The talented and wonderful Misty Richmond (she’s my sister, but I’d say that even if she weren’t), will be exhibiting her work along with other photographers tonight at the first-ever Fotovisiion SlideSlam in Berkeley. Each photograher will take a few minutes to talk about his or her project, and photos will be displayed in a slideshow on a big screen. Better than a movie, free, and you don’t have to buy the popcorn! (Local businesses provide food and drinks.) Where: 2105 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 When: Thursday, Feb 19, 7:00 p.m. Details at Fotovision
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Golden Gate
National Geographic Traveler magazine recently asked me to name my favorite Golden Gate Park destination. I chose the playground at Koret Children’s Quarter. Pick up the December issue of National Geographic Traveler to see what other Bay Area folks have to say about the park: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, artist Maya Lin, floral artist Stanlee Gatti, California Academy of Sciences Senior Curator of Botany Frank Almeda, local yoga celeb Janet Stone, and Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope. Or visit the interactive Insiders Map on the magazine’s website. As my husband and I contemplate moving...
Ooooh, Tannebaum
Well, it’s that time of year. In lieu of writing something new about Christmas (hello, who has time?), I’ll just refer you to this piece I wrote about the Christmas tree boys for Salon a few years ago. It’s December now, and the Christmas tree industry’s booming, and I just can’t get my mind around shopping and party hopping, Johnny Mathis and candy canes and marshmallows by the fire. This time of year, I can’t seem to think about anything but that most spectacular of species, the Christmas Tree Boy — that erotic masterpiece, with his athletic swagger, his...
Where Were You The Night Of…
On November 4th, everyone I met at the Crimson Bar at the SoHo Hotel in London wanted to know what I was doing at the Crimson Bar at the SoHo Hotel in London, when, hello, history was being made in the U.S. I replied sheepishly that I’d voted early for Obama by mail, a) being anxious to get that vote in and counted, and b) never being one to turn down a swank company flat in London. All hail the democracy-enhancing features of the US Postal Service, whereby I got to vote and swig cocktails with editor Gillian Green...
The Fonze says, “I was wrong”
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