The person who was killed on Christmas Day by a Siberian tiger named Tatiana at the San Francisco Zoo was an as-yet unidentified 17-year-old boy from San Jose. Tatiana was killed by police while mauling one of the victims in the Terrace Cafe, which is located 300 yards from the tiger enclosures. The Terrace Cafe…Continue reading Zoo Death
Category: In the Richmond
All about my neighborhood, the Richmond district of San Francisco.
Time to Cancel Your Zoo Membership?
We’ve been members of San Francisco Zoo for the past three years, and I go there frequently with my young child. But after a patron was killed at the zoo and two others critically injured by a tiger today, I’ll be reluctant to return. The man who was killed was outside the tiger, Tatiana’s, enclosure,…Continue reading Time to Cancel Your Zoo Membership?
bleak picture
Beachgoers in the Bay Area have been seeing seabirds covered in oil after a container ship rammed into the Bay Bridge, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel oil. Fuel oil, which is “what’s left after oil is refined for gasoline,” is notoriously hard to clean up. The spill could have serious long-term consequences for fish, birds…Continue reading bleak picture
Waitress
Adrienne Shelly’s weirdly wonderful Waitress is now playing at the Balboa. At first, I thought this might be another misguided foray into Southern stereotypes (as a native of Alabama, movies in which non-Southerners attempt Southern accents always put me on guard), but within the first five minutes of the film I was fully invested in…Continue reading Waitress
Cole Valley Street Fair
I took a turn signing books at the Booksmith booth at the Cole Valley Street Fair today. Thanks to everyone who came by and said hello! My friend Ellen Sussman, editor of Bad Girls, was also there. You can see her on The Today Show on Tuesday. The fair’s still going on. Some great stuff…Continue reading Cole Valley Street Fair