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Drinks and decoupage at Oakland’s Plum Bar
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
One of the indications that Oakland is indeed an omnivore’s paradise are the migrations made by famous San Francisco chefs to open new restaurants here on eastern shores. It is… Read more»
A Pandora Mini-Guide
Dear Pandora, Thanks for being a cool company. Your love for music and ability to pay artists for their work is inspiring. Because of you I’ve learned about new bands… Read more»
Fremont Abbey Arts Center Birthday Bash in Seattle
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / Seattle and Washington
Seattle is so full of creativity. It’s like the rain that keeps folks indoors so many months of the year imposes some kind of inspirational compulsion, no matter what their… Read more»
City Lights Bookstore and some poetry pointers
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
City Lights Bookstore is on my short list of must-see San Francisco landmarks. It isn’t solely because of its iconic publishing history putting out books from the likes of Charles… Read more»
California’s new Danish beer
Posted in Culture Vulture / DIY / Good Ideas / Places / San Francisco Bay Area
My great aunt married a Dane. He was a prominent linguist whose seminal work awarded him honorary residence at the J.C. Jacobsen villa – the home of the founders of… Read more»