Comments on: Where I’m calling from.

By: Cathy D.

Cathy D. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:13:38 +0000

Nancy, are you a Ray Carver fan too?

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:02 +0000

I once got to go to a private party at the SF MOMA. Like the NYC MOMA, I got to see my kitchen chairs on display.

Eames molded fiberglass, rescued after 30 plus years in my father’s waiting room.

By: Terry WAlter

Terry WAlter — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:10:57 +0000

Cornerstone- a Detroit housewife-what in the name of feminism is going on? Still have time to cancel your trip? And aren’t they aware that your blog frequently contains words that, as Simon & Garfunkel would say, are never heard in the Bible.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:32:54 +0000

A video…crossing over to Marin County on two wheels

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:25:57 +0000

Oh, and a good book for Kate: There’s an American Girl set in SF. The 70s girl… can’t think of her name… her best friend is of Chinese descent.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:30:32 +0000

Mostly seconding here, but: The pilgrimmage to Chez Panisse… and interesting for Kate to see Berkeley & environs. SF MOMA for the architecture as well as the art. Last but not least, sunset on the beach in Carmel. The light, the light! (trying not to sound like Thomas Kinkade)

By: basset

basset — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:56:50 +0000

Never been there, and don’t care to go. I have a real low tolerance for condescension, and in my experience San Francisco residents are second only to New Yorkers in their conviction that their city is the center of the civilized world… and their willingness to share that with you whether you want to hear it or not.

By: caliban

caliban — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:48:13 +0000

San Framcisco in the movies:

http://www.slate.com/id/2193951?wpisrc=newsletter

I think Clint is brilliant. I think he’s often spoken truth to power he doesn’t trust as far as Shane could throw ‘em. Joey Wales would spit tobacco juice on W’s faux cowboy boots. I also figure he’d know a Swift Boat LT from some fullofshit Republican operative.

I don’t think he believes people of color are evil or that bona fide wack jobs like Elmer Fudd Scalia should be walking around with assault weapons. I think he’s made some great movies. “A Perfect World” was among them.

By: merrill

merrill — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:41:16 +0000

Two wonderful restaurants we found on a trip to SF last year:

Tommaso’s Pizza in North Beach. Fabulous, cheap and a wonderful atmosphere. Near City Lights, as I recall.

Taylor Street Coffee Shop in the Tenderloin. Great, cheap breakfasts with lots of fresh fruit.

And all kids, young and old, must go to the Exploratorium.

Have fun!

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:22:22 +0000

Oh yes, Yank Sing, most I’ve ever spent on Dim Sum, and well worth it. There are a couple of locations. Ghiradelli Square, the Ghiradelli Ice Cream Shop is a nice place to take a break. And my mistake, the hotel with the great view bar is the Hilton.

On a trip for my conference some years ago…..my husband got up one morning, from our hotel near Union Sq. he walked through Chinatown, up and over Nob Hill and on down to the Golden Gate bridge. He walked across the bridge, then continued five miles on down the road to Sausalito, where he took the ferry back, walked over Nob Hill the other way, and arrived back at our hotel shortly after I did, around 5.

Congratulations on the house sale Dorothy. Which reminds me. There is a 4 stories high end fabric shop right at Union Square which is to die for. Just looking, nothing here I can afford. And take the Bart to downtown Berkeley. Stone Mountain and Daughter - natural fabrics only in a ware house setting - is barely a block from the stop. And Chez Panisse is easy walking distance in the other direction.