Sonoma School Gardens fundraiser Nov 20, 2009
H H H Bluegrass Bar in Glen Ellen's Jack London Village has some major comfort foods for specials this weekend, including braised boneless beef short rib, papaya and ancho chili marinated skirt steak with cilantro rice and whole white beans, as well as Sunday's fried chicken with adobo mash and collard greens ( 18 to 25). H H H. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Letters to the editor Nov 17, 2009
Parking is validated and free at Jack London Square. The ferry costs more than being crushed on BART, smelling other people's cigarette breath, but it's worth every penny. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Sorting clothes Nov 13, 2009
The American Legion Jack London Post 489 has partnered with Sonoma Battalion - Operation: With Love From Home to create care packages to send to the service men and women overseas this holiday season. The care packages will be filled with basic necessities and little luxuries such as Q-tips, travel size shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, baby wipes, toothbrushes/toothpaste, lip balm, pocket size notebooks, gum, decks of cards, AA and AAA batteries and blank holiday cards for the troops to send... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Cable car house by the sea last one standing Nov 9, 2009
Among the residents and regular visitors to Carville were Jack London, Xavier Martinez, the artist, Gelett Burgess, the writer, and Anna Strunksy, a young intellectual the newspapers called "the girl socialist of San Francisco.". Two women's groups - the Falcon Bicycle Club and another called Water Wild- had clubhouses in Carville, which they called "a haunt of Bohemia.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lecture Etiquette 101 Nov 5, 2009
Two weeks ago, I attended a lecture in Lumina Theatre by Jeanne Campbell Reesman, a celebrated expert on Jack London. During the lecture, however, I found it easier to focus on the boy in front of me who was on his laptop, cultivating his virtual farm on Facebook. (The Seahawk, NC)
Astrology Moon in Gemini Nov 4, 2009
Astrology Moon in Gemini. Astrology Moon in Gemini. (Suite101.com)
Studio featured on 'Queer Eye' ready to sell its shares Nov 1, 2009
In 2000, the company moved its headquarters to Oakland's Jack London Square. But last year, it paved the way for a return across the bay, signing a 10-year lease on 67,000 square feet on the top three floors of the historic Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush St.. (Yahoo News -- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
Bridge parts couldn't take the wind Oct 30, 2009
At Jack London Square in Oakland, the 8:10 a.m. Blue and Gold Ferry to San Francisco had 73 people on it - nine times the typical total. Doug Brewster was on the 7:40 a.m. crossing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shorenstein, SKS near $1B project Oct 27, 2009
The new ferry service, which will shuttle workers from Oyster Point to Oakland s Jack London Square, would be connected to the Shorenstein/SKS buildings by a network of trails, recreation fields and waterfront plazas. The service is expected to average 900 passenger trips a day when it begins and will be complete by summer of 2011. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Valley Music Scene Oct 23, 2009
The evening is hosted by American Legion Jack London Post 489, and will feature big band music from the Richard Olsen Orchestra and also the Fondettes. If you have not heard these young ladies sing, then you really don't know what you're missing, and this is the perfect venue for the style of songs they sing. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Joaquin Miller's Abbey to be restored Oct 22, 2009
He swallowed goldfish for London bohemians, stole horses in the Sierra gold camps, lived among the Wintu Indians, obsessively planted trees in the Oakland hills and spun lies for his pals Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson and Walt Whitman. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nevada Judge Unseals Some Jackson Doctor Warrants Oct 22, 2009
Names listed in the records included Omar Arnold, Paul Farance, Bryan Singleton, Jack London, Jimmy Nicholas, Blanca Nicholas, Roselyn Muhammad, Faheem Muhammad, Frank Tyson, Fernand Diaz, Peter Madonie, Josephine Baker and Kai Chase. It also listed Prince Jackson, the singer's 12-year-old son, as a possible alias. (Click2Houston, TX)
Jackson County Public Library Big Read Grant (2) Oct 19, 2009
7, 2010, will focus on The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Related books for youth will be used to include children in The Big Read. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
Kahanamoku in fine print Oct 17, 2009
There are also posters from early surfing movies and a signed photograph of Jack London and his wife under a coconut palm in front of the Outrigger Canoe Club ($1,500 to $2,500). The auction at the Los Angeles location of Bonhams rfields will start at 10 a.m. Hawaii time and begin with significant printed works from Hawaii's history. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sonoma happenings Sep 19, 2009
Since Congress declared September as National Bourbon Heritage Month, Chris Kennedy at Bluegrass Bar in Glen Ellen's Jack London Village decided to offer "two different flights of bourbon for 16.50 each. Each flight includes four shots of different bourbons. One features Pappy Van Winkle (20 year), Old Forester, Sazaric Rye and Buffalo Trace. The second includes Pappy Van Winkle (15 year), Elija Craig, Ritten House Rye, and WI Weller.Since not everyone loves straight bourbon, Bluegrass will pour... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Giving voice to insane perfection Sep 12, 2009
And at Bocanova at Jack London Square, David Gans spotted Jerry Brown talking on his cell phone. -- Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and Dawn Harms (their new CD is "Together"), played "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Monday's game. (San Francisco Chronicle)
On the road to gentle heroism Sep 12, 2009
When we first encounter it, we're listening, by chance, to a Jack London story, To Build a Fire. London is usually seen as a realist but the story is really a meditation on temperature: on one man's ;frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
State Parks closures pending in Valley Sep 11, 2009
And locally that could include Jack London, Sugarloaf Ridge and Annadel as well as the Gen. Vallejo Home, the Barracks and Mission and the Toscano Hotel and Kitchen. The Governor's office is looking at parks that have low attendance and low revenue, said Gould. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Grover Stanley Drengson (18) Sep 11, 2009
He retired in 1990, to live with her on their boat, Califia, in the Jack London Harbor in Oakland. They also traveled the United States and Canada in their RV. In December 2001, they bought a home in Crescent City. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Bay Bridge reopens Sep 9, 2009
Kat Woods of Oakland usually takes the 7:05 a.m. ferry from Oakland's Jack London Square for her job in San Francisco, but she avoided that boat fearing there would be large crowds. "I thought, 'OK, I'll just catch the later one. I'll bring a book, and I'll just wait in line," Woods said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chuck Williams coming to Sonoma Sep 4, 2009
Chris Kennedy of Bluegrass Bar and Grill in Jack London Village, will serve a special Labor Day steak dinner all this weekend. The deal for two includes a beefsteak tomato salad; "Tomahawk Steak or Cowboy Steak" (rib eye) topped with fried Padrone peppers, served with mashed potatoes and grilled veggies, key lime pie; and a glass of Mizzoni Zinfandel ( 90 for two). (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Alameda braces for change Aug 28, 2009
The people who are now filling restaurants, browsing Books Inc. and attending first-run movies would have been spending their dollars in Emeryville or at Oakland's Jack London Square. The teenagers who are waiting tables and collecting movie tickets might otherwise have been unemployed. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Tracing Welsh Ancestry Aug 27, 2009
Some well known Welsh descendants in America are actress Bette Davis, actor Humphrey Bogart, explorers Daniel Boone and Meriwether Lewis, authors Sinclair Lewis and Jack London, comedian Bob Hope and U. S. presidents James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Monroe, Calvin Coolidge and current President Barack Obama. The copyright of the article Tracing Welsh Ancestry in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
What's a Two-Fisted Birdwatcher? Aug 26, 2009
There's also a "Two-Fisted Library" offering book recommendations for readers who like their writing brawny (Harrison, Ed Abbey, Tom McGuane, Jack London et al); a "Two-Fisted Store" for those inclined to give a gift to the two-fisted birdwatcher in their life; and an extensive list of birding-related links for birders who want to pursue their passion. As the site says, "You just can't hold a pair of binoculars up to your eyes without putting up your dukes. The two-fisted bird watcher is here.... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Just what is 'annualism'? Aug 25, 2009
IN THE STORY Nellie Bly: Pretended to be mentally ill to investigate asylum conditions Jack London: Lived with homeless in east London for The People of the Abyss John Howard Griffin: Took anti-vitiligo drug in large doses to appear black for expose of racist attitudes Hunter S Thompson: Pioneered Gonzo journalism Barbara Ehrenreich: Worked menial jobs to document life on minimum wage ... Jack London's The People of the Abyss at the beginning of the 20th Century continued this inheritance, with... (BBC News -- UK)
State parks in Valley could face closure Aug 25, 2009
In Sonoma Valley, Jack London State Historic Park and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park went from 6 to 8 a vehicle; Sonoma Historic Park, which includes the Mission, Barracks and Gen. Vallejo Home and the Petaluma Adobe, rose from 2 to 3 for adults and from free to 2 for children ... The many thousands of annual visitors to Jack London Park in Glen Ellen and Sugarloaf Ridge in Kenwood would be turned away, along with coastal park visitors many of whom seek refuge at the ocean during hot summer... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Knowing Julia Aug 14, 2009
Michael Muscardini invites everyone to celebrate his "Best Micro Winery Award" at his winery's fourth annual Muscardini Cellars Barrel Tasting at Olive & Vine Restaurant in Jack London Village this weekend, Aug. 15 and 16. Enjoy great nibbles with the wine. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
In the beginning all the world was Alaska Aug 10, 2009
Jack London (1876-1916) wrote several dozen of my favorite short stories, particularly "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life." They are essentially all the same story - what happens to men (males) who venture a very long distance from Seattle or San Francisco into a vast, silent, lethal Arctic country in quest of sudden wealth, which they are preordained never to acquire. We've seen moose, sea otters, reindeer, bald eagles, puffins, dolphins, seals and humpback whales, but so far no bears. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Distillery possibly in our future Aug 7, 2009
H H H Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers' mixer last week at Jack London Village was a pleasant and casual get together of winery owners and winemakers who talked about new strategies and noshed on yummies from Bluegrass Bar & Grill, Olive & Vine, Wine Country Chocolates, John Raymond Cheesemongers and Yeti. H H H. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Riding the rails for adventure or survival Aug 4, 2009
By Carol Brooks Ball / melrose@cnc. Thu Jul 30, 2009, 10:07 AM EDT. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Warrants for doc call singer 'addict'... Jul 31, 2009
The Las Vegas warrants were far more detailed and authorized authorities to look for medical and other records related to Jackson or any of the apparent 19 aliases he used, including the names Omar Arnold, Josephine Baker, Paul Farance, Jack London and Michael Amir Williams Muhammad. Among the items seized in the Vegas searches were an iPhone, copies of several computer hard drives, a CD with the name Omar Arnold on it and a binder containing invoices for medical equipment and supplies. (The Drudge Report)
Dining in the Valley Jul 24, 2009
Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers will hold a Mixer at Glen Ellen's Jack London Village on Wednesday, July 29. The evening will feature wines from new members Eric Ross, Highway 12 and Teresina Vintners; music by the Whiskey Thieves; and food by Jack London Village food purveyors Bluegrass Bar and Grill, Olive and Vine, Raymond and Co. Cheesemongers, Wine Country Chocolates and Yeti Restaurant. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
A literary map of San Francisco Jul 19, 2009
Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Adams, Amy Tan, Michelle Tea - they have all etched the landscape for us. And so we thought it would be fun to create a map of San Francisco composed of some of the very words - from novels, poems and essays - that animate our city. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Economy casts shadow on Oakland 10K plan's 10th Jul 13, 2009
The Ellington, near Jack London Square, is a 15-story sparkling lure of glass and steel, customized to catch the eye of the upwardly mobile individuals necessary to the revitalization Brown envisioned ... "It's still kind of ghetto-ish to me," said James Edwards, 40, who bought a Jack London Square condo two years ago and caught two men trying to break into the building in April. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Why Books are Banned Jul 12, 2009
Well known authors whose books have been banned include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, JD Salinger, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jack London, for a small part of a long list. The American Library Association has lists of banned books online at their website. (Suite101.com)
Why fog creeps in to so many S.F. novels Jul 11, 2009
Bret Harte summons a "fleecy fog" to hide San Francisco's "skeptic sneer, and all her pride!" Jack London relishes himself "alone in the moist obscurity." From San Francisco novelist Peter Plate's "Fogtown," there's this vividly pungent vision of a summer sunrise on Market Street: "Fog was murdering the street. Blotting it out with a greasy haze that was no higher than a foot off the ground." Fog, as Greer points out, is endlessly adaptable to artistic purpose and mood. Its diaphanous,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Book Buzz for Thursday, July 9, 2009 Jul 10, 2009
Classic voyage raconteurs like Joshua Slocum, Jack London, Ernest Shakleton, Beryl Markam and Isabella Bird continue to interest and educate readers. Modern traveler favorites include Robert Pirsig, Che Guevara, Bill Bryson, Peter Mayle and Tony Horwitz. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
R&R Makes A Unique Comeback: Recessionary Road-Trippers Hit the Pavement Racking Up Miles & Smiles Jul 2, 2009
Once a Bohemian playground drawing the likes of Ansel Adams, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair, today visitors are more likely to run into ex-mayor Clint Eastwood (1986-1990), Pebble Beach players and celebrities seeking a bit of solace. Hikers who value nature at its naked best can head South on Highway 1 and experience true bliss at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve, home to some of the region's most dramatic seascapes and thousands of seabirds, seals, sea lions... (PR Newswire)
Roger Duncan Jun 30, 2009
Hobbies: Collecting books of Jack London and others; writing stories and studying different subjects; photography; reading literature and subjects political, historical and sports; skiing and camping -- in Yosemite, of course. My parents took me there as a child to ski at Badger. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Audio books can be helpful in many ways Jun 23, 2009
Titles include "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, "White Fang" by Jack London and the "History of the United States, Vol 1: The Colonial Period" by Charles and Mary Beard. The quality of the readings vary since all of the readers are volunteers, not necessarily professionals. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Sipping and saving in California's wine country Jun 23, 2009
The Sonoma hamlet of lets you walk in the footsteps of "Call of the Wild" writer Jack London, who attempted to build his dream home on this tree-studded property with gorgeous vineyard views only to have it burn down before he could ever live in it, $6 parking, $5 for seniors. Eat fresh: Sonoma and Napa counties are foodie paradises and the pricey restaurants prove it. (MSNBC -- Travel)
* Digging into the City by the Bay Jun 18, 2009
The suites, which are dubbed the Luisa Tetrazzini and the Mark Twain, go for between US$250 on weeknights and US$290 on weekends, while smaller rooms like the Isadora Duncan and the Jack London, range from just US$100 to US$200 per night. The Chateau Tivoli has wireless Internet but no television (though any guest watching TV while staying there is squandering their time) and friendly innkeepers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
SFPD's new $5,000 mini-rides Jun 16, 2009
Believe it: With the FBI investigation behind him, former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata kicks off his "Believe in Oakland" run for mayor Thursday with a $100-a-head fundraiser at the new Jack London Market Building. The event is being hosted by developer James Falaschi, whose public market and office complex is at the center of a $300 million Jack London Square makeover. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Studio featured on 'Queer Eye' ready to sell its shares Jun 16, 2009
In 2000, the company moved its headquarters to Oakland's Jack London Square. But last year, it paved the way for a return across the bay, signing a 10-year lease on 67,000 square feet on the top three floors of the historic Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush St.. (Yahoo News -- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
Community Calendar Jun 4, 2009
Jack London s, Call of the Wild was voted the library s favorite classic during National Library Week. The library is inviting the community to attend a book discussion at 6 p.m. on June 10. (Lebanon Express, OR)
State parks face guv's budget ax Jun 2, 2009
Jack London State Park, Gen. Vallejo's Home, the Mission San Francisco Solano, the Blue Wing Inn, the Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel and Sugarloaf Ridge are a few of the 220 state parks that could face closure under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to alleviate the state-budget crisis ... Sonoma Valley is home to a number of the parks potentially facing closure, including Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Kenwood and the Sonoma State Historic Parks, which... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Democracy in Vermont Jun 1, 2009
Bryan likes to quote Jack London: I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled in dry rot. Those fires you see lighting the Green Mountain sky are Frank Bryan s bonfire, which burns so brilliantly because its kindling is so dear to him, so dear and so wonderfully, life-givingly small. (The American Conservative)
* [PAPERBACK: TAIWAN] Taipei-resident poet sweetly celebrates the call of the north May 31, 2009
To write well about one place is implicitly to write about everywhere, and, after all, the call of the north has found many answering voices X Jack London, C.S. Lewis and Tolkien in prose, plus most English nature poets (Gerard Manley Hopkins, for instance, disliked the coarseness of the grass even in France, just across the English Channel). As for his religious experience, often Buddhist in tone, its hard to reconcile this with ripping a pike out of a lake with the aid of ultra-hi-tech... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Jack London Biography May 12, 2009
Brief biography of American writer Jack London, realist, socialist and naturalist, whose life experiences especially at sea formed the basis for his classic novels. Jack London, American novelist, short-story writer and realist, portrays in his novels the heroic struggle of men and animals against a hostile environment ... Life of Jack London in a Nutshell. (Suite101.com)
Families combine resources to buy homes May 11, 2009
"The home is small," concedes Dimacali, "but the basement has the potential to be finished, and the mother loves gardening in the large yard. They are happy there." As an added bonus, the house was once the home of writer Jack London, a fact its new owners are likely to want to casually drop into dinner party conversations. E-mail comments to. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Analysts say stimulus too late for some housing Apr 15, 2009
Brand new corporate housing located in Jack London Square, Oakland, California. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Bubbly ran out early Apr 10, 2009
Wine Country Chocolates in El Paseo downtown and at Jack London Village in Glen Ellen, has last-minute Easter handmade, sticky and gooey chocolate eggs filled with raspberry, marshmallow cream and peanut butter, as well as egg-shaped cookies and chocolate bunnies. H H H. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
• Twin Falls man, friend of Danny Marona, to be memorialized at the Turf Club Mar 15, 2009
"At that time, Sam was an Oakland (Calif.) cop. I performed in Jack London Square. There were 25-30 bars with rock 'n' roll, singing bartenders, swing music, everything. It was Sam's beat, and he was affectionately called the Mayor of the Square.". Their friendship began inauspiciously. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Slow movement picks up speed in the Bay Area Mar 15, 2009
This August, an Eat Real event at Oakland's Jack London Square will feature taco trucks and beer along with locally grown organic produce. It's an attempt, says organizer Anya Fernald, to have Slow Food "reflect a new economic reality" as well as to be more inclusive. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Drinking and eating Mar 13, 2009
Bluegrass Bar & Grill in Jack London Village will make its newly famous weekday "2 for 22" include a Tuesday corned beef and cabbage feast, with "Black and Tan" Irish ales available ... Wine Country Chocolates features Guinness Truffles and shamrock cookies for St. Patrick's Day at both its El Paseo off First Street East and Jack London Village locations. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Porters' road to success on 'rolling hotels' Feb 12, 2009
Smith was one of five retired railroad employees from the West honored Tuesday morning in a ceremony at the Oakland Amtrak station at Jack London Square. The event was sponsored by Amtrak and the A. Philip Randolph/Pullman Porter Museum in Chicago. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Visit Safari West, African Preserve... Feb 11, 2009
It makes sense that Safari West is in the same region where Jack London lived ... "All I wanted," Jack London wrote about the countryside of Sonoma, "was a quiet place in the country to write and loaf in and get out of Nature that something which we all need, only the most of us don't know it." This excerpt is found at the website. (Suite101.com)
36 hours in Carmel-by-the-Sea Feb 8, 2009
Once a bohemian outpost for folks like Jack London, Carmel today is prime real estate, and the surrounding valley is abuzz with top-notch restaurants, boutique wineries and precious shops. Friday. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
The revolutionary and the ruler Feb 8, 2009
Born in May 1928 in Argentina, Guevara studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, where his favourite writers were Sigmund Freud, Bertrand Russell, Jack London and Emile Zola. A bad asthmatic since childhood and an Argentine who incongruously never learnt to dance, the impulsive Guevara with his pale skin and dark, haunting eyes loved living on the edge and was readily attracted to danger. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
