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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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