archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
SFist — at least today they’re being shot with cameras
Here it is, the re-post of #2 in the new series of little pieces for the SFist, one of San Francisco’s most well established collaborative blogging projects.
At Least Today They’re Being Shot with Cameras
Could it be that our lost little whale pair have finally had their sonar set to rights? And wouldn’t that be [...]
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
7×7 san francisco — on the newstands now
Well, the promised 7×7 interview has finally hit the streets. It’s a disconcerting experience to read one’s spoken words in print, especially if it turns out that they’ve been edited to fit the story! I’m not complaining, though — it’s all more or less correct. And the more San Franciscans are inspired tune in [...]
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
#61: lefty o’doul — the man in the green suit
You’ve seen the green and white signs in front of the “Lefty O’Doul Restaurant and Piano Bar” down on Geary Street, but who is Lefty O’Doul? Just another phony Irish name invented to sell beer?
Absolutely not! The silhouette of that left-handed slugger on the sign is a clue. Lefty O’Doul was a baseball player, [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in San Francisco history podcasts by richard - sparkletack
Friday, May 25th, 2007
drafted by the SFist!
Sharp-eyed readers — or should I say “San Francisco blog addicts” — will have noticed the recent appearance of yours truly on the SFist, a San Francisco-obsessive collaborative blogging venture. And why? Well…. because they asked me. They’re a solid bunch of San Franciscophiles, and I jumped at the chance to wedge a little [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
buried history
The buzz over recently exposed timbers of the “King Philip”, a clipper ship which foundered at Ocean Beach in 1878, got me thinking about San Francisco’s legacy of maritime corpses — especially those which ended up becoming part of the foundation of the city. I’m talking about the ships buried underneath downtown San Francisco.
One [...]
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
7×7 san francisco
“Hey mom, my picture’s gonna be in a magazine!”
Strange but true. I just spent an hour in a studio with a battery of hot lights trained on my mug… the results of which should appear in the June 2007 issue of San Francisco’s local style magazine “7×7“.
I suspect the “new media” cachet of podcasting [...]
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Friday, May 4th, 2007
a sparkletack tour of san francisco
My long-time supporter Michael Roberts sent an email several months ago that absolutely made my day:
After listening to your podcasts for the last six months, I couldn’t wait any longer and took a trip to the city so that I could experience some of your “brand” of history.
He’s in good company. This isn’t the [...]
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