archive for March, 2008

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Friday, March 21st, 2008

san francisco steam coffee?

I ran across an old and beautiful (not to mention HUGE) coffee urn in front of a Portland antique store today. Just like a magpie, shiny objects catch my eye — so I stopped to check it out.

It’s become a running joke that there’s always a San Francisco angle, and sure enough there [...]

8 Comments » - Posted in Just plain cool by richard - sparkletack
Sunday, March 16th, 2008

sparkletack reviewed by “San Francisco City Guides”

Sparkletack is featured in this month’s “Guidelines”, the newsletter of the non-profit San Francisco City Guides. You know about them already, right? Free tours all over town run by smart, dedicated volunteers? I’ve experienced several (and reviewed a couple (1, 2) of their offerings, so it seems only fair that they’d take a [...]

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Friday, March 14th, 2008

SFist — “not even jackassable”

The latest from my little column over at the SFist:

“Not Even Jackassable”

We perused the recent SFist post about the pitiable state of San Francisco’s streets with a certain sense of nostalgia for the good ol’ days. You know, the days before this newfangled “asphalt paving” even entered the scene.

In the Year of the Gold [...]

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