Category: Essays
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A Day At The Golf Course- The Pleasure And The Pain
Last year, I went to a carnival. It had been eons since I had been on a “midway”, and I stopped at one of those toss the ping-pong-ball-in-the-fish-bowl games. You got 3 balls, and my first toss nearly went in. Toss 2 missed a bit more, toss 3 was atrocious.…
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May Day Mashup- Bucky, Hippies, And The 99%
Last Tuesday , I had time to duck in to SF MOMA and catch a couple of shows ; the painter Mark Bradford, and a show on Buckminster Fuller. It dawned on me the night before there were also going to be protests and marches the following day- it was…
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Those Damn Residents, If They Would Only Listen
A new condo building went up in the neighborhood recently. Here it is: I like this building’s reinterpretation of a two apartment wide block of flats with bays. I think its interest lies in its tweaking of the massing, angled center section with bays rising to the top, rather than…
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The Glass Of Wine
A few days ago, I was at a cafe late in the afternoon, sipping a coffee and reading. I glanced over at a table nearby, and saw a vaguely familiar face. A dignified looking older man, sitting by himself , a suitcase next to him, sipping a glass of wine.…