Queer Open Mic at the 3 Dollar Bill Cafe
I finally made it last Friday night to the Queer Open Mic at the 3 Dollar Bill Cafe in San Francisco’s LGBT Community Center. MCs Cindy Emch and Sherilyn Connelly opened up the night goofing around...
View ArticleArrests at a school in my district
I’m getting a flood of emails and phone calls about yesterday’s ICE raids. You can read a bit about them on the BAIRC site (Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition). What I’ve heard from word of mouth is...
View ArticleCaltrain to Palo Alto
Now that I’m working in Palo Alto, Caltrain is my pal. It’s three blocks to the station and three blocks to work, with a 5 minute ride in between. The train timing in the morning, though, means that I...
View ArticleImaginary skunks of South SF
Late at night, if you’re driving south down 101 from San Francisco, you might smell the weird smell that hovers around South San Francisco and Millbrae. For years I thought vaguely that it smelled the...
View ArticleBenefits for Sugar Pie DeSanto
I heard on KPOO this morning that there’s another benefit for Sugar Pie DeSanto, this Sunday, March 11. I missed the venue name and the details, but it’s in San Francisco… Manila Club? Manila Room? At...
View ArticleRevolutions and ramps
Revolution cafe SF Originally uploaded by baratunde. For a few years in the 1990s I experienced San Francisco from a combination of wheelchair, crutches, cane, and my own legs, which occasionally...
View ArticleWhere the sidewalk ends
where the sidewalk ends Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Yesterday I went back to work. I teach at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. Lo, I found a few handicapped parking spaces out back of the...
View ArticleWeb2Open, Moscone Center
I’m at the Web 2.0 Expo at Moscone Center today, about to speak at the Web2Open part of the conference. There’s a zillion people here. I had lunch at the Thirsty Bear, very tasty green bean artichoke...
View ArticleAccess report: Sparky’s, Chow, Sugarlump
phare de la baleine Originally uploaded by bourget_82 Cranky disabled person report on San Francisco stuff! Warning! Accessibility for Sugarlump on 24th St. is fantabulous. No stairs, low counter,...
View ArticleGeek invasions and analysis of stickers
kaliya’s laptop stickers Originally uploaded by Liz Henry There’s a lot of geeks in town this week; you may have missed them because it’s Pride week as well. Just fyi, the Web 2.0 hipster influx for...
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