Green Apple Books is practically giving away books, people. Actually, the ongoing Warehouse Clearance Sale is coming to an end. All used books are now $2.98 or less. That’s a dollar less than a gallon of gas. A more on-point comparison: $2.98 is just a few cents over half of the five dollar penalty for…Continue reading Get thee to Green Apple
Category: In the Richmond
All about my neighborhood, the Richmond district of San Francisco.
Easy to be Kind to Be Kind Rewind
I just saw Michael Gondry’s new movie, Be Kind Rewind, on opening night at the Balboa in San Francisco. Mick LeSalle for The Chronicle got it all wrong. It’s a mess of a movie, sure, but a wonderful mess of a movie, a tribute to movie-making, a nod to some of the wacky greats of…Continue reading Easy to be Kind to Be Kind Rewind
Weird Intersection: Art & Life
On Friday, the day after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Pakistan, my husband and I saw Charlie Wilson’s War at the Balboa. The movie was okay, perhaps a bit too slick, but entertaining. The moment that was most interesting was when a collective “what?!” went up from the small audience about 15 minutes into the film,…Continue reading Weird Intersection: Art & Life
San Francisco Zoo Investigation
This from CNN today, in reference to allegations that Tatiana–the Siberan tiger who escaped her enclosure–may have been taunted prior to the attack: A source close to the investigation said the rock found in the habitat measured 9 inches, and a tree branch and pine cones were found that came from trees that were not…Continue reading San Francisco Zoo Investigation
Deaths at San Francisco Zoo, Part 2
Interesting coverage of the San Francisco Zoo disaster over at Big Cat Rescue. The Big Cat Rescue site begins with this article from Newsweek. Scroll down after that–interesting stuff. The Newsweek article speculates that the zoo’s new changes to the tiger exhibit, combined with human error (possibly because it was closing time on Christmas day),…Continue reading Deaths at San Francisco Zoo, Part 2