley is now applyingto graduate school atColumbia and Rutgers.Now I feel a little lonelywithout my girls by myside, but I guess most ofyou know about that.

Fall in San Franciscocould it be any better?

NoontimeConcerts atSaint Patrick's756 Mission Street

Wednesday, September 3Sexcordea Consort of Viols John Dornenburg,Julie Jeffrey, Farley Pearce,violas da gamba with Catherine Webster, sopranoSongs and fantasies of renaissance Englandthe music of John Dowland, Thomas Campion andOrlando Gibbons.

Wednesday, September 10Marta Cuadra, pianoThe music of Manuel Ponce celebrating MexicanIndependence Day.

Wednesday, September 17Miles Graber, piano Tom Rose, clarinetAn all English program of music by Ralph VaughanWilliams, Malcolm Arnold, Gerald Finzi and others.

Wednesday, September 24Eric Zivian, piano &Tanya Tomkins, celloBeethoven: Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 102Eric Zivian: Suite for Baroque Cello, 3 EtudesBeethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight”

Front desk clerkwins awards

Ron Minoso is well know as a front deskclerk.What might not be known is his "other" life. Ronwas born in Kent, England in 1980 and came to theU.S. in 1986. His grandfather, a 3rd generationmartial artist from India, started training Ron whenhe was 9 years old, competitions began at 16.

On August 28th in Kansas City, Ron won anothertrophy at the U.S. Amateur Boxing Tournament, the

largesttournament inthe world, afterstair steppinghis waythrough majorcompetitionsacross the westwinning over50 trophies.Ron's goal in torepresent Indiain the 2004Olympics.

Good luck Ron! Ron Minoso

Dan Lovett has been here at the Granada sinceJanuary 2002. He was born and raised in NewOrleans, Louisiana and attended undergraduateschool at Georgetown University in WashingtonD.C.. Following Georgewtown he was a JesuitSeminarian at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Seminary inRehobeth Beach, Deleware. Dan moved toSan Francisco in 1990 and taught elementary

school at the Cathedral Hill Montessorial Schoolfor five years. He decided to go to nursing schoolat the University of San Francisco where he got hisLVN and his RN while working up the street at oursister property the Broadmoor. In 2000 he decidedto go to graduate school to earn his nursepractitioner degree and moved back to NewOrleans to attend Tulane University MedicalSchool. Even though he enjoyed being near hisfamily he came home again to San Francisco andtransferred to the University of California MedicalSchool.

Dan is the Granada morning room service attendantand also a part-time maitre'd in the dining room atlunchtime. Afterwards he attends his classes at UCMed and does his internship at SF GeneralHospital where he works as an administrator in theemergency room, a job he says keeps him on histoes constantly. We know you are "on your toes"here at the Granada that why you've been declaredthe Granada Employee of the Month.

" True friendship is like soundhealth, the value of it is seldom

known until it be lost "

Dan Lovett

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