The Black Rock, by Kevin Epps

While I was getting my coffee this morning from Samir at Simple Pleasures, I ran into a local filmmaker named Kevin Epps, who was passing out postcards to promote the February 17 premiere of his film The Black Rock, a documentary feature “about the untold black experience at Alcatraz.”

Hungarian Rhapsody

My husband and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary on Monday, which prompted me to revisit some of our wedding pics. We got married in Yosemite National Park and honeymooned in Hungary, which was brilliantly cold and romantic in January. Eight years ago today, we arrived in Budapest; both of us had been there before,…Continue reading Hungarian Rhapsody

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…Continue reading Golden Gate