Tuesday, January 19, 2021

A Farewell and Thank You to Marshall Kilduff, Editorial Writer and Creator of SF Chronicle's Sunday Quiz

 Here's what I just sent to Marshall Kilduff, editorial writer and creator of SF Chronicle's Sunday quiz:


I'm not sure which editorials you've written over the years, but I have greatly benefitted from your Sunday Chronicle quiz.  It's one of the first pages I turn to, and then I find out what I've hit or missed during the week.  


This past Sunday, I learned that a snowflake is a touchy big shot who can't handle criticism, that the space agencies ar prepping probes to collect orbiting garbage, and that California is 44 of 50 when it comes to the successful vaccinations for Covid 19.


Your quiz has been a shot in the arm!  Thank you!

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Revisiting the Women's Building on 18th and Lapidge in San Francisco

 Friday Erika and I took a closer look at the Women's Building on 18th and Lapidge Streets in the Mission--something I've been reading about in MaestraPeace, a book I got after realizing how little I knew when Bill and I were on a walk around there a year ago. Notice the beautiful sky, too!







I also noticed for the first time how street artist Daniel Doherty has transformed Seurat's Sunday Afternoon in the Park to make it Dolores Park and add people of color--people included in great numbers in yesterday's welcome-to-the inauguration program.





Friday, January 1, 2021

The Sun Sets on 2020 at Ocean Beach!

 I walked to the ocean to see the sun set on 2020 the same day I walked only part of the way to the Cliff House to watch the sign come down from that iconic restaurant, which will be a restaurant no more.



The Cliff House Sign (after 157 years) Comes Down

 The Cliff House sign came down on Thursday, December 31, right at noon, as planned.  The man you see being interviewed--someone maybe even older than I am,  told the reporter he remembered going there with his family back in the 50's.

I don't go back that far, but I told the reporter that I went there on dates in the 1960's and 1970's and also with my husbands--different decades--with my son, niece, etc.  I forgot to mention Jutta, my penpal from 1963!








What I don't show here are the crowds.  But you can see Dan and Mary Hountalas, the couple who ran the Cliff House from  1973 through half of this year.

I don't think this is the kind of community-provided bench the SF Chronicle was talking about today in its article https://www.sfchronic...