Check out these great articles about my friends Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu and their musical coming to one of my favorite cities this August. In yesterday’s San Francisco Sentinel: THE BIG VOICE: God or Merman? Direct From Off-Broadway — A Special Event at the New Conservatory Theatre Centerby Seán Martinfield, Sentinel Fine Arts Critic …
THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN?A Musical Comedy in two lives.Written by Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu. It will be at the New Conservatory Theatre’s Decker Theatrein San FranciscoAUGUST 1-19, 2007Performed by Jim Brochu & Steve Schalchlin! New York Times: “Side-splitting! A hilarious and utterly enthralling evening of musical theater.” Village Voice: “Jim Brochu and …
While I was in California visiting my family earlier this month my sister drove me down Florence Avenue in Sebastopol. WOW! There is some wonderful sculpture there! Mimi drove me back so I could take these photos: The sculptures are by Patrick Amiot and his wife Brigitte Laurent. They have a website with much more …
I was in Rohnert Park, California from October 11th to 16th. That’s north of San Francisco, near Santa Rosa. It was a trip planned to see my family – to celebrate my brother’s birthday on the 13th. He is 6 years younger than me and I am 54. You do the math. Michael’s wife Nita …
My mother had terrible feet — they were very flat – no arches. She wore Murray Space Shoes and swore that without them she would be crippled. Murrays would take a plaster cast of her feet then from the mold they would make the shoes. I was always getting lectures from mom about taking care …
San Franciscophobia We’re stuck with a terrible war and a worse president, and all the GOP can do is scream, “Pelosi and her Nancy boys are coming”?This is pathetic. and People who want to take a swing at San Francisco should think twice. Yes, the Irish coffee at Fisherman’s Wharf is overpriced, and the bus …
Ron Miguel, a retired florist and native San Franciscan, can remember when a middle-class family could buy a home in the city without breaking the bank. But over the decades, he has watched that change. and “It’s bad for democracy,” Karlinsky said. “When you have concentrations of poverty, people growing up there have less access …
It’s time to stop parading and start marching, for Jack and Ennis’ sake. and I caught up with Brokeback Mountain the other day. I don’t know about you, but I usually wait quite a while to see new movies, and the more fuss and flackery there is, the longer I wait. and So far as …
by Lisa Leff, Associated Press Writer ~ Saturday June 10 Graying of Gay Population Fuels Market for Specialized Housing SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Like other gay men in their golden years, Jack Norris and Seymour Sirota had heard the horror stories. An elderly lesbian couple is housed on separate floors of a nursing home and …
Today is Mother’s Day and I nice phone call from Noel.Thanks Noel! 🙂 ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * I can’t write any mushy poetry about my mom. I never felt I was able to live up to her expectations ~ from memorizing the multiplication tables (isn’t …