I drop the kids off at Karen's office in Oakland and realize I'm awfully close to the Donut Savant.  It's up Broadway kitty-cor...

The first time Karen and I saw Dave Brubeck was when he performed with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble in the '90's.  We'd gathered...

There aren't a lot of perks to being a bookseller.  Sure, there are the fast cars, the groupies, the adulation of the press - but besid...

Omens, omens, omens.  Baseball fans are always looking for omens, so when it took 19 minutes to drive from Randy's house in Oakland to ...

I was torn.  We hosted Stephan Pastis last night at the store.  Mr. Pastis is the wizard behind Pearls Before Swine ,and if you don...

In response to my previous post where I introduced the Orange & Black #2 - a cocktail to celebrate the San Francisco Giants' ...

ORANGE AND BLACK #2 1.5 oz. Tequila .5 oz. Cointreau .5 oz. lime juice 2/3 cups chopped apricots 1 cup ice Blend all until s...