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    Take Me Home with You: 10.3.24

    Take Me Home with You: 10.3.24

    Shaggy Senior Robbie Seeks Quiet Forever Home Robbie, a charming senior dog, has returned to the SFSPCA after several years in a home and is now looking for a fresh…

    Lets Go Home: 10.3.24

    Lets Go Home: 10.3.24

    Here are some of the many pets now available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services (OAS): Bonded Brothers Bonded brothers Pawcasso and Meowzart are a dynamic duo, with purrsonalities like…

    Reel Delicious

    Reel Delicious

    By Jan Wahl– Danny Kaye serving Chinese dishes he cooked at Madame Wu’s. Mel Brooks holding court at Nate and Al’s. Teen throb Ricky Nelson chowing down burgers at Hamburger…

    The Veil Between the Worlds

    The Veil Between the Worlds

    By Jewelle Gomez– I loved Halloween when I was a kid in Boston in the 1950s, especially when I got to “trick or treat” at the Regent where my father,…

    When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America’s Trailblazing Gay Journalist

    When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America’s Trailblazing Gay Journalist

    Dr. Bill Lipsky– Michael G. Lee has done all of us a great favor. With When the Band Played On, he has written a biography of Randy Shilts, one of the most…

    Why Are All Gay Journalists Called Randy?

    Why Are All Gay Journalists Called Randy?

    By Randy Alfred– “Randy’s inviting us to have lunch with Quentin Crisp.” The voice on the phone was David Israels, a fellow journalist friend, and himself the friend of fellow…

    Excerpt From When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    Excerpt From When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    By Michael G. Lee– On August 17, 1981, Randy walked into the [San Francisco Chronicle] newsroom at Fifth and Mission as a full-time reporter for a nationally respected newspaper, and…

    Top of Your Stack: 10.3.24

    Creation Lake (fiction – hardcover) by Rachel Kushner Creation Lake follows Sadie Smith, an American secret agent sent to infiltrate a rural commune in France, where she manipulates everyone around…

    Lit Snax: 10.3.24

    All Fours by Miranda July We’ve never read a more wild and electrically true story of how it is to be a middle-aged woman but not feel like one. This book is a feral…

    France Meets India: Bombay Brasserie Opens With a Splash at Campton Place

    France Meets India: Bombay Brasserie Opens With a Splash at Campton Place

    By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet– Campton Place has a storied history of talented Michelin star chefs who have graced its restaurant: Daniel Humm, Jan Birnbaum, Bradley Ogden, Todd Humphries,…