Congratulations to Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle, who has been selected as the 2009 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. I’ve been reading Jon daily since his column first caught my eye some time in the 80s with his musings along the lines of “What [...]

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It was one year ago today that I became Mrs. Dependable.
Best damn thing I’ve ever done.
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This first tale has a happy ending. The second is an adventure in progress.
I met Barry down at the ’shmong Friday night, parking in the lot next door. When I returned to my van, a small postcard had been stuck in the driver’s side window. I went to pull it out (and discard of it [...]

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A sample post, just to show my mom how this blogging thing works.
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We’ve been back for a week now, and I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down, go through the many photos I took, and recap the rest of our trip.
First off, here’s a couple more views of our home base on Potrero Hill. This is the flat we stayed in…we had the upstairs:

And here’s Farley’s, [...]

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I couldn’t help imagining, while watching this…
…how I would react to it if this were not Sarah Palin and Katie Couric, but two comedians on Saturday Night Live. It’s damn funny! It is sad and also terrifying that her interview works as satire.
I’ve never watched much of Katie Couric, but I am impressed [...]

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I was going to make a snarky post about my latest descent into the depths of customer service hell, but the sun has come to that part of the sky where it feels like I’m getting a sunburn on my right arm. That’s because when my studio was moved to another floor during the renovations, [...]

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I have obviously been lax on travel tales…that’s what happen when you’re having too much fun. We sampled a wide breadth from Fort Bragg to San Jose and east to Kensington, and saw many friends, yet there were many that didn’t get a chance to connect with. I have many photos which I will post [...]

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It’s been pretty much non-stop action this week. When last you saw your intrepid travelers, I believe we had been here a mere day or two and still had two weeks yawning before us. Now we’re into the endgame, trying to figure out what we can fit in during the last couple of days, with [...]

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…to blog much. Plus, we have one minute left on the meter. Then off to Mendocino! More news/pics anon.
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