Tag Archives: San Francisco history

Live at San Francisco’s lovely Columbarium

On October 27 at 6 p.m., I’ll be joining Beth Winegarner, author of San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries, at the lovely, historic San Francisco Columbarium, to talk about why we love cemeteries. I haven’t met Beth in person yet, but we … Continue reading

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Fire Season 2020

Northern California is on fire right now. One of the fires is 10 times the size of Manhattan, with a burned area equal to the size of Rhode Island. At least 771,000 acres have burned so far. This satellite image … Continue reading

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Behind “Something in the Water”

When my kid was a toddler, we spent hours and hours in the Academy of Sciences while it was exiled from Golden Gate Park. The museum was temporarily housed in a big warehouse south of Market Street, where I could … Continue reading

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Memento Mori evening

Next Tuesday, April 17, I’ll be participating in the citywide Reimagine End of Life festival across San Francisco from April 16-22. The evening I’m part of is called Memento Mori. Memento Mori is an ancient Roman phrase meaning “Remember Your … Continue reading

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San Francisco Ghost Hunt

I escaped the house Thursday evening to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: take the San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour! Borderlands Bookstore organized the outing for its sponsors and the weather couldn’t have been more … Continue reading

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