On May Day in Berlin, I awakened to the sound of footsteps and shouting. Just outside my window, a group of black-clad “Autonome” protesters were running by on the cobblestones, noses and mouths covered with bandannas, eyes hidden by sunglasses. They, along with others, had been protesting a planned neo-Nazi march through my neighborhood of [...]
Saturday morning. I’m awakened from a dead sleep by a clanging cell phone. On the other end of the line is a friend, evidently wide awake and puzzled by my mumbled answer of “what time IS it right now?”
After dragging my reluctant brain into the correct time zone, I ascertain that it is 9:00 am, [...]
So, I’ll start at the beginning. Way back in November, I flew back to California to see my family for Thanksgiving. While I was there I hopped up to San Francisco for a few days to visit a friend. And while I was in San Francisco – in the fabulous, happening, bar-and-restaurant-filled Mission District – I had my first Mexican Food Experience in an entire year.
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