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I love this blog, if for no other reason than the jawdropping diversity of the email that slips over the digital transom. Thi...
I love this blog, if for no other reason than the jawdropping diversity of the email that slips over the digital transom. This note from a few weeks ago just about takes the...
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I love this blog, if for no other reason than the jawdropping diversity of the email that slips over the digital transom. Thi... |
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I read a lot of books on San Francisco and California history. And though these posts are labeled “book reviews”, the only bo...
I read a lot of books on San Francisco and California history. And though these posts are labeled “book reviews”, the only books you’ll ever see here are those that I’ve...
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I read a lot of books on San Francisco and California history. And though these posts are labeled “book reviews”, the only bo... |
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File this — again — under “there’s ALWAYS a San Francisco connection”. A reader recently alerted me to the fact that Charlie ...
File this — again — under “there’s ALWAYS a San Francisco connection”. A reader recently alerted me to the fact that Charlie Chaplin, America’s favourite clown (and...
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File this — again — under “there’s ALWAYS a San Francisco connection”. A reader recently alerted me to the fact that Charlie ... |
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When last we encountered this goddess-behemoth, she was being blown up by the Navy at the end of the ‘39 Pan-Pacific Expositi...
When last we encountered this goddess-behemoth, she was being blown up by the Navy at the end of the ‘39 Pan-Pacific Exposition. The mythical goddess Pacifica — symbol of the...
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When last we encountered this goddess-behemoth, she was being blown up by the Navy at the end of the ‘39 Pan-Pacific Expositi... |
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Web 2.0 here we come … there’s a brand new Sparkletack group on Facebook. You can post photos and video, add links, start a d...
Web 2.0 here we come … there’s a brand new Sparkletack group on Facebook. You can post photos and video, add links, start a discussion, or just join the group and show your...
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Web 2.0 here we come … there’s a brand new Sparkletack group on Facebook. You can post photos and video, add links, start a d... |
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I love San Francisco, I love history, and I love walking. Luckily for me, there are a billion walking tours out there. Every ...
I love San Francisco, I love history, and I love walking. Luckily for me, there are a billion walking tours out there. Every so often I participate in one of these, try to pick up...
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I love San Francisco, I love history, and I love walking. Luckily for me, there are a billion walking tours out there. Every ... |
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I ran across an old and beautiful (not to mention HUGE) coffee urn in front of a Portland antique store today. Just like a ma...
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...
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I ran across an old and beautiful (not to mention HUGE) coffee urn in front of a Portland antique store today. Just like a ma... |
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Sparkletack is featured in this month’s “Guidelines”, the newsletter of the non-profit San Francisco City Guides. You know ab...
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...
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Sparkletack is featured in this month’s “Guidelines”, the newsletter of the non-profit San Francisco City Guides. You know ab... |
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It’s my favourite thing, finding physical evidence of times past in the landscape of contemporary San Francisco. That’s why I...
It’s my favourite thing, finding physical evidence of times past in the landscape of contemporary San Francisco. That’s why I was delighted when Aaron, a Sparkletack reader,...
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It’s my favourite thing, finding physical evidence of times past in the landscape of contemporary San Francisco. That’s why I... |
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The latest from my little column over at the SFist: Whiskerless Waiters at the Palace Hotel In the middle part of the 19th ce...
The latest from my little column over at the SFist: Whiskerless Waiters at the Palace Hotel In the middle part of the 19th century, a thick set of whiskers were an essential...
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The latest from my little column over at the SFist: Whiskerless Waiters at the Palace Hotel In the middle part of the 19th ce... |
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