Published: September, 2003 As Fall approaches, along withthe Bay Area’s warmest time of the year, a Mediterranean outdoor lifestyle flourishes as does the California penchant for light and refreshing food and drink. For those fond of wine, it is the prime time to enjoy the pleasures of quality Roses. Long disdained by wine snobs as […]
By CaptaIn Ray Published: January, 2012 I remember an axiom from when I studied cultural anthropology in college: A society confronted with pressure to change will change just enough to remain the same. This seems to be true of traditions as well. As much as a tradition needs to remain the same—how else can it […]
Published: May, 2005 Adam Fawer Sat., May 7, 2:00 pm Adam Fawer talks about his novel Improbable ($24.95). A compulsive gambler plagued by crippling epileptic seizures, David Caine is able to calculate the odds of any hand in the blink of an eye. Caine wins more than he loses, until the night he makes a […]
