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Adam’s Grub Truck at Treasure Island flea market
I am obsessed with San Francisco food trucks. Recently on separate occasions I have eaten falafel, tacos and fresh baked organic cookies from various food trucks in San Francisco, and naturally I dragged Shane and his family along for a food truck extravaganza. Aunt Annie and Uncle Wally were visiting from the East Coast on […]
Wanderlust Yoga in the City SF!
Yesterday I finally pulled it off- I combined two of my loves, that is, yoga and working on my tan. Sunday on the Little Marina Green, Wanderlust yoga did its tour through SF. I ended up with a righteous sunburn on my forehead and a perfectly sore body. Danielle and I arrived shortly before noon, […]
Best SF Bay Area flea market: Treasure Island flea market
I think Treasure Island flea market is one of the prettiest places in the Bay Area. From SF, you hop on the Bay Bridge at take the left exit in the middle of the bridge down to Treasure Island, and the flea market is right there! You see this enormous statue when you arrive. I […]
Awesome SF Bay Area flea market: Alameda Antiques Fair
The Alameda antiques fair is my second favorite flea market in the San Francisco Bay area, but for most people it is probably #1. I have a more personal connection to my favorite Bay Area flea market which I will feature in an upcoming post. Alameda is the largest market on my list. It is […]
Better SF flea market: Alemany Flea in Bernal Heights
The Alemany flea market is a legitimate and passable flea market. It’s teeny tiny; there are only two rows of vendors and usually two food trucks. It’s easy to get to in Bernal Heights just off the freeway, and they have a decent selection of quality vintage items, for example, this Coca-Cola tray: It even […]
San Francisco Bay Area flea markets!
Since moving to San Francisco in August, I really have embraced all aspects of life pertaining to being San Franciscan. I run the coastal trail at Lands End, read on Baker Beach, and I love to complain about Muni. Sure I love the museums, and of course I love the sprawling selection of restaurants from […]
Salman Rushdie: The Jaguar Smile
I never was able to finish Rushdie’s famed Satanic Verses due to the fact that it simply wouldn’t end, but recently while on a service tirp in Nicaragua with my students, I opted for his much shorter The Jaguar Smile. In this 1987 work, Rushdie illustrates Nicaragua the way he experiences it during the Sandinista […]
YouTube video Rustic Pathways Dominican Republic
Recently the Rustic Pathways northern California salesperson came to my school to drop off brochures / view books for all the students. As he helped me transport the heavy boxes, he finally said, you look so familiar, but I don’t know from where. After brainstorming, he remembered that he had recently seen the above video […]
John Kennedy Toole: A Confederacy of Dunces
My favorite book of all time was published posthumously after Toole’s suicide. Most readers report that they find the protagonist’s escapades exasperating; at a recent book club, one of the girls voiced that she found him irredeemable. I, on the other hand, find endless enchantment in all of his antics, as Ignatius J. Reilly’s daily […]
Sindiwe Magona: Please, Take Photographs
I had the pleasure of getting to meet Sindiwe Magona on two occasions during the three months I lived and volunteered in Cape Town. I remember wiggling with anticipation as she personally signed a copy of her poetry collection for me at a book store, and then several weeks later she joined the members of […]
