1,017 Acres: Life in the Park

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Maybe I Like Opera After All
I’m not a big fan of opera so it was a surprise to find how much I enjoyed Opera in the Park yesterday. It was such a different scene than Outside Lands…
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Pop quiz: How are writers and parks alike?
We both need help to grow and thrive. Help like the work of Patrick Quigley, pictured here. A few months ago, I wrote about one man’s campaign to have…
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The Perfect Symbol
Do you know San Francisco’s official flower? Did you even know we have one? It’s the dahlia and if you visit the Dahlia Dell, now in peak season, you’ll…
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Death in the Park
Trigger warning: this post talks about murders, suicides and death. It’s disturbing content, so some of you may not want to read any further. Life in…
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Learning to Live with Outside Lands
Every August, the fences go up and my heart sinks. Yup, it’s Outside Lands again. Absurd as it may sound, the annual fencing off of some of my favorite…
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Seeing Butterflies
In hindsight, mid-July was maybe not the best time to go in search of butterflies on Strawberry Hill. Butterflies are drawn to heights to seek mates…
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Life Finds a Way
Remember that line from Jurassic Park where Jeff Goldblum's know-it-all character tells Richard Attenborough's hubristically-naive character that even…
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1,017 Acres: Life in the Park
1,017 Acres: Life in the Park
A San Francisco writer's rambles through Golden Gate Park
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