San Francisco Voice

Last night was one of those nights when I felt like being out and about but didn’t actually feel like wandering too far from home. Luckily, it never takes too much time to get to a place in San Francisco where something was happening. In my case, I just needed to wander around the corner to the North Beach library where I found a melding of creative minds at a cozy little reading by three North Beach poets. These poets harkened back to the old days of the Beat Generation that filled the bars and cafes here … but of …read more

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Since I haven’t been keeping as on top of things as perhaps you, a San Fran Voice reader, might like, I figured I’d point you in the direction of some of the city’s other great blogs. They’re listed at my Hub Pages article on the topic which you can find here. Of course, they include this one, so make sure that you keep coming back even though I’ve been slacking a little bit. The interviews and other info (including some hot new music reviews that I’ve been putting off for awhile) will be up shortly.

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San Francisco is a city which leaves its impressions upon people. In honor of that, writers and artists, comedians and actors, and visitors from across the globe have made mention of San Francisco in print and in voice. Quotes about San Francisco vary as much as the people who make up this city. Each morning, San Fran Voice gives you one to think about as you wander through the city streets, letting it leave its mark on you.
Today’s quote is from Eric Maisel, the local author of A Writer’s San Francisc: A Guided Journey for the …read more

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San Fran Voice trolls the online world to find video clips from and about San Francisco. Check the archives to see the ones that you’ve missed.  Posted here every morning at 9.
Explanation: Today’s YouTube pick is pirate comedy from the Bay Area … does it really require any further explanation?Okay, okay … learn how to sound, move and swordfight like a “real pirate”.

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San Francisco is a city which leaves its impressions upon people.  In honor of that, writers and artists, comedians and actors, and visitors from across the globe have made mention of San Francisco in print and in voice.  Quotes about San Francisco vary as much as the people who make up this city.  Each day, San Fran Voice gives you one to think about as you wander through the city streets, letting it leave its mark on you.
Today’s San Francisco quote is … for SF writers.  It comes from a SoMa Literary Review interview with local author Kemble Scott.  See …read more

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We love our site, of course … but we also like supporting all of the other great blogging that’s happening all throughout the blogosphere.  One way that we do that is by chiming in on the blog carnivals that are going on all throughout the year.  We were recently featured on a bunch of them.  Here’s an update on the latest ones where you can find us:
 

An old post on The San Francisco Writing Life was featured in the carnival by the Aficionados of Ink which has all kinds of writing info for you fans of the penned word.  It …read more

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Ghosts of San Francisco is the first full-length book by your favorite SF blogger.  It’s being put together – right now, as you read this – by Schiffer Books and will be officially out in June.  It’s got stories that delve into the deep history of the area and tales of those spirits which are haunting the city today.  Here’s an excerpt to get you wet with longing for more:
Montandon Townhouse: A Cursed Home
Lombard Street is famous for being the crookedest street in the world. Daily, visitors from all across the globe traipse up to the peak of this glorious …read more

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San Francisco is a city which leaves its impressions upon people.  In honor of that, writers and artists, comedians and actors, and visitors from across the globe have made mention of San Francisco in print and in voice.  Quotes about San Francisco vary as much as the people who make up this city.  Each day, San Fran Voice gives you one to think about as you wander through the city streets, letting it leave its mark on you.
Today’s San Francisco quote is … from a poem by George Sterling.
She is fairer than others are
Whom they sing the beauty of.
Her heart …read more

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Last month, I gave you the lowdown on what I read to get the inside scoop about what’s going on in San Francisco.  From my favorite SF blog sites to the books that I know have a San Francisco theme to them at some level, I gave you the 9-item list of what’s what.  But I’m looking back on what I’ve read since then and I’m finding that those items really were just a starting point (which I knew at the time, since I’m somewhat psychic and all), so I figure that it’s time to update the list.
Here are the …read more

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti is one of those names which is known for having shaped San Francisco history.  Founder of one of the most famous of North Beach landmarks, City Lights Bookstore, Ferlinghetti was right at the heart of the Beat Poet movement which helped make the area famous.  This one minute artsy clip is a Ferlinghetti tribute.

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