SAN FRANCISCO – I fell for this pumpkin at 22nd and Geary which meant I’d have to walk over 20 blocks home. I gave it a shot. Two blocks later, I caught the bus. I was the only rider. Luckily, I got my favorite driver (she doesn’t know she’s my favorite) and she made a [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2007
Chinese Thinker
October 22, 2007
Life is really simple but we insist on making in complicated. – Confucius
Fleet Week
October 6, 2007
It’s Fleet Week in San Francisco which means when you’re sipping a latte on Fillmore, you might get a free air show with it. Here I am with my latte (obviously the drink was beautiful and I should have shot it before drinking). I was alone. I like it. Except for the alone part, it [...]
Caught in the Surf
October 4, 2007
You’ve probably been Googled a time or two. If you Google “Amy Knapp” chances are, you’ll meet at least three. There is Amy Knapp of family organizer fame (she’s all over the web); there is Amy Knapp, the prized San Francisco designer (I love it when people think I’m her) (she probably doesn’t love it); [...]
Reality-Chicked
October 1, 2007
If controversy can get you Dixie-Chicked, then the Pelican Press can get you Reality-Chicked. Ever since Mary Catherine Coolidge wrote about my friend, Laura, in Sarasota’s intriguing magazine, Downtown and Beyond, I’ve been keeping up with MC’s column, “Reality Chick.” “Reality” is something I’ve been thinking about lately. I find it irritating when presidential candidates [...]
