2019-10-05 18:10
My blog is taking a bit of a hiatus while I rework some of the essays, and take time to research and write more.
My band The Sunset Canyoneers will be releasing a full-length album in Novemb… Read More
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A Unique Road Trip Through The Golden State
2018-08-10 21:15
Paul Stine – Photo courtesy of http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com
It was a blustery San Francisco evening, December 1999. The end of the world was nigh, and the air was thick with Y2K dr… Read More
2016-09-18 21:59
Photo courtesy of http://www.moviefone.com
Occupying a thoughtful place in my medley of childhood memories are hazy after-school days waiting for my mother to pick me up from the babysitter… Read More
2016-05-07 14:58
Photo by William Duke
I recently spent a few nights at the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. My first visit to the Cecil was about ten years earlier, while attending an event at… Read More
2016-01-23 20:25
The Lamb Funeral Home Photo by http://www.hauntedlosangeles.blogspot.com
“Which undertaking is it then that does not seek to make some sense of life and living, dying and… Read More
2015-12-29 00:13
1000 Lombard Street, San Francisco Photo by William Duke
During the foggy nights driving for DeSoto Cab in San Francisco, I was invariably asked to whizz the awestruck tourists down the long… Read More
2015-06-22 16:23
Photo by http://www.caverntours.com
Calaveras is Spanish for skull.
Sometime in the blustery Calaveras County winter of 1921, Vallecito resident Addison Carley discovered a large hole on a f… Read More
2015-02-09 19:31
Illustration by Adam Strange
The Central Valley, often referred to as the nucleus of the state of California, is one of the most productive agricultural regions in America. The Mediterranean… Read More
2014-12-30 01:12
Former site of Playland at the Beach- Photo by William Duke
There is an expanse of land facing the mighty Pacific Ocean that reveals itself as you journey past the Cliff House Restaurant alo… Read More
2014-12-30 01:12
Former site of Playland at the Beach- Photo by William Duke
There is an expanse of land facing the mighty Pacific Ocean that reveals itself as you journey past the Cliff House Restaurant alo… Read More
2014-12-30 01:10
David Carpenter–photo by http://www.crimelibrary.com
I have always been enamored with San Francisco. I grew up just two hours away in Oakdale, a small Central Valley town. My family us… Read More
2014-12-30 01:10
David Carpenter–photo by http://www.crimelibrary.com
Who can forget the Trailside Killer?
David Carpenter was born on May 6, 1930 to Elwood and Francis Hart Carpenter. Elwood was a mea… Read More
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