This weekend, the American Library Association kicked off 2023 with a new version of their midwinter conference: a four-day hybrid online/in-person event, LibLearnX 2023. After a few years… Read More

The California Midwinter Exhibition of 1894The California Midwinter Exhibition of 1894 was held in Golden Gate Park, just steps from Mary Ann Cooke Piratsky's parents' home. It was held from… Read More

Three Countries In Three Hours Golden Gate Park – San Francisco While visiting San Francisco, my buddy Kim said, “How’d you like to visit three countries in the next few h… Read More

Golden Gate Park’s Japanese Tea Garden is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States. Admission is free all day (9am to 6pm)  at the Japanese … Read More

Golden Gate Park’s Japanese Tea Garden is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States. Admission is free all day (9am to 6pm)  at the Japanese … Read More

The Farnsworth House has this in common with Cannery Rowin Monterey, California: it is a poem, a quality of light, atone, ahabit, a nostalgia, a dream. It has about it, also, an aura of high… Read More