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The Perfect Retirement Town

Retirees who want to move are always looking for a cute little village anchored by a vibrant downtown with lots of trendy bars and restaurants, and fun places to shop. Not us. We picked from…

A Bus Named Further (1976)

I was lounging at the corner of Fifth and Mish', minding anybody's business, when along came Ken Kesey, the successful author ('One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion), who has opted out…

San Francisco’s Greatest Jazz Club: The Blackhawk

For 14 dingy, glorious years, one of America’s greatest jazz clubs stood in San Francisco, at the northeast corner of Turk and Hyde. At the time, that Tenderloin intersection was not as downtrodden as it…

Three Bus Rides & One Train Ride

At a quiet residential corner, a young man stood on the curb offering his favorite obscene gesture on each hand to all passing vehicles. It's my favorite gesture, too, so I appreciated him holding it…

Hearing the Jan. 6 Hearings

If they stick to their announced schedule, the House of Representatives’ January 6 Committee will hold public “Hearings” seven times. The stated goal is to provide a better understanding of who was involved in the…

How I Played Hooky from ‘High School Musical 3’

Recent reports that Zac Efron, who rose to stardom as the teenage heartthrob lead of Disney’s three High School Musical movies, is eager to do a to do a fourth film in the series sent…

Our Times: Watergate at 50

I went to see Woodward playing Redford Dustin Hoffman played by Carl Bernstein Martha Mitchell, who really blew the whistle never got mentioned.  She got no credit on the silver screen. Barry Sussman, whose obit…

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