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xensen — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Travels in virtual NoCal

xensen — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:00:27 +0000

Travels in virtual NoCal

Eating near the Asian Art Museum : Good Vietnamese options near Civic Center
250 things to do in San Francisco (pdf) : At what point to lists get so big as to be useless?
Using SF to rally opposition to stimulus spending : We’re a reliable target
San Francisco 1941 : A Flickr photo set
Pasquale Iannetti indicted : For selling fake Miró prints
Eater SF demotes Oliveto : From 3.5 to 2 stars

xensen — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:07 +0000

Travels in virtual NoCal

“Gap founder’s amazing art collection may leave San Francisco” : Plus, death panels will execute seniors (the Fisher press campaign rolls out)
Max Klinger at the Legion : “The exhibit is small but beautifully planned”
Burning Man says all your photos are ours : But only for the next 70 years
Visualizing the Hayward Fault : From Sheffeld Village
Hawks reign of terror continues : Now Ocean Beach feels their wrath

xensen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:43 +0000

Virtual NoCal

At the Shipyard : A history of Burning Man
SFMOMApreparing for celebration of its 75th year : “a pioneering force in art worldwide and an unparalleled destination for the people of the San Francisco Bay Area” might be a little strong, but still …
San Francisco’s graffiti : More “character-driven” than elsewhere?
Using SF to rally opposition to stimulus spending : We’re a reliable target for the right (and proud of it)
Culture on a budget : Free museum admissions by the bay
Tenderloin : The movie

xensen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:00:49 +0000

Virtual NoCal

xensen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:04 +0000

Virtual NoCal

Art of the African savanna at the de Young : 60 sculptures by artists of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa cultures
Namastenancy not impressed by de Young preview : An overbearing “stench of class and power”
Frisco Psychedelia : Vintage posters exhibited in Denver
East Bay unemployment at all-time high : “This is the deepest we’ve been”
Amygdules at Sibley Volcanic Reserve : “Fossil bubbles”
An award to be proud of? : The Chronicle’s editors “should be asking themselves if . . . they went too far in slanting . . . stories against immigrants”
Edible Expeditions : At the Conservatory of Flowers

xensen — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:45 +0000

Virtual NoCal

A review of SFMOMA’s new website : It’s not all bad
SF phoenix : Alamo Square has arisen
Which areas of S.F. voted for Prop. 8? : There were several
San Francisco dope-buying guide : Courtesy the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Another effort at city-wide WiFi : Will it work?

xensen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:00:22 +0000

Virtual travels in NoCal

xensen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:29 +0000

Linking fourth . . .

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” — Benjamin Franklin

xensen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:00:25 +0000

Virtual NoCal