Tag Archives: Icons

November 01

Furious 7

The Furious 7 trailer has posted with insane stunts and an awesome cast. The trailer begins with an opening sequence featuring race cars fly out of an airplane and hit the ground to chase after a semi-trailer. The film itself picks up where Fast 6 ended. After returning home to America following years on the lam, Vin […]

October 06

Careful, he might be you: Michael Burge’s first Australian hero

June 27

I call dibs

Why I love Zac Efron today.

Cables and Chains

This post is about cables and chains… or to be more specific the Cable Cars of San Francisco. The history of the cable cars is best told by the Cable Car Museum Website (www.sfcablecar.com) “The driving force behind the San Francisco cable car system came from a man who witnessed a horrible accident on a […]

A Eulogy for PFLAG Founder – Jeanne Manford

40 years ago, a schoolteacher started Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) without the benefit of any of the technology that today makes a grassroots movement so easy to organize. No Internet. No cellphones. Just a deep love for her son and a sign reading “Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for […]

San Francisco Mourns the Loss of an Icon

One of San Francisco’s twin Brown sisters has died. Who are the Brown Sisters you ask? Vivian and her twin, Marian, were San Francisco landmarks for decades, dressing in meticulously matching outfits strolling in Union Square. They even caught the eye of San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. I only saw them a few times, […]

January 10

Comedians are the Modern Poets

To understand Dov Davidoff’s humor you really only need to know two things about this New Jersey native: 1) he grew up in a junkyard and 2) lost his virginity to a prostitute in Mexico at the age of 12. If that doesn’t make you real, I don’t know what does. Comedians are the modern poets, […]