Category: Frisco

Frisco or dust

Here’s an amusing animation depicting Mark Twain drolly calling for respect for San Francisco’s dignity. It’s pretty funny, and nicely done. Is this a real Twain quote? I’d…

Top 10 classic Frisco tunes

I’m excluding old music hall / movie songs like “Hello, Frisco” and “O Susanna” (I’m allowing old blues and country tunes though). I’m also excluding contemporary songs like…

Don’t call it San-Fran

I’m no Herb Caen, but it looks like my anti-San-Fran movement is picking up an adherent or two. Then again, the authors are “SF-wannabes,” in the arrogant lingo…

Don’t Call It Frisco

There’s a laundromat in the city’s Hayes Valley called the Don’t Call It Frisco Laundromat. The name quotes an admonition you will hear often from a certain generation…