Month: October 2007

Day of Dead reading (with altars, food, and drink) at Chronicle Books

A book launch party for our book of translations of Latin American literature will be held this Thursday at 6:30 pm at Chronicle Books, 680 Second Street (between…

Biking the San Francisco Bay

Biking the San Francisco coast is a great idea (in the dry season), and Suite101 published an article about the subject a few years ago. It’s not a…

Headlines of the times

Dateline Oakland Murder Suspect Identified through Gang’s MySpace Page (Is there any need to read the story?)

Vultures

This pair decided a while back to hang out on a telephone pole outside my door. The big guy liked to hold a pose for long intervals with…

The Noe Valley Voice

The Noe Valley Voice, in publication since 1977, seems to be a good example of a neighborhood publication. I would do some things differently from a design point…

Best new restaurants in SF

Esquire magazine’s 2007 list of the best new restaurants in the U.S. includes two from San Francisco: LarkCreekSteak, and Cafe Majestic. I haven’t tried either of these. Does…

1906 Earthquake photos

The U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library includes 301 historic photos of the great April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake and its immediate aftermath. Shown is a view of…

Sites we like: Laughing Squid

Laughing Squid — devoted to “art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond” — is one of the best regional sites, because they have got blogging down:…

Joseph Cornell exhibition overview

The SFMOMA exhibition page.

Fire at Original Joe’s

I was at the main branch of the SF Library when this dubious-looking character begins to strike up a conversation. One adopts a veneer of reserve after being…

Weekend getaways from San Francisco

Carrie Katz has a pretty good summary of weekend getaways from the city. I photographed the pelican at right at the Santa Cruz boardwalk. >> POSTING WILL BE…

Latin American literature at LitQuake

Beginning at 8:00 on Saturday, October 13, I’ll be reading with Elizabeth Bell, Michael Koch, Anita Segástegui, and John Oliver Simon. The event will be at Encantada Gallery,…

Rebranding Boalt Hall

Why UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall needed to rebrand I can’t imagine — the school is already one of the country’s best-known and most respected law schools. But I…

San Francisco geeks are “best in breed”

The Wikimedia foundation — all six employees — is packing up its bags and moving from St. Petersburg to San Francisco, supposedly to “create a larger brand.” But…

Litquake

Litquake is under way. This ideo emphasizes its unorthodox venues. This Saturday I’m reading at one in the Mission, but I forget where — will post in a…

Are there great white sharks in San Francisco Bay?

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Low-Altitude San Francisco

Aerial photos, a flickr set. Shown: Golden Gate Park, looking southeast.

Congratulations, Cardinal

The Stanford football team, a 40 point underdog, just upset the number one ranked team, USC.

Sobrante Ridge

Most guides will have you enter the Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve from Coach Drive in Carriage Hills, but if you enter from the El Sobrante side — the…

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

San Francisco’s long-standing tradition of free music in the park continues this weekend with the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Some of the artists who will appear include Bela…

Tule Elk at Point Reyes

These handsome bucks were part of a herd I spotted near the Point Reyes Lighthouse. Tule elk — found only in California — were once common in Point…

Drake’s Beach

Drake’s Beach, near the north end of the Point Reyes peninsula, is named for Francis Drake, who may have landed somewhere nearby in 1579. While there is no…