The coolness of the mud spread over me as Claire's strong hands worked the clay into my skin. Claire, a bright, young French woman with an infectious ...
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First Church Of Christ Scientist In Berkeley
Even though this building is on the list of National Historic Landmarks it is not an easy accomplishment to see the interior of this church. Only open ...
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San Francisco Victorians
Mail-Order Houses Many of San Francisco's beautiful old Victorians were actually built from prefabricated design plans with mail-order decorative ...
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Food For The Table: Mara’s Italian Pastries
It's almost impossible to walk by Mara's Italian Pastries on Columbus in North Beach without stopping in for a pastry, a slice of focaccia or pizza, ...
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That Pesky -X
The letter -X. It's a common enough letter, but one rarely used in English at the beginning of a word, where it is pronounced like the letter -z as in ...
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Food For The Table: Sweet Crêpes
Chestnut Crêpes in my kitchen You can find many different kinds of Crêpes in Parisian restaurants and cafes as well as at the to-go windows of the ...
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The Winged Victory
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is that one piece in the Louvre that is a constant. Throughout the years, as the museum has undergone changes - ...
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Chasing My DNA: Part II: Dolni Bezdekov
Bezdekov. It was a name I had heard all of my life. We didn't know how to spell it, but after my Grandfather died, my Grams said it often enough that ...
Making Rules Only Gives Permission For Breaking Them
I loved the internet when it was a wild and wooly place filled with flame wars and uncivilized behavior. It was a creative anything goes environment, ...
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Chasing My DNA: Part I: Prague
Czechoslovakia - a land of mystery. A place that for many years existed only on a map and in the creative memory of my Grandfather - a man who, years ...