San Francisco in the 90s

The Ambush Humor of Mal Sharpe and Jim Coyle

May 27 •

The unbelievable tale of schoolteacher Alma Gates and the world's loudest car

May 13 •

Snatching Saroyan

The academic battle over the archives of San Francisco’s most prolific author

Apr 29 •

America Overdoes Everything

Spending time with the late photographer Charles Gatewood

Apr 8 •

A quaint 1990s project to get 20somethings to drink more wine

Feb 11 •

Sanitized for Your Protection

A review of a concert by Entertainment Tonight host John Tesh

Jan 14 •

How an innocent writing assignment turned my life into a Joe Eszterhas movie

Dec 17, 2024 •

Christmas in Reno

A very strange way to spend the holidays

Dec 3, 2024 •

Edinburgh Castle Literary Pub

A personal history of San Francisco's legendary literary incubator

Oct 15, 2024 •

32 Years of Satan

Three decades of Satan in popular culture

Sep 17, 2024 •

The 1980s were the heyday of slacker Day Jobs. This was one of mine.

Sep 3, 2024 •

Requiem for a Church Supreme

After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

Aug 20, 2024 •

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