San Francisco is always offering unique festivals, events, and concerts. This Midsummer Mozart Festival, which begins this weekend and runs through July 29th, is no exception. The Midsummer Mozart Festival was founded in 1974 by George Cleve, a musician and Mozart lover, along with a consortium of classical musicians. Now in its thirty-sixth year, the...
Is it any surprise that the “City by the Bay” hosts the largest oyster festival on the West Coast? We are not surprised! We encourage San Francisco students who love festivals, live music, and great local food to check out SF’s Oysterfest 2012. This is the 13th year that the event has taken place, and...
San Carlos Tower, Cessna 6-1-0 sierra papa, runway 3-0, ready for take off! A small white airplane starts rolling to the runway where it is getting lost because of the considerably huge runway. Two people are sitting inside when they airborne abeam your position, sitting on the left side, that is me. My name is...
Sergio has been preparing for the CAE Exam at CISL San Francisco for the past 8 weeks. Most weeks, he studies from 9:00am-12:40pm Monday to Friday to improve his skills and spends time with his friends on the weekends. Two weeks ago was a very special week for Sergio because he celebrated his 50th birthday!...
Back home in Switzerland, Esther practically lives and breathes music. She sells a variety of musical instruments, plays bass guitar in two rock bands, and her boyfriend is a musician too. Amazingly, Esther says she did not bring her guitar with her to San Francisco because “I wanted to focus on improving my English.” She...
Everyone at CISL San Francisco knows that Julie and Olivia are friends. BEST FRIENDS. These roommates eat lunch together, travel together, and sometimes even dress alike! Although they are both from South Korea, they have the opportunity to meet people from other countries while in class. Olivia is in an Intermediate level class in the...
When I spend time in the Multi Media Lounge at CISL San Francisco, our students are often planning something exciting for the weekend. “What are you doing?” I asked one happy group of students. “We’re buying tickets!” one smiled. After working for a few additional minutes, I became curious again and asked, “Where are you...
The month of July is special for CISL San Francisco. We have the opportunity to welcome high school students between the ages of 14-17 to study on the campus of UC Berkeley! It’s a great experience to study English and live on an American university campus. After a morning of intensive study, the students have...
Happy 75th Birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge, California’s most famous landmark and an engineering masterpiece! To celebrate the birthday of the West Coast’s most famous bridge, we are sharing a few facts about the bridge with our readers. Did you know that: * The bridge is named for the Golden Gate Strait, which is...
Attention, food lovers! Are you interested in learning more about the flavors of San Francisco restaurants? Check out Foodie Adventures for a walking culinary tour of one of San Francisco’s districts… and come hungry! Participants can choose from many different tours. Would you like to learn more about the city’s Latin American cuisine? Sign up...
