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Jun.28.2012
In homage to Kathi Kamen Goldmark, who died in May, Sherith Israel on California Street was festooned on Monday with all things leopard - pin-on ribbons, programs, tablecloths, napkins and plates - and crowded with folks who had heeded the gathering announcement's note ("sequins, leopard print...
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Jun.01.2012
I learned of Kathi Kamen Goldmark's death by text message, which arrived while we were traipsing merrily north along Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The wind was blowing hot, the sun was blazing and we were popping in and out of stores, where everything was available but a place to howl.
Then...
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Aug.25.2011
In response to Amazon.com's petition campaign to bring back its exemption from California sales tax - lost in July - Pete Mulvihill, Kevin Ryan and Kevin Hunsanger, owners of Green Apple Books on San Francisco's Clement Street, have decided to petition state government for the same deal.
Their...
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About Leah
Leah Garchik, a woman who has never owned a car with push-button windows, lives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district with her husband. She has two grown sons for whom she has baked many cakes.
She learned how to knit and everything else useful in her...
Causes Leah Garchik Supports
Home Away From Homelessness, Performing Arts Workshop, Music in the Schools Today