San Francisco
June 21, 2009
- For an anthology* I recently wrote an essay about why the practice wasn’t cool in my Berkeley family — even though our 1969 Volkswagen bus was a hitch-hiker’s dream, even though it seemed everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s was hitch-hiking. My parents were big city people who didn’t buy the hitch-hiking compact. Plus, hitch-hiking was at the heart of serial killer ...
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June 12, 2009
- The Telegraph recently asked me to write about San Francisco for its “My Kind of Town” feature. The article, which includes my favorite city haunts, where to stay, what to avoid, where to shop, and more, appears today. You can read it here.Other stuff across the pond: No One You Know was reviewed today in The Daily Mail, and earlier this week in Star Magazine.
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June 9, 2009
- San Francisco has been rocked by an attack bird. The assailant, which has been described as a “small black bird” by eyewitnesses, has been attacking people on Front Street between California and Sacramento. This morning a sizeable crowd gathered on California to watch the angry bird flying both to and fro, harassing pedestrians.The bird attacks could have turned deadly if it weren’t for a ...
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June 8, 2009
- This morning I was running to catch the bus. As I jumped on board I realized I didn’t have my monthly municipal transit pass, because this month I am marrying Kathi Kamen Goldmark (see Kathi’s blog about the wedding dress wars, which begins, “It was the best of times, it was the worse of times”) and so didn’t need a full month of Muni rides. Reaching in my pocket, I discovered I ...
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June 5, 2009
- amazon.com executives liked my new novel so much they've listed it for a limited time at 30% discount off their price. IT'S ALL MAKE BELIEVE ISN'T IT? *Marilyn Monroe Returns*. Get it now. It has not been marketed or advertised for sale yet. Be the first to possess the return of Marilyn Monroe.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AD25XA/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_imgThis novel ...
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June 4, 2009
- The Da Vinci Code meets Sex and The Cityin this darkly comic thrillerabout an STD people are dying to get My new novel The Sower is a morality tale, completely flipped on its head.It’s about a guy who becomes the sole carrier of a manmade supervirus that appears to cure all diseases. But the only way to pass the cure to others is through…sex. ...
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June 2, 2009
- Doesn't the person who saved the life of the President of the United States deserve a name? The woman who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford, Sara Jane Moore, has her name out there. Although we still know little about her. But we hear nothing about the person who foiled Moore's second shot. He was just a bystander. Just a bystander? To correct a common error, Sara Jane did get off one shot at ...
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June 1, 2009
- Doesn't the person who saved the life of the President of the United States deserve a name? The woman who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford, Sara Jane Moore, has her name out there. Although we still know little about her. But we hear nothing about the person who foiled Moore's second shot. He was just a bystander. Just a bystander? To correct a common error, Sara Jane did get off one shot at ...
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May 29, 2009
- Tell me how you really feel about it?Seriously, though, reading through the strong reactions and comments regarding Sara Jane Moore's interview on the Today Show are not really surprising given the lack of knowledge about the times and San Francisco in the 1970's.If one were to casually glance at a short cast of characters from the 1970's, one would truly appreciate Sara Jane's chameleon ...
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May 28, 2009
- Sara Jane Moore was interviewed on the Today Show this morning. I want to thank Matt Lauer for not giving away all the official, unofficial and exotic details of my book. As the author of, “Taking Aim At the President,” I reveal the unpleasant, hidden, unpopular, unseemly, talented, warm, generous and quizzical side to this West Virginia woman who ended up on that sidewalk 40 ...
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