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The Clean-up Crew
Financially, things are messy for Rec and Park right now.
Jun 6
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Susan Freinkel
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May 2025
What's the Story?
The other day, crossing Nancy Pelosi Drive by the tennis courts, I looked down to see this graffito stenciled onto the sidewalk
May 23
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Susan Freinkel
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Playing like it's 1886
San Francisco “is daffy on baseball,” the Chronicle announced on April 28, 1912.
May 8
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Susan Freinkel
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April 2025
Luck of the Draw
I have been having a debate with myself over whether Aymene Hamdi’s story is a “park story.” It’s not the usual kind of thing I write about here.
Apr 18
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Susan Freinkel
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Luck of the Draw
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Fern Fever
Here’s a great one for word nerds: Pteridomania.
Apr 4
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Susan Freinkel
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March 2025
Post Pandemic
When the world shut down five years ago this month, the park was one of the few places in the city that stayed open.
Mar 21
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Susan Freinkel
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Post Pandemic
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February 2025
Learning from Nature's Book
On a bright morning last week, I watched a group of preschoolers playing at the top of a hillside above Mallard Lake.
Feb 28
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Susan Freinkel
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Helping the Park's Unhoused
From the beginning of this project I’ve been interested in — and concerned about — people who live in the park.
Feb 12
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Susan Freinkel
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January 2025
Why the McKinley Monument
Until Donald Trump began talking up William McKinley, I hadn’t given the McKinley monument in the Panhandle much thought.
Jan 30
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Susan Freinkel
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Becoming the Garden's Gardener: The Japanese Tea Garden, part 2
I’ve always known the Japanese Tea Garden was a special place; I appreciated its soothing atmosphere in a vague blurry way.
Jan 10
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Susan Freinkel
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Becoming the Garden's Gardener: The Japanese Tea Garden, part 2
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December 2024
Two Christmas Trees
As far as I can tell, the closest thing San Francisco has to an “official” Christmas tree is the majestic Monterey cypress known as Uncle John’s Tree…
Dec 23, 2024
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Susan Freinkel
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An Impossible Haven: The Japanese Tea Garden, part 1
Yesterday, I came across a brilliant exchange between authors Olivia Laing and Jamaica Kincaid about gardens.
Dec 12, 2024
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Susan Freinkel
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