Details about the film option for The Year of Fog, which was sold to Newmarket Films (Memento, The Prestige) and will be adapted for the screen by Semi Chellas, appear today in Publisher’s Weekly’s “Hollywood Reader.” Plus: I’ll be reading from THE YEAR OF FOG tomorrow, April 17, at Book Passage in the Ferry Building…Continue reading semi on my mind
Category: Fun-o-rama
What to Do with Your High-Maintenance Date
Join me, Sedge Thompson, Peter Plate, the all-girl band Misty River, jazz pianist Mike Greensill and others on Saturday at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, where we’ll be taping West Coast Live. The show begins at 1:30. You can make reservations by calling 415-664-9500 or going to ticketweb. But wait…there’s more! Saturday will be a…Continue reading What to Do with Your High-Maintenance Date
a day late
I’m a day late to the April Fool’s party. April 1st always registers in my mind as my sister’s birthday, so I tend to forget it’s the day when the gullible among us are most at risk. Yesterday, Ed Champion reported that Jane Smiley’s going to stop writing about horses, Martin Scorcese is going to…Continue reading a day late
blinking twelve
This lovely blog consists mostly of quotes from movies and interesting people folks, like Martha Gellhorn on Lyndon Johnson: “Our President is a disaster and will get worse; never trust a Texan farther than you can throw a rhino.” I have a close friend who happens to be a Texan, but as far as presidents…Continue reading blinking twelve
heavenly
When I went in to Simple Pleasures yesterday morning to get my frothy au lait, Dae was doling out horoscopes, compliments of Christopher Renstrom at the Chron. This was mine: The planets urge you to pursue your heart’s desire. There will be hell to pay, but it doesn’t matter because getting what you want will…Continue reading heavenly