1. Romantic: Pick a cable car, any cable car, stand on the running board with your significant other, hang on for dear life, and start kissing. The truth is that most locals rarely step foot on a cable car, but that shouldn’t keep you from taking a stylish spin a la Tippi Hedren. Find Today’s…Continue reading San Francisco Photos: 5 Great Photo Spots in the City by the Bay
Category: Ephemera
and all the ships at sea
I wanted to share an interesting email I received last week from a reader: I’m a Marine stationed over at Camp Pendleton in California. While I was on deployment, I found The Year Of Fog in the small ship library…I was a part of an expeditionary unit sitting off the coast of Burma last year…Continue reading and all the ships at sea
Amazon drops California affiliates
For years, Amazon has enjoyed an unfair advantage over brick-and-mortar stores. A large part of Amazon’s overwhelming success in the marketplace can be attributed to the fact that it skirts the sales tax in most states. Until now, California was one of those states. On Wednesday, Governor Brown signed a measure into law requiring Amazon…Continue reading Amazon drops California affiliates
Which would you choose?
I recently came across an interesting exercise, in which you are asked to read a paragraph about two very different sorts of lives, and choose which one you would prefer to live. Choice one: the world adores you and bows to you, and all is beautiful, comfortable, and glorious…with a catch. In the other, you…Continue reading Which would you choose?
Silicon Valley Reads
Each year, Silicon Valley Reads brings together libraries, schools, and community organizations in 15 Bay Area cities to read a single book. I’m honored and delighted to announce that The Year of Fog is the 2011 selection, following on the heels of 2010’s In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. 2011 programming will kick off…Continue reading Silicon Valley Reads