"Inside the air was a pestilence; it was heavy with disease and the emanations from many bodies. Anyone leaving this working mass, an...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Ancient Chinese Wisdom: an interview with Victor Wong
Artist, actor, journalist, Protestant minister in training Victor Wong, 1976. Love the budweiser plus t-shirt (3rd International San Franci...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Duke Kahanamoku: the Hawai'ian Olympic Hero in Los Angeles
The United States took a total of 41 gold medals including eight in the diving and swimming competitions, but the 1932 Games were fondly re...
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Wing Kwong Tse's skylighted studio atop City Lights Bookstore
Despite a lack of formal training and not beginning his career as an artist until his thirties, Wing Kwong Tse became a successful SF pa...
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Fong-Fong Bakery Fountain, San Francisco Chinatown 1941
We started the Fong-Fong Bakery-Fountain in 1935. We had a beautiful, long counter, the latest equipment, stainless steel, nice-looking b...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
A Celebration of Nanao Sakaki with Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Joanne Kyger, Gary Lawless, Malcolm Margolin and oh, Patricia Wakida as guest eMCee
Hi, Gary! Hi, Nanao! Hi, McRoskey Mattresses! This actually happened! On May 10, 2013. Two of the original poets from the Six Gallery ...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Stuck in the Shallow End: Swimming Pool and Segregation in L.A.
Sammy Lee, first Asian American gold medalist. As a twelve-year-old Angeleno in 1932, Korean American athlete "Sammy" Lee dre...
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