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California’s Wine King Left Behind Japanese Hometown
The year 1865 was a monumental one in American history.
After four years of fierce fighting, the Civil War ended, and the Constitution abolished slavery....
Don’t Scream
I ‌might never have been born if it weren't for one of my favorite films.
Let me explain.
My parents worked together in San Francisco...
Grazing in Guerneville
Bouncing Back February's flooding was devastating but downtown's restaurant scene is returning to normal.
Wine with Mission Equality Vines donates a portion of all sales...
Bodega Bound
There are towns. There are towns that tourists visit. And, finally, there are touristy towns. I’m happy to report that Bodega and Bodega...
Difficult Reading
In the 1973 film Soylent Green, Detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) finds a copy of the Soylent Oceanographic Survey Report: 2015 to 2019 in the...
Calistoga Calling
If you live in the North Bay, odds are that you've met at least one tourist who spent 10-plus hours in a plane to...
The Rent Kept a-Rollin’
"THE FUTURE IS RIDING ON METRO"
Never had I ever read such a prescient message as the one stamped at the bottom of my rail-ticket...











