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Nov 28, 2023
At home in Hokkaido: The North Bay’s eastern twin
The sun disappears behind the ocean horizon. The sky turns vanilla, and the wind stiffens. Twilight’s slow transformation into darkness reveals a million subtle...
Oct 9, 2019
The Thing Emerges
I might never have been born if it weren’t for one of my favorite films. Let me explain.
My parents worked together in SF for...
Apr 3, 2019
Western Swing
If there is a place that better blends agricultural heritage with a literate, urbane sensibility than Point Reyes Station and environs, then I haven’t...
Dec 6, 2018
The Rent Kept a-Rollin’
“THE FUTURE IS RIDING ON METRO”
Never had I ever read such a prescient message as the one stamped at the bottom of my rail-ticket...
Sep 19, 2018
Cover Story: From Russia with Beer
Around 1800, the Russian czar realized the obvious when it came to Russian America (now Alaska): it’s impossible to grow food there. To solve...
Oct 18, 2017
Feature: So it Goes
On an overcast day in October 2016, I walked behind my guide as we traveled along the soggy bank of the Elbe River. Beside...
Aug 23, 2017
Upfront: Train I Ride
Mr. Godot told me to tell you he won’t come this evening but surely tomorrow.—Samuel Beckett, ‘Waiting for Godot’
In July of 2008 I was...