Archive for: 2007

Soba for When You’re Sick

Ugh and ack, I am sick. Sick, sick, sick—and sick of being sick! It’s no fun trying to navigate life with a head full of snot (sorry, but it’s true). And let’s not talk about the deep-throated cough that rattles both my ribs and the windows at the same time…. Read More

Persimmon Pleasures

I hated the first persimmon I ever tasted. It was a dried persimmon, home-dried by a woman my mother knew in Arizona. We had gone to visit her house and she had these brown lumpy things strung up in her window, drying in the sunshine. She gave my brother and… Read More

San Francisco’s Big Book Sale

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There are many good times to be in San Francisco but, for me, September is one of the best. The city is free of summer fog and some of my favorite events of the year take place in September. Chief among them is the Big Book Sale. When I planned… Read More

Walking Land’s End

I came back to San Francisco in mid-September, right in the middle of our “secret summer.” Suddenly the fog is gone, the sun is shining, and every day is filled with blue skies as far as the eye can see. It’s a pretty heady time to be a San Franciscan…. Read More

Land’s End and Grey Saturday Tea at Tal-y-Tara

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I came back to San Francisco in mid-September, right in the middle of our “secret summer.” Suddenly the fog is gone, the sun is shining, and every day is filled with blue skies as far as the eye can see. It’s a pretty heady time to be a San Franciscan…. Read More

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