Sparkletack #1

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Sparkletack #1

FromSan Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack

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May 15, 2005

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Podcast the first…thoughts on the venerated San Francisco tradition of “sidewalk recycling”, and I don’t mean cans and bottles!

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May 15, 2005

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#6: Where’s The Food?: So that’s what San Francisco is missing — good street food! We’ve got some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but for a cheap, greasy meal on the sidewalk, there’s a serious void to be filled. (Yes, yes, burritos, i[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
6 min listen
#7: San Francisco Shanghai: Oh, for the life of a sailor in Gold-Rush San Francisco! Those hard-luck men and boys were lucky enough to witness the birth of a brand new wild west verb up close and personally: Shanghai! Well, maybe not so lucky after all… the results we[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
5 min listen
#13: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: I can clearly remember the first time I saw the wild parrots of San Francisco flying through the air over my neighborhood. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Or my ears, for that matter…their voices sound like a thousand tin cans rolling down a[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
6 min listen
Sparkletack #1: Podcast the first…thoughts on the venerated San Francisco tradition of “sidewalk recycling”, and I don’t mean cans and bottles! by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
5 min listen
#2: Dogs In The Pharoah: San Francisco memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”, Egyptian architecture, and a dog lovin’ apartment building. by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
4 min listen
#9: Schadenfreude and San Francisco High Society: “Schadenfreude” is a lovely German word that means “the joy we take in observing the misfortunes of others” — more or less — and that’s what today’s podcast is all about. “Oh The Glory of It A[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
6 min listen
#24: Alcatraz: The very name gives one chills, doesn’t it? On a sunny day it seems almost unbelievable that such a lovely little island could have once been such an menacing symbol of power. It’s just over a mile from the San Francisco shore, and ye[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
18 min listen
#18: Firebelle Lil — Elizabeth “Lillie” Coit: Elizabeth “Lillie” Hitchcock Coit was one of the prototypically colorful characters of San Francisco history. A daughter of high society, she was a tomboy who developed an unusual obsession with fire and firemen, and was associated w[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
13 min listen
#8: Corpseflower at San Francisco Conservatory: What a day! Computer problems got you down? I can personally recommend a trip to visit the super-stinky corpseflower to put things in perspective! It only blooms for a day or two, but the scent of rotting flesh and tropical flowers will certainly re[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
7 min listen
#32: Letter from the Gold Rush, 1850: There have been a great number of letters written from and about San Francisco through the decades, some by visitors and some by citizens, some known around the world, others anonymous. It is fascinating to hear voices from the past brought temporar[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
18 min listen
#14: The Golden Fire Hydrant of San Francisco: The “fact” that San Francisco was completely destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1906 is widely known, of course — but less well known is the actual fact that it was the subsequent fire, raging for three days, that did almost all [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
7 min listen
#3: Street Flowers: Spinning junk into art — is a smile returning to the face of San Francisco? I haven’t been carrying my digital camera, just got a couple of shots today. This kind of ephemeral street art tends to disappear, but I’ll try to c[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
5 min listen
#39: The Great Diamond Hoax: It was 1871. William Ralston had become one of the richest and most powerful men in California, partly on the strength of his shrewd business maneuverings, but largely on the fact that he was an incorrigible gambler, a exemplar of his optimistic age[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
33 min listen
#5: San Francisco Fireworks – On The Air: Fireworks over San Francisco Bay make me feel like a kid again! the annual waterfront “Kaboom” celebration and a little Bay Area radio history. Take a look at the KFOG website for pictures and video of the fireworks. The KSAN logo wil[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
8 min listen
#16: San Francisco Pyramid: What is that THING looming above the San Francisco skyline? Almost a thousand feet tall, covered in stone, with a bright red beacon at the top… okay, I guess even though we’re not in Egypt or Central America the answer is pretty obvious:[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
9 min listen
#19: The Mission Burrito: After a few days in san francisco, you’ll begin to notice a strange proliferation of fat silvery cylinders sprouting from the hands and faces of the local population. Is it an alien invasion? A new kind of cellphone? No. You’ve discovere[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
12 min listen
#12: San Francisco Blue Jeans: Well, I always thought that I knew the story of Levi’s jeans, how the Bavarian Levi Strauss showed up in Gold Rush San Francisco with a ton of heavy canvas for tent-making, met a miner who needed a pair of pants strong enough to withstand the [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
8 min listen
#29: The Legend of Black Bart: Summer of 1875, and the Wells Fargo stagecoach is slowly rattling through a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada gold country, bearing a cargo of passengers, U.S. mail, and gold. The driver pulls the horses to an abrupt halt at the sight of a man s[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
20 min listen
#21: Emperor Norton: We’ve had our fair share of peculiar citizens over the last 150 years, but in my judgement none compare to the “Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico”, his excellency Norton the First! Whether or not he was truly a s[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
14 min listen
#25: Charles Cora and the 2nd Vigilance Committee: Charles Cora must have been a happy man as he arrived in San Francisco in 1852 with Arabella Ryan on his arm. And why not? He was a professional gambler of the highest reputation, and would have been delighted by the wide open nature of the town in [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
15 min listen
#4: Steam Beer – The Authentic San Francisco Style: Tonight’s podcast features a special method of German homework avoidance: brew up a batch of beer, breathe in the delicious aroma of malt and hops, and ruminate over the history of America’s first authentic native style: Steam Beer from [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
7 min listen
#36: Birth of San Francisco #3: Part three of the pre-history of San Francisco, the early life of the village of Yerba Buena. (if you missed ’em, listen to part one and part two first.) This is the concluding episode on this theme, taking you right up to the edge of 1848. i[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
34 min listen
#10: The Ruination of Fatty Arbuckle: Think celebrity trials and sensationalist journalism were born yesterday? Think again. The ongoing trial of Michael Jackson has put me in mind of the murder trial of international celebrity Fatty Arbuckle in 1921 — the sexual details printe[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
8 min listen
#42: Alexander Leidesdorff — The Black Millionaire: It was 1841, and like so many of those who have washed up on these shores, then or since, William Alexander Leidesdorff was a man on the run from his past — a man trying desperately to reinvent himself on the blank canvas of the western coast.[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
28 min listen
#17: The San Francisco “Conversation”: Everybody’s having it. at home, at work, on the bus… everywhere in San Francisco the same question… and what are we asking each other about? “Sooo…. how much rent are YOU paying?” We don’t normally d[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
12 min listen
#22: The China Clipper: I’ve just returned from a short vacation to a distinctly un-San Francisco like location… Hawaii! It took me a little while to come up with a San Francisco connection, but on the flight home I recalled that San Francisco was once home to [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
18 min listen
#35: Birth of San Francisco #2: Part two of the pre-history of San Francisco, the early life of the village of Yerba Buena. The epic sweep of Mexico’s revolution and the annexation of California to the United States for all intents and purposes passed the town by. Monterey, [...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
34 min listen
#15: The Golden Gate Bridge and Suicide: The Golden Gate Bridge is the no. 1 suicide landmark in the world. It opened proudly in 1937, but less than two years — and 11 jumpers later — a local newspaper reported that the California Highway Patrol had already begun looking for wa[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
11 min listen
#11: Straight Razor Morning: A nightmare week of computer mayhem and chaos has stimulated the nostalgic, anti-digital-technology side of my brain, and inspired me to talk about my newest old-school adoption: the straight razor! In short: I bought a vintage German razor, it[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
8 min listen
#38: Rudyard Kipling in San Francisco: In 1889 this talented young writer, the son of a British colonial schoolteacher and future winner of the Nobel prize for literature, visited San Francisco on his way from India to England. It was not only his first visit to the city, but his first t[...] by San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
32 min listen

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