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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Kimra McPherson\u003c/strong> The Bay Area’s strong food scene has always been a great feeder for Bravo’s cooking competition show \u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em>, and now a wave of contestants have returned to feed us. Three new projects from \u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em> competitors have opened within the past two months, joining an existing crop of alumni-led restaurants on both sides of the Bay. The “\u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em> veteran” tag can nab any project a bit of instant attention, but it also makes it easy to lose track of whether those chefs were actually any good on the show. Did they sail through Quickfire Challenges, narrowly escape elimination, or consistently draw the ire of Padma Lakshmi? Here’s how six of the Top Chefs currently cooking in the Bay Area fared in front of Bravo’s rolling cameras and where you can get a taste of what they're cooking up now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13909\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl.jpg\" alt=\"casey-top-chef-xl\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/casey-top-chef-xl-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bravo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Casey Thompson\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Project: \u003c/em>Aveline, Union Square \u003cem>Pre-Top Chef Bay Area Gig:\u003c/em> None \u003cem>The Top Chef Result:\u003c/em> Runner-up, season 3 (Miami); Fan Favorite, season 3; eliminated in the 5\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> episode of Season 8 (All-Stars) \u003cem>Reality TV Stereotype:\u003c/em> The Hot One \u003cem>Best Known For:\u003c/em> Chopping onions really slowly during a Quickfire challenge relay in Miami; later butchering a lamb really quickly during All-Stars, possibly as redemption for the onion thing; “The Casey Curse,” in which her friends and cooking partners consistently lost challenges or got eliminated, while she moved on in the competition — including in Season 5, when she served as sous chef to eventual runner-up Carla Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13911\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/jamie-lauren-top-chef.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13911\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/jamie-lauren-top-chef.jpg\" alt=\"jamie-lauren-top-chef\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bravo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jamie Lauren\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Project:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.hechoinsf.com/\">Hecho\u003c/a> to Upper Market \u003cem>Pre-Top Chef Bay Area Gig:\u003c/em> Absinthe Brasserie & Bar \u003cem>The Top Chef Result:\u003c/em> Eliminated in the 11\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> episode of season 5 (New York); eliminated in the 6\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> episode of Season 8 (All-Stars) \u003cem>Reality TV Stereotype:\u003c/em> The Foul-Mouthed One \u003cem>Best Known For:\u003c/em> Making scallops often enough that fellow contestant \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/UNNuWWtqgqs\">Fabio Viviani lamented, “It’s Top Chef, not Top Scallops!”\u003c/a>; being the longest-surviving member of LGBT gang “Team Rainbow”; being hopelessly crushed upon by Finnish contestant Stefan Richter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/jen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13907\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/jen.jpg\" alt=\"TOP CHEF -- Pictured: Jennifer Biesty -- Bravo Photo: Chuck Hodes\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bravo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jen Biesty\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Project:\u003c/em> Shakewell , Oakland (with \u003cem>Top Chef: Just Desserts\u003c/em>’ Tim Nugent) \u003cem>Pre-Top Chef Bay Area Gig:\u003c/em> COCO500 (later at The Sir Francis Drake/Scala’s Bistro) \u003cem>The Top Chef Result:\u003c/em> Eliminated in the 7\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> episode of Season 4 (Chicago) \u003cem>Reality TV Stereotype:\u003c/em> The Sent-Home-Too-Soon One \u003cem>Best Known For:\u003c/em> Competing alongside/against her then-girlfriend, Zoi Antonitsas; being the last of four San Francisco-based chefs left standing in her season; rocking a sweet faux-hawk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/yigit-pura-top-chef-just-desserts.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/yigit-pura-top-chef-just-desserts-400x531.jpg\" alt=\"yigit-pura-top-chef-just-desserts\" width=\"300\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/yigit-pura-top-chef-just-desserts-400x531.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/yigit-pura-top-chef-just-desserts.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bravo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yigit Pura\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Project:\u003c/em> Tout Sweet Patisserie, Union Square \u003cem>Pre-Top Chef Bay Area Gig:\u003c/em> Taste Catering \u003cem>The Top Chef Result:\u003c/em> Winner and Fan Favorite, Top Chef: Just Desserts Season 1 \u003cem>Reality TV Stereotype:\u003c/em> The Cute One \u003cem>Best Known For:\u003c/em> Not being \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNYWJ67VPwY\">the \"red hots are for my mommy\" guy\u003c/a>; 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generally seeming to not really know what a tailgate is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/preeti-mistry-top-chef.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13913\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/preeti-mistry-top-chef-400x571.jpg\" alt=\"preeti-mistry-top-chef\" width=\"300\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/preeti-mistry-top-chef-400x571.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/preeti-mistry-top-chef.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bravo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preeti Mistry\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Project:\u003c/em> Juhu Beach Club, Oakland \u003cem>Pre-Top Chef Bay Area Gig:\u003c/em> Cooking at Google \u003cem>The Top Chef Result:\u003c/em> Eliminated in the 3\u003csup>rd\u003c/sup> episode of Season 6 (Las Vegas) \u003cem>Reality TV Stereotype Fulfilled:\u003c/em> The Unknown One \u003cem>Best Known For:\u003c/em> Attempting to shuck clams for the first time ever during a relay race and finishing dead last; 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"disqusTitle": "Where the Spooky Things Are: A Tour of Mysterious Places in the Bay Area",
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"content": "\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">While the Bay Area has always had a reputation for being counter-cultural, it’s a lesser known fact that the region is also home to many supernatural and metaphysical anomalies sure to make even the bravest Ghostbuster nervously clutch a proton pack. Here are a few locations to help you begin a tour of the Bay Area’s spooky side:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13839 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-400x255.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: San Jose Library, via Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: San Jose Library, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/4026985168/\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u003ca href=\"https://wmhonline.winchestermysteryhouse.com/Info.aspx?EventID=3\" target=\"_blank\">Winchester Mystery House\u003c/a> -\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"> San Jose, CA:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">160 rooms; 100,000 windows; stairs and doors that lead to nowhere; an overabundance of the number 13 (especially in the remaining 13 bathrooms); and a Séance Room – that’s the Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester, the widow who inherited the vast Winchester rifle fortune, believed she was haunted by the spirits of those who had been killed by the family weapon. After a particularly powerful session with a medium, Mrs. Winchester decided to leave her home on the East Coast, move out West, and continuously build a mansion for the rest of her life to keep the ghosts at bay, starting in 1884.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">For nearly 38 years, the intricate Winchester Mystery House was continuously built and added to – often in a very haphazard fashion, bolstered by the whims of the quirky owner, who daily announced new plans (all without architectural drawings) to her patient foreman, John Hansen, based on her séance from the night before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">After extensive damage in the 1906 earthquake, the ongoing restoration work has proven to be intensive because everything must be specially tailored to a house built without any square corners. Of course, while the late Victorian mansion and grounds are spectacular from a design standpoint -- her ballroom alone cost more than $9,000 -- the “spirit house,” visited by such luminaries as Harry Houdini, still isn’t free from ghosts. While many investigators (including the Mythbusters) have recorded their findings, the public is asked to make up their own minds …especially during the particularly spooky Friday the 13\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> flashlight tours!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13838\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-400x520.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-400x520.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Spot#mediaviewer/File:Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mysteryspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Mystery Spot\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"> – \u003c/span>Santa Cruz, CA:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">This tiny spot in Santa Cruz would surely leave even the brilliant Sir Isaac Newton, famous for his gravitational equations, scratching his head. Since 1940, the Mystery Spot, a gravitational anomaly located just 10 minutes away from the beautiful beaches and redwood forests of Santa Cruz, has puzzled millions of visitors from around the world. While the area itself is not large (150 feet in diameter), the way the spot defies the laws of physics and gravity certainly is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">There are various theories as to why balls and water roll upwards on a level plane, why people can stand comfortably on the walls, and why height seems to be relative here. Some believe that carbon dioxide is permeating from the earth, that there’s an undiscovered hole in the ozone layer or a magma vortex or the highest dielectric biocosmic radiation known anywhere in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">Of course, there are more mysterious explanations like radiesthesia (the power of connecting to your subconscious to see new knowledge) or the belief of some visitors who posit that metal cones were buried here as guidance systems for a mysterious spacecraft – or that the spacecraft itself is already buried deep below the surface. 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Originally built in 1908 by the grandfather of former Congressman Pete McCloskey, the large four-story, 24 room Gothic manse (based on a similar castle in Scotland) has been home to an abortion clinic, speakeasy, brothel, party palace, an elegant old San Francisco family, Coast Guard outpost, and -- if legend is correct -- legions of ghostly visitors from the Castle’s past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">Unlike Sarah Winchester’s home to the South, Sam’s Castle was not built to appease ghosts. Instead, the original owner, Henry Harrison McCloskey was reportedly deeply spooked by the 1906 earthquake. He wanted a house that could withstand any natural disaster and so the castle was built based on the highest building standards at the time: concrete blocks, extra-strong foundation and steel reinforcements in all corners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">After McCloskey’s death in 1916, the adventurous years began. First, identity thief and amateur doctor Galen Hickok and his son Max used the castle to perform illegal abortions until they were both sent separately to San Quentin. In the 1920s, a Montana miner named M.L. Hewitt stowed away Canadian whiskey -- and ladies of ill repute -- in the home now called “Chateau LaFayette” during Prohibition. World War II saw a church-going couple – the Eakins – lease the house to the Coast Guard who trashed it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">While the Bay Area has always had a reputation for being counter-cultural, it’s a lesser known fact that the region is also home to many supernatural and metaphysical anomalies sure to make even the bravest Ghostbuster nervously clutch a proton pack. Here are a few locations to help you begin a tour of the Bay Area’s spooky side:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13839 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-400x255.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: San Jose Library, via Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/4026985168_d2f2de5a20_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: San Jose Library, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/4026985168/\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u003ca href=\"https://wmhonline.winchestermysteryhouse.com/Info.aspx?EventID=3\" target=\"_blank\">Winchester Mystery House\u003c/a> -\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"> San Jose, CA:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">160 rooms; 100,000 windows; stairs and doors that lead to nowhere; an overabundance of the number 13 (especially in the remaining 13 bathrooms); and a Séance Room – that’s the Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester, the widow who inherited the vast Winchester rifle fortune, believed she was haunted by the spirits of those who had been killed by the family weapon. After a particularly powerful session with a medium, Mrs. Winchester decided to leave her home on the East Coast, move out West, and continuously build a mansion for the rest of her life to keep the ghosts at bay, starting in 1884.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">For nearly 38 years, the intricate Winchester Mystery House was continuously built and added to – often in a very haphazard fashion, bolstered by the whims of the quirky owner, who daily announced new plans (all without architectural drawings) to her patient foreman, John Hansen, based on her séance from the night before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">After extensive damage in the 1906 earthquake, the ongoing restoration work has proven to be intensive because everything must be specially tailored to a house built without any square corners. Of course, while the late Victorian mansion and grounds are spectacular from a design standpoint -- her ballroom alone cost more than $9,000 -- the “spirit house,” visited by such luminaries as Harry Houdini, still isn’t free from ghosts. While many investigators (including the Mythbusters) have recorded their findings, the public is asked to make up their own minds …especially during the particularly spooky Friday the 13\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> flashlight tours!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13838\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-400x520.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-400x520.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Spot#mediaviewer/File:Mystery_spot_entrance.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mysteryspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Mystery Spot\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"> – \u003c/span>Santa Cruz, CA:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Some believe that carbon dioxide is permeating from the earth, that there’s an undiscovered hole in the ozone layer or a magma vortex or the highest dielectric biocosmic radiation known anywhere in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">Of course, there are more mysterious explanations like radiesthesia (the power of connecting to your subconscious to see new knowledge) or the belief of some visitors who posit that metal cones were buried here as guidance systems for a mysterious spacecraft – or that the spacecraft itself is already buried deep below the surface. No matter what you believe, the 45 minute tour of the area will have visitors question everything they once knew about the way the world works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13836\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/7079077961_1f987668e4_z.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13836\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/7079077961_1f987668e4_z-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Michael Morgan, via Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/7079077961_1f987668e4_z-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/7079077961_1f987668e4_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Michael Morgan, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/morgamic/7079075743/in/set-72157629819699023\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.sammazzafoundation.org/the-castle/visiting-the-castle/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Sam’s Castle\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"> – Pacifica, CA:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">There’s probably never been a dull day in Sam’s Castle. Originally built in 1908 by the grandfather of former Congressman Pete McCloskey, the large four-story, 24 room Gothic manse (based on a similar castle in Scotland) has been home to an abortion clinic, speakeasy, brothel, party palace, an elegant old San Francisco family, Coast Guard outpost, and -- if legend is correct -- legions of ghostly visitors from the Castle’s past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">Unlike Sarah Winchester’s home to the South, Sam’s Castle was not built to appease ghosts. Instead, the original owner, Henry Harrison McCloskey was reportedly deeply spooked by the 1906 earthquake. He wanted a house that could withstand any natural disaster and so the castle was built based on the highest building standards at the time: concrete blocks, extra-strong foundation and steel reinforcements in all corners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal_0020_0028Web_0029\" style=\"color: #000000\">After McCloskey’s death in 1916, the adventurous years began. First, identity thief and amateur doctor Galen Hickok and his son Max used the castle to perform illegal abortions until they were both sent separately to San Quentin. In the 1920s, a Montana miner named M.L. Hewitt stowed away Canadian whiskey -- and ladies of ill repute -- in the home now called “Chateau LaFayette” during Prohibition. World War II saw a church-going couple – the Eakins – lease the house to the Coast Guard who trashed it. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Hungarian friend of mine recently told me about the work of a late nineteenth century German writer named \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/09/wild-west-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl May\u003c/a>. His novels—so popular in Europe that they still annually attract over 300,000 fans to a festival in May’s honor—feature adventurous characters exploring exotic locales: Asia, the Middle East, and the Wild West. When my friend migrated to the United States in the 1980s, as a tribute to May’s influence on her father and herself, she planned a road trip following a California route outlined in one of May’s novels. To her utter surprise, she discovered many of the remote stops still matched descriptions published more than a half century before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That story itself is interesting. But there’s one more incredible detail—Karl May \u003cem>never\u003c/em> visited his locales until after his books were published. Instead, maps, travel narratives, guidebooks, and even local novelists’ descriptions helped his vivid imagination get the story right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was told this story while on a retreat for Western writers. Sure, the spirit of the frontier was well-represented by all the farmers, horse breeders, naturalists, river guides, and local Oregonians I met there. But since there were hardly any Californians in attendance, the state was hardly discussed. What happened to California’s reputation as a wild place? Would Karl May still write about us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids who, like me, grew up in California tend to fall in love with the romanticized (and incredibly oversimplified) fourth grade history narratives of the state: the missionaries converting the natives; the early explorers and settlers’ epic will to survive; the thrilling tales of Russian trappers, Spanish ranchers, outlaw cowboys, and crusty sailors; and—the most important period leading to our statehood—the rag-tag bands of wannabe prospectors (forty-niners) who poured into California, searching for gold and the American Dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From these rugged beginnings, agriculture and commerce thrived, cities named after saints and characters alike boomed and California became the place of dreams. And so this “last stop” in the Continental United States became a land of the possible, the different, the adventurous, the bold, and the innovative. Of course, as the myth goes, these things can only be achieved with a mix of a little bit of luck and a whole lot of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a native of the Valley of Heart’s Delight, I think the reinvention story of Silicon Valley’s tech sector offers a new kind of dream – one that just happens to share many similarities with the old pioneering spirit. The connections are intriguing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>They stake their claims: Just like the old miners who, with enough rope, posts, and middle of the night shenanigans, could “claim” any land as their own in the lawless early towns, the number of lawsuits over which company created a technology or who controls a new digital market would gladden the face of any pugnacious prospector. Just look at all the potential courtroom battles as people like \u003ca href=\"http://9to5mac.com/2013/01/23/the-heated-email-exchange-between-steve-jobs-and-then-palm-ceo-ed-colligan-over-poaching-employees/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Jobs sent challenges to other companies\u003c/a> to keep the engineers responsible for his goods.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They create useful innovations: The most famous of the early entrepreneurial success stories is that of a man named Levi Strauss—the inventor of the blue jeans. Having first set up a moderately successful dry goods business in the wild California territory, Strauss quickly discovered a better market: making sturdy pants for miners with his patented metal rivets that wouldn’t rip while they worked. If the dot-com bubble taught the Silicon Valley anything, it’s that companies that can fulfill a useful niche—like eBay—but also have a sustainable business model can thrive.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There are boom times… and busts: Sure, people are lured to California with the promise of “easy riches.” Tomorrow’s site or the next product just might be the Mother Lode… or another money drain. Of course, with a state motto like “Eureka!” there have been some great success stories in Silicon Valley. But pick any long-time tech company and you’ll discover they weathered out some lean years before the next big innovation saved them. Don’t forget that before the quirky iMac computer was introduced in 1998, Apple faced a long period of decline. Other companies have not been so lucky; there’s a reason California has always had a lot of ghost towns.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It takes a maverick: Long before the term got associated with an Arizona senator, mavericks dotted the Golden State. Many of the early forty-niners were not well-educated or respectable men from the East Coast; they were immigrants, adventurers, and people down on their luck looking to support themselves by harnessing the gifts of nature. In the Gold Rush, it didn’t matter who you were; the gold dust you had could change minds (although racism and discrimination still existed). Flash forward and some of the craziest dreamers and college dropouts tinkering in their parents’ garage attract attention thanks to the history of unconventional success stories of little companies like Microsoft, Apple, and HP who changed the landscape of the Valley of Heart’s Delight forever.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While these stories represent the part people love to hear, there’s always the bad and the ugly we don’t fully know yet—the environmental impacts, the clashes between the old and new Californians, and the unintended consequences of rapid change. 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The crowd tends to be a little bachelorette-partyish on the weekends, but after losing yourself in the sound of the indoor rainstorms that happen at regular intervals over the \"lagoon\" (also home to the house band's floating bandstand), it really won't matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://smugglerscovesf.com/trapdoor/\">\u003cstrong>Smugglers' Cove\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> - 650 Gough Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Tiki purists, Smuggler's Cove might better be defined as a Caribbean bar, but the Chi-Chis here (a coconut/vodka Tiki signature) can't be beat. The Prohibition era Havana themed spot is rightly famous for their rum cocktails and selection of tasting rums, but anything on the menu is a worthy choice. The vaguely private/rum-running/bootlegger decor is heavy on ropes and barrels more than fake jungle, but they get extra points for their indoor waterfall downstairs in the cave-like basement. The smell of chlorine and pineapple in the air are two Tiki standards, so Smuggler's gets a mention for that alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://tikihavensf.com/#!home\">\u003cstrong>Tiki Haven\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> - 1334 Noriega Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \"vacation destination in the Outer Sunset\" is what I'd call a neighborhood Tiki joint. The drinks tend towards the sweet side and the decor is a little more \"generic beach Tiki\" than some of the more elaborate spots on our list, but the small bar has the advantage of being a Tiki spot off the beaten path where you could potentially walk to the ocean after a few frozen slurpee machine rum drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/tradr-sams-san-francisco\">\u003cstrong>Trad'r Sam's\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> - 6150 Geary, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Baylon's 1937 bar actually pre-dates Tiki proper and was arguably San Francisco's first tropical bar destination. 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"content": "\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">Virginia Woolf famously said women need a room of one’s own, but many California writers also found it necessary to build one-of-a-kind homes. From towers to charred ruins to spectacular views, these are just a few of the literary riches you can visit within driving distance of the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13822\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13822 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk Tower, Tor House, Carmel, CA. Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawk Tower, Tor House, Carmel, CA. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_House_and_Hawk_Tower#mediaviewer/File:Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower,_Tor_House,_Carmel,_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.JPG\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Robinson Jeffers’ \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.torhouse.org/\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Tor House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">“My fingers had the art to make stone love stone,” wrote Robinson Jeffers in his eponymous poem about his home, which he built from 1919 until about 1925. Jeffers’ poetry (he is most well-known for the epic poem \"\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Roan Stallion\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">\" \u003c/span>and the collection \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Tamar and Other Poems\u003c/span>) is infused with a deep appreciation of the natural world and so is the home he built himself after an apprenticeship with a stonemason. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> Visitors can climb the steep steps of Hawk Tower to see the unicorns and hawks (personal symbols of Jeffers and his wife, Una) along with other treasures associated with Irish folklore embedded between the stones. (There’s also a secret staircase inside that Jeffers built for his sons.) Inside his cottage-like home, guests can find rocks and treasures inserted in the walls from around the world (including pieces rumored to be from an Egyptian pyramid). \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">In this intimate tour, guests are asked to read his poem “The Bed by the Window” and to gaze at the very bed in which Jeffers wanted to – and did – pass away in in 1962. While Jeffers was, at first, well-appreciated in his time (gracing the cover of \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Time Magazine \u003c/span>in 1932), he was later disregarded due to his belief in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers#Inhumanism\">inhumanism\u003c/a> and opposition to U.S. involvement in WWII\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Ken Lund, via Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ken Lund, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/13407835925/\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steinbeck Country, Monterey County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Of course, if you’re in Carmel, thoughts drift towards the other, incredibly popular writers of the area – especially \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">John Steinbeck. \u003c/span>There’s a wealth of riches in “Steinbeck Country,” including the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.steinbeck.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">National Steinbeck Center\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-steinbeck/memories.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">final resting place\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, and his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://steinbeckhouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">childhood home \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">(now a restaurant – I highly recommend the Steinbeck lasagna!) in Salinas. In Monterey, Steinbeck fans can look at his best friend \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.monterey.org/museums/CityMuseums/PacificBiologicalLaboratories.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Ed Rickett’s lab\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> (the inspiration for the character Doc in \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Cannery Row\u003c/span>) or even stay in one of his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/08/06/stay-at-the-homes-of-your-favorite-writers-thanks-to-airbnb/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">family’s homes\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Other local highlights include the \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c/span> \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.historicmonterey.org/hb/stevenson_house.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">tribute\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> in Monterey and the \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Henry Miller \u003c/span>memorial \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.henrymiller.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">library \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">in Big Sur. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13824 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_House#mediaviewer/File:Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Jack London’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://jacklondonpark.com/jack-london-wolf-house.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Wolf House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Glen Ellen, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Sure, it’s fun to visit Jack London’s favorite watering hole – \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://heinolds.com/hew/bar_info.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">-- in Oakland’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jacklondonsquare.com/about-us/about-jack-london-square\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Jack London Square\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, but London’s real home was in Glen Ellen, CA, not far from the heart of Sonoma’s Wine Country. London, the thrill-seeking early 20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Century writer most known for the adventure stories \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">The Call of the Wild\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">White Fang, \u003c/span>and \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">The Sea Wolf, \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">ultimately\u003c/span> craved tranquility. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">“\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">All I wanted,” \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">London wrote\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">, \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">“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.” \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">After visiting the mountains of Sonoma with his second wife, Charmian, London set out to create his retreat. Once he built Beauty Ranch (a large, working ranch along with a cottage where the Londons lived), the writer decided to create a permanent stone house, named after the animals he was so often identified with – wolves. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Unfortunately, this grand house designed by San Francisco architect Albert Farr burned to the ground in 1913, only days before the Londons could inhabit it. Today, the area is a state historic park where viewers can hike to London’s grave, visit the Museum Charmian designed that includes much of the furniture and books never moved into Wolf House, and, of course, tour the charred ruins of the home. While the effervescent London lived only a few years after the fire (he died at age 40 in 1916), these tributes to the larger-than-life man still thrill visitors nearly a century later. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Tourists in Glen Ellen can also visit the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jacklondon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Jack London Research Center and Jack London Lodge\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Study in Tao House. Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study in Tao House. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_House#mediaviewer/File:Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Eugene O’Neill’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/euon/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Tao House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Danville, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">In 1914, America’s most honored playwright wrote, “I want to be an artist or nothing.” By the 1920s, he was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his plays, all of which tried to uncover the mysterious forces “behind life,” which helped to shape human destiny. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">After being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 (still the only American\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\"> playwright to have received that honor), the Irish-American artist was restless. After traveling and living all over the world, he and third wife, Carlotta Monterey, bought the 158 acre site that was eventually to become Tao House (inspired by the great Chinese Taoist religious traditions) and a National Historic Site. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Carlotta’s deep love for Spanish-colonial architecture and Chinese furniture is evident throughout the house. While O’Neill was sickly during his seven-year stint at Tao House (the longest period he ever lived in one place), he completed first drafts of some of his most famous plays – \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">\u003cem>The Iceman Cometh\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Long Day's Journey into Night\u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">(for which he posthumously received a fourth Pulitzer)\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">, \u003c/span>and\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\"> \u003cem>A Moon for the Misbegotten\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Visitors to the remote site get a sense of the great tranquility O’Neill must have felt as he spent the morning working in a study closed off by three separate doors before a quiet evening at home listening to jazz and blues records with his beloved dog, Blemie. While O’Neill died in 1953, the legacy of what he had hoped would be his “final harbor” lives on. Apart from the stunning views of the San Ramon Valley, Tao House hosts a great many events for artists and the public.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Since the tour only takes about two and a half hours (including the shuttle ride from Danville), visitors can also take in the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/jomu/planyourvisit/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">John Muir Historic Site\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\"> in Martinez, CA. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">Virginia Woolf famously said women need a room of one’s own, but many California writers also found it necessary to build one-of-a-kind homes. From towers to charred ruins to spectacular views, these are just a few of the literary riches you can visit within driving distance of the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13822\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13822 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk Tower, Tor House, Carmel, CA. Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/640px-Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower_Tor_House_Carmel_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawk Tower, Tor House, Carmel, CA. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_House_and_Hawk_Tower#mediaviewer/File:Robinson_Jeffers_Hawk_Tower,_Tor_House,_Carmel,_CA_2008_Photo_by_Celeste_Davison.JPG\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Robinson Jeffers’ \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.torhouse.org/\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Tor House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">“My fingers had the art to make stone love stone,” wrote Robinson Jeffers in his eponymous poem about his home, which he built from 1919 until about 1925. Jeffers’ poetry (he is most well-known for the epic poem \"\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Roan Stallion\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">\" \u003c/span>and the collection \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Tamar and Other Poems\u003c/span>) is infused with a deep appreciation of the natural world and so is the home he built himself after an apprenticeship with a stonemason. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> Visitors can climb the steep steps of Hawk Tower to see the unicorns and hawks (personal symbols of Jeffers and his wife, Una) along with other treasures associated with Irish folklore embedded between the stones. (There’s also a secret staircase inside that Jeffers built for his sons.) Inside his cottage-like home, guests can find rocks and treasures inserted in the walls from around the world (including pieces rumored to be from an Egyptian pyramid). \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">In this intimate tour, guests are asked to read his poem “The Bed by the Window” and to gaze at the very bed in which Jeffers wanted to – and did – pass away in in 1962. While Jeffers was, at first, well-appreciated in his time (gracing the cover of \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Time Magazine \u003c/span>in 1932), he was later disregarded due to his belief in \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers#Inhumanism\">inhumanism\u003c/a> and opposition to U.S. involvement in WWII\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Ken Lund, via Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/13407835925_63e3983a47_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ken Lund, via \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/13407835925/\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steinbeck Country, Monterey County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Of course, if you’re in Carmel, thoughts drift towards the other, incredibly popular writers of the area – especially \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">John Steinbeck. \u003c/span>There’s a wealth of riches in “Steinbeck Country,” including the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.steinbeck.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">National Steinbeck Center\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-steinbeck/memories.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">final resting place\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, and his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://steinbeckhouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">childhood home \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">(now a restaurant – I highly recommend the Steinbeck lasagna!) in Salinas. In Monterey, Steinbeck fans can look at his best friend \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.monterey.org/museums/CityMuseums/PacificBiologicalLaboratories.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Ed Rickett’s lab\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> (the inspiration for the character Doc in \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Cannery Row\u003c/span>) or even stay in one of his \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/08/06/stay-at-the-homes-of-your-favorite-writers-thanks-to-airbnb/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">family’s homes\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Other local highlights include the \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c/span> \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.historicmonterey.org/hb/stevenson_house.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">tribute\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\"> in Monterey and the \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Henry Miller \u003c/span>memorial \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.henrymiller.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">library \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">in Big Sur. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13824 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/1024px-Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_House#mediaviewer/File:Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Jack London’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://jacklondonpark.com/jack-london-wolf-house.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Wolf House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Glen Ellen, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">Sure, it’s fun to visit Jack London’s favorite watering hole – \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://heinolds.com/hew/bar_info.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">-- in Oakland’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jacklondonsquare.com/about-us/about-jack-london-square\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Jack London Square\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">, but London’s real home was in Glen Ellen, CA, not far from the heart of Sonoma’s Wine Country. London, the thrill-seeking early 20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Century writer most known for the adventure stories \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">The Call of the Wild\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">White Fang, \u003c/span>and \u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">The Sea Wolf, \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"apple__style__span__Char\">ultimately\u003c/span> craved tranquility. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">“\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">All I wanted,” \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">London wrote\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">, \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">“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.” \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">After visiting the mountains of Sonoma with his second wife, Charmian, London set out to create his retreat. Once he built Beauty Ranch (a large, working ranch along with a cottage where the Londons lived), the writer decided to create a permanent stone house, named after the animals he was so often identified with – wolves. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Unfortunately, this grand house designed by San Francisco architect Albert Farr burned to the ground in 1913, only days before the Londons could inhabit it. Today, the area is a state historic park where viewers can hike to London’s grave, visit the Museum Charmian designed that includes much of the furniture and books never moved into Wolf House, and, of course, tour the charred ruins of the home. While the effervescent London lived only a few years after the fire (he died at age 40 in 1916), these tributes to the larger-than-life man still thrill visitors nearly a century later. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Tourists in Glen Ellen can also visit the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jacklondon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Jack London Research Center and Jack London Lodge\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Study in Tao House. Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/800px-STUDY_IN_TAO_HOUSE_EUGENE_ONEILL_NATL_HISTORIC_SITE_CALIFORNIA.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study in Tao House. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_House#mediaviewer/File:Wolf_House_ruins_1.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Eugene O’Neill’s \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/euon/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Tao House\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">: Danville, CA\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">In 1914, America’s most honored playwright wrote, “I want to be an artist or nothing.” By the 1920s, he was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his plays, all of which tried to uncover the mysterious forces “behind life,” which helped to shape human destiny. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">After being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936 (still the only American\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\"> playwright to have received that honor), the Irish-American artist was restless. After traveling and living all over the world, he and third wife, Carlotta Monterey, bought the 158 acre site that was eventually to become Tao House (inspired by the great Chinese Taoist religious traditions) and a National Historic Site. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Carlotta’s deep love for Spanish-colonial architecture and Chinese furniture is evident throughout the house. While O’Neill was sickly during his seven-year stint at Tao House (the longest period he ever lived in one place), he completed first drafts of some of his most famous plays – \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">\u003cem>The Iceman Cometh\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Long Day's Journey into Night\u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">(for which he posthumously received a fourth Pulitzer)\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">, \u003c/span>and\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\"> \u003cem>A Moon for the Misbegotten\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Visitors to the remote site get a sense of the great tranquility O’Neill must have felt as he spent the morning working in a study closed off by three separate doors before a quiet evening at home listening to jazz and blues records with his beloved dog, Blemie. While O’Neill died in 1953, the legacy of what he had hoped would be his “final harbor” lives on. Apart from the stunning views of the San Ramon Valley, Tao House hosts a great many events for artists and the public.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">Since the tour only takes about two and a half hours (including the shuttle ride from Danville), visitors can also take in the \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/jomu/planyourvisit/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">John Muir Historic Site\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\">\u003cspan class=\"Emphasis__Char\"> in Martinez, CA. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13225 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs.jpg\" alt=\"bay-area-celebs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Kanye West has compared himself to everyone from Jesus to Walt Disney to Beethoven, he still doesn’t have the one thing these local San Francisco celebrities have: a statue, location, or plaque that pays tribute to their legends. (Ironically, his wife, Kim Kardashian, does have a statue commemorated in her \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/06/nude-kim-kardashian-fertility-statue-unveiled/\">honor\u003c/a>.) Long before people worried about keeping Portland weird, San Francisco was already home to the eccentric, the colorful, and the creative. These are the stories of some truly original Californians -- from the first child star of the Gold Rush, to the originator of the term “sugar daddy”, to the self-proclaimed Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, who was humored by all who met him in the streets.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13217\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13217\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Lotta_Crabtree._A_true_San_Francisco_character-254x360.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"254\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lotta Crabtree with one of her black cigars. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Crabtree#mediaviewer/File:Lotta_Crabtree._A_true_San_Francisco_character.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lotta Crabtree / \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta's_Fountain\">Lotta’s Fountain\u003c/a>, Intersection of Geary and Kearny\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte Mignon Crabtree isn’t a name most people know today, but, long before the child star Shirley Temple stole America’s heart, there was a girl known as “The Nation’s Darling.” Lotta’s parents moved to California during the Gold Rush hoping to strike it rich. After a few years, her father, a former bookseller, established a boarding house in Grass Valley, down the road from infamous actress and Countess of Landsfeldt, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Montez\">Lola Montez\u003c/a>. Lotta’s mother, a former upholsterer, was friendly with many theater people in San Francisco and encouraged her daughter to take lessons from Lola. Soon, the family moved back to San Francisco and little six-year-old Lotta began performing to sold-out shows in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. By 1859, \"Miss Lotta, the San Francisco Favorite\" was strumming her banjo in some of the city’s most popular halls. Then, until she retired in 1889 at the age of 45, the diminutive Lotta toured the country and abroad with her stage-manager mother, acting in popular theatre productions in between her shows (she often played a child’s role due to her size).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quirky woman took to smoking thinly-rolled black cigars and never quite fit in with the East Coast socialites. Her heart, however, was large, and when her steamer trunk filled with gold (her mother distrusted banks and paper money), the richest actress in America often gave to local charities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She never forgot San Francisco though. In 1875, Lotta commissioned the famous cast-iron \"Lotta's Fountain,\" which served as a meeting point during the 1906 earthquake and resulting fires. In 1910, legendary opera soprano Luisa Tetrazzini sang at the fountain on Christmas Eve because, although she had legal troubles preventing her performances, she could still sing here (“I know the streets of San Francisco are free”). Lotta’s final public appearance was in her beloved city in 1915 for \"Lotta Crabtree Day\" at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where it seemed like all of San Francisco turned out to remember their star. Lotta Crabtree died in 1924.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13218\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13218 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Joshua_A_Norton2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton wearing his famous peacock feathered hat. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joshua_A_Norton2.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joshua Abraham Norton (Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I) / \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton#mediaviewer/File:Nortonplaque3-01.png\">Memorial Plaque\u003c/a>, Transbay Terminal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Norton, the man who declared himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, is a curious figure in San Francisco lore. An Englishman by birth, the orphaned Norton was lured to the California Gold Rush in 1849 with his father’s estate (about $40,000) burning a hole in his pocket. While Norton first was a model of success in real estate and merchant investments in the bustling San Francisco community, by the end of the 1850s, thanks to a poor investment in Chinese rice exports and a string of bad luck, Norton was nearly penniless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton was frustrated with the Civil War and was heard to casually remark to a friend during that decade, \"If I were Emperor of the United States, you would see great changes effected, and everything would go harmoniously.\" So he decided to do just that -- the September 17, 1859 edition of the \u003cem>San Francisco Bulletin\u003c/em> published his first declaration as Emperor. From there, a phenomenon was born as Norton began to advocate for many different ideas, including abolishing the United States. Rival newspapers made up their own proclamations to compete, stores and restaurants vied for Norton’s endorsements for free publicity, and writers like Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) and Robert Louis Stevenson immortalized him in their stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Norton was occasionally prescient -- he advised creating a League of Nations and building a bridge between Oakland and San Francisco -- he often attracted attention because of his larger-than-life personality. Norton rode the cable cars with his pack of dogs and dined for free in some of the best restaurants of San Francisco wearing an elaborate blue uniform given to him by officers at the Presidio with a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_hat\">beaver hat\u003c/a> decorated with a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_feather\">peacock feather\u003c/a> and a rosette. 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Viggo had a distinct distaste for work, so his long-suffering wife Mathilde was the sole family breadwinner. By the time Mathilde managed to move the family to a downtown flat on Francisco Street that was converted into a combination Danish bakery, laundry service, and massage parlor, the 14-year-old Alma had dropped out of school to help, while attending the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The six-foot-tall beauty was soon attracting attention as a nude model for artists (and for successfully suing the miner Charlie Anderson for “personal defloweration” in a breach of promise lawsuit that made local headlines). Most famously, Alma was hired by \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ingersoll_Aitken\">Robert Ingersoll Aitken\u003c/a> to serve as the model for the “Goddess of Victory” statue atop a monument in Union Square honoring naval hero Admiral Dewey and the recently assassinated president William McKinley. Alma was specifically chosen by the wealthy committee chairman, Adolph Spreckels (head of the local Spreckles Sugar Company), who became smitten with her image. This man, 24 years older than Alma, courted her for five years before finally marrying her in 1908. (She famously said to have agreed to the marriage because, “I’d rather be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave”). Alma went on to have three children with the man she called her “sugar daddy,” and, although much of the San Francisco elite initially turned their noses up at this bohemian woman, “the Great Grandmother of San Francisco” left quite a legacy; she donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (and her Rodin collection) to the city and with her next husband (the younger rancher Elmer Awl) worked to construct the San Francisco Maritime Museum. She died in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13225 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs.jpg\" alt=\"bay-area-celebs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/bay-area-celebs-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Kanye West has compared himself to everyone from Jesus to Walt Disney to Beethoven, he still doesn’t have the one thing these local San Francisco celebrities have: a statue, location, or plaque that pays tribute to their legends. (Ironically, his wife, Kim Kardashian, does have a statue commemorated in her \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/06/nude-kim-kardashian-fertility-statue-unveiled/\">honor\u003c/a>.) Long before people worried about keeping Portland weird, San Francisco was already home to the eccentric, the colorful, and the creative. These are the stories of some truly original Californians -- from the first child star of the Gold Rush, to the originator of the term “sugar daddy”, to the self-proclaimed Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, who was humored by all who met him in the streets.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13217\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13217\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Lotta_Crabtree._A_true_San_Francisco_character-254x360.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"254\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lotta Crabtree with one of her black cigars. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Crabtree#mediaviewer/File:Lotta_Crabtree._A_true_San_Francisco_character.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lotta Crabtree / \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta's_Fountain\">Lotta’s Fountain\u003c/a>, Intersection of Geary and Kearny\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte Mignon Crabtree isn’t a name most people know today, but, long before the child star Shirley Temple stole America’s heart, there was a girl known as “The Nation’s Darling.” Lotta’s parents moved to California during the Gold Rush hoping to strike it rich. After a few years, her father, a former bookseller, established a boarding house in Grass Valley, down the road from infamous actress and Countess of Landsfeldt, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Montez\">Lola Montez\u003c/a>. Lotta’s mother, a former upholsterer, was friendly with many theater people in San Francisco and encouraged her daughter to take lessons from Lola. Soon, the family moved back to San Francisco and little six-year-old Lotta began performing to sold-out shows in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. By 1859, \"Miss Lotta, the San Francisco Favorite\" was strumming her banjo in some of the city’s most popular halls. Then, until she retired in 1889 at the age of 45, the diminutive Lotta toured the country and abroad with her stage-manager mother, acting in popular theatre productions in between her shows (she often played a child’s role due to her size).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Lotta’s final public appearance was in her beloved city in 1915 for \"Lotta Crabtree Day\" at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where it seemed like all of San Francisco turned out to remember their star. Lotta Crabtree died in 1924.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13218\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13218 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Joshua_A_Norton2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton wearing his famous peacock feathered hat. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joshua_A_Norton2.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joshua Abraham Norton (Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I) / \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton#mediaviewer/File:Nortonplaque3-01.png\">Memorial Plaque\u003c/a>, Transbay Terminal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Norton, the man who declared himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, is a curious figure in San Francisco lore. An Englishman by birth, the orphaned Norton was lured to the California Gold Rush in 1849 with his father’s estate (about $40,000) burning a hole in his pocket. While Norton first was a model of success in real estate and merchant investments in the bustling San Francisco community, by the end of the 1850s, thanks to a poor investment in Chinese rice exports and a string of bad luck, Norton was nearly penniless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton was frustrated with the Civil War and was heard to casually remark to a friend during that decade, \"If I were Emperor of the United States, you would see great changes effected, and everything would go harmoniously.\" So he decided to do just that -- the September 17, 1859 edition of the \u003cem>San Francisco Bulletin\u003c/em> published his first declaration as Emperor. From there, a phenomenon was born as Norton began to advocate for many different ideas, including abolishing the United States. Rival newspapers made up their own proclamations to compete, stores and restaurants vied for Norton’s endorsements for free publicity, and writers like Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. 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"disqusTitle": "The Best Movie Theaters of the Bay Area",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/roxie-theater/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12278\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Thomas Hawk, via Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/4520083241\">Thomas Hawk\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mega-multiplexes have their uses. When you want to see the latest IMAX-3-D-explosion-laden-Michael Bay-or-Jerry Bruckheimer-produced-blockbuster-probably-starring-Mark Wahlberg, by all means, run to the Cinema 12 or 26 screen. Spend $60 on a small popcorn and a Diet Sprite and fasten yourself into the reclining chairs as the sound system blasts you almost into the adjacent screening. It's the American way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about when you want an intimate, slightly more personal film viewing experience? Thankfully, San Francisco (and other parts of the Bay Area) still have a handful of decent single screen and art house movie theaters for your enjoyment. Whether you want to gaze adoringly at Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in a revival of \u003cem>A Place in the Sun\u003c/em> at the Stanford in Palo Alto or slump down in the lumpy seats at the Balboa while taking in a late run flick, there's something for everyone on our list of favorite movie houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanfordtheatre.org\">The Stanford Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n221 University Avenue, Palo Alto\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12275\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12275\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Adam Fagen, via Flickr\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z-400x273.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/afagen/7634399494/\">Adam Fagen\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amidst the Apple stores, Pottery Barns and undergrad hangouts of University Avenue stands the historic Stanford Theater, a perfect slice of what small town life was like between the wars when stockings were seamed and the movies were our greatest escape. This architectural gem of a movie house, and the Stanford Theatre Foundation that manages it, are dedicated to showing classic Hollywood films as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, on film and with the kind of equipment originally used to show films during the theatre's heyday. Well worth a trip down the peninsula, the theatre frequently dedicates their schedule to movie stars (Fred Astaire, Bette Davis) and directors (John Ford, Vincente Minnelli) for mini-festivals celebrating the best of old Hollywood. For an added plus, the popcorn can't be beat, and be sure not to miss the historic film poster collection on rotation in the lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemasf.com/balboa/\">\u003cstrong>Balboa Theatre\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3630 Balboa Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12279\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12279\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Serafina, via Flickr\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/phyxiusone/4022408032/\">Serafina\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Often overlooked when discussing great San Francisco movie houses, the old Balboa is just decrepit and seedy enough around the edges to make it completely charming and yet still remind you of a time when moviegoing had a bit of glamour attached. The Art Deco-by-way-of-seventies-redo interior is worth the price of admission alone, but, once you get talking to the old timers at the ticket counter and behind concessions, it's almost incidental what movie you're there to see. It's not unusual to be almost completely alone in the theater, or at least feel like it once the darkness descends on you and the rattling old sound system echoes in the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.roxie.com/\">\u003cstrong>Roxie\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3117 16th Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12281\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12281\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: tkamenick, via Flickr\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/35064820@N00/4019285755/\">tkamenick\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want to see a two part, five hour Japanese movie about cross-dressing step-siblings who fall in love and then join a cult, the Roxie is your theater. Likewise, if you want to sit through an all day Wes Anderson retrospective before seeing his latest, or if you just want to feel like you're traveling back in time to the '70s for a little exploitation grindhouse fun with a slightly ruckus group of filmgoers. Something about the place even \u003cem>smells\u003c/em> authentic: it's a little bit bar floor, a little stale popcorn, a little warm celluloid: an aroma only a cinephile could love. Added bonus: it's allegedly the oldest still operating theatre in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFrancisco/ClayTheatre.htm\">Clay Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2261 Fillmore Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12280\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 335px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/401px-clay_movie_theatre/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12280\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12280\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/401px-Clay_Movie_theatre.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"335\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/401px-Clay_Movie_theatre.jpg 401w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/401px-Clay_Movie_theatre-400x597.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clay_Movie_theatre.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I have four words for you to explain one of the many reasons the Clay is a great neighborhood movie house. \u003cem>Rocky Horror Picture Show\u003c/em>. In addition to hosting midnight showings of the audience participation classic, the theater is also renowned for showing other cult films in its history, including a long running screening of John Waters' \u003cem>Pink Flamingos\u003c/em> in the '70s. The Pacific Heights bar and restaurant scene makes the Clay a perfect date night destination. \u003cem>San Francisco Magazine\u003c/em> even names it the \"best theater to makeout in\" in 2004. A, um, friend of mine can vouch for that...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://paramounttheatre.com\">The Paramount Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2025 Broadway, Oakland\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 352px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/422px-paramount_oakland_571434cu/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12277\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12277\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg 422w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu-400x567.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Paramount is a theatre that does double duty; sometimes it hosts concerts with A-list talent (I've seen Tori Amos there more times than I can remember), while never neglecting its origins as a movie house. Actually, the term \"movie house\" is insufficient; the Paramount is truly a movie PALACE in the old sense. The opulent decor is show enough (a fabulous example of Egyptian Revival), but there's also the added benefit that, in addition to screening classic films, they also screen later favorites like \u003cem>The Goonies\u003c/em> and the occasional horror schlock, which is elevated to art amidst the gazes of the plaster sphinxes. In the '20s, '30s and '40s, movie studios frequently also owned the theaters their movies played in, and the Paramount is a fabulous reminder of this back-in-the-day monopoly. Every time I've seen Tori in concert at the Paramount, she can't help but compliment her surroundings, which is probably why she, like us, keeps coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://voguesf.com\">Vogue Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n3290 Sacramento, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/vogue/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12282\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12282\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/vogue.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Brian Ferrell, via Flickr\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/vogue.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/vogue-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/endenizen/3751247894/\">Brian Ferrell\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A neighborhood gem, this Presidio Heights theatre is (according to property records) the second oldest operating movie house in San Francisco. Go for the quiet, the lack of crowds on a weeknight and the fabulous \"Mostly British Film Festival.\" And come back for the great cultural events the Vogue hosts, including the \"Dance Film Festival\" and simulcast screenings of the opera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://castrotheatre.com\">The Castro Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n429 Castro Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/castro3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12276\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12276\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I've saved my personal favorite for last. Whether you're going to a major film festival, star-studded premiere, kid friendly sing-a-long or Peaches Christ drag spectacular, it's almost impossible to have a bad time at the Castro. Yes, the Castro is beautiful, yes, it hosts only-in-SF traditions (what other city does an annual screening of \u003cem>Showgirls?\u003c/em>) and yes, it is the place where many burgeoning young cinephiles first saw Fellini and Bergman and Almodovar on the big screen, but it's also important for being one of the most distinguishable landmarks in the neighborhood that helped bring gay rights to the forefront of American culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My favorite place to watch a movie in the Castro is in the balcony; you not only have a great view of the screen, but you also have a great view of the audience, which is sometimes the real show. The next time the Castro screens \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, run, don't walk to the next show time. To sit inside the theatre while watching crowds onscreen processing outside is a total \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em> moment that's at once a little eery and completely magical. For me, the Castro will always be the beating heart of the SF movie house scene, pumping blood to all the other organs in the body electric of our film-going fantasies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On second thought, who needs a mega-multiplex?\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/roxie-theater/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12278\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Thomas Hawk, via Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/roxie-theater-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/4520083241\">Thomas Hawk\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mega-multiplexes have their uses. When you want to see the latest IMAX-3-D-explosion-laden-Michael Bay-or-Jerry Bruckheimer-produced-blockbuster-probably-starring-Mark Wahlberg, by all means, run to the Cinema 12 or 26 screen. Spend $60 on a small popcorn and a Diet Sprite and fasten yourself into the reclining chairs as the sound system blasts you almost into the adjacent screening. It's the American way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what about when you want an intimate, slightly more personal film viewing experience? Thankfully, San Francisco (and other parts of the Bay Area) still have a handful of decent single screen and art house movie theaters for your enjoyment. Whether you want to gaze adoringly at Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in a revival of \u003cem>A Place in the Sun\u003c/em> at the Stanford in Palo Alto or slump down in the lumpy seats at the Balboa while taking in a late run flick, there's something for everyone on our list of favorite movie houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanfordtheatre.org\">The Stanford Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n221 University Avenue, Palo Alto\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12275\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12275\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Adam Fagen, via Flickr\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/7634399494_a5fa9a666c_z-400x273.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/afagen/7634399494/\">Adam Fagen\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amidst the Apple stores, Pottery Barns and undergrad hangouts of University Avenue stands the historic Stanford Theater, a perfect slice of what small town life was like between the wars when stockings were seamed and the movies were our greatest escape. This architectural gem of a movie house, and the Stanford Theatre Foundation that manages it, are dedicated to showing classic Hollywood films as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, on film and with the kind of equipment originally used to show films during the theatre's heyday. Well worth a trip down the peninsula, the theatre frequently dedicates their schedule to movie stars (Fred Astaire, Bette Davis) and directors (John Ford, Vincente Minnelli) for mini-festivals celebrating the best of old Hollywood. For an added plus, the popcorn can't be beat, and be sure not to miss the historic film poster collection on rotation in the lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.cinemasf.com/balboa/\">\u003cstrong>Balboa Theatre\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3630 Balboa Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12279\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12279\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Serafina, via Flickr\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4022408032_aecf4f7075_b-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/phyxiusone/4022408032/\">Serafina\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Often overlooked when discussing great San Francisco movie houses, the old Balboa is just decrepit and seedy enough around the edges to make it completely charming and yet still remind you of a time when moviegoing had a bit of glamour attached. The Art Deco-by-way-of-seventies-redo interior is worth the price of admission alone, but, once you get talking to the old timers at the ticket counter and behind concessions, it's almost incidental what movie you're there to see. It's not unusual to be almost completely alone in the theater, or at least feel like it once the darkness descends on you and the rattling old sound system echoes in the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.roxie.com/\">\u003cstrong>Roxie\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n3117 16th Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12281\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12281\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: tkamenick, via Flickr\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/4019285755_89cacd99ba_z-1-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/35064820@N00/4019285755/\">tkamenick\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want to see a two part, five hour Japanese movie about cross-dressing step-siblings who fall in love and then join a cult, the Roxie is your theater. Likewise, if you want to sit through an all day Wes Anderson retrospective before seeing his latest, or if you just want to feel like you're traveling back in time to the '70s for a little exploitation grindhouse fun with a slightly ruckus group of filmgoers. Something about the place even \u003cem>smells\u003c/em> authentic: it's a little bit bar floor, a little stale popcorn, a little warm celluloid: an aroma only a cinephile could love. 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In addition to hosting midnight showings of the audience participation classic, the theater is also renowned for showing other cult films in its history, including a long running screening of John Waters' \u003cem>Pink Flamingos\u003c/em> in the '70s. The Pacific Heights bar and restaurant scene makes the Clay a perfect date night destination. \u003cem>San Francisco Magazine\u003c/em> even names it the \"best theater to makeout in\" in 2004. A, um, friend of mine can vouch for that...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://paramounttheatre.com\">The Paramount Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2025 Broadway, Oakland\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 352px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/422px-paramount_oakland_571434cu/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12277\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12277\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg 422w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/422px-Paramount_Oakland_571434cu-400x567.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paramount_Oakland_571434cu.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Paramount is a theatre that does double duty; sometimes it hosts concerts with A-list talent (I've seen Tori Amos there more times than I can remember), while never neglecting its origins as a movie house. Actually, the term \"movie house\" is insufficient; the Paramount is truly a movie PALACE in the old sense. The opulent decor is show enough (a fabulous example of Egyptian Revival), but there's also the added benefit that, in addition to screening classic films, they also screen later favorites like \u003cem>The Goonies\u003c/em> and the occasional horror schlock, which is elevated to art amidst the gazes of the plaster sphinxes. In the '20s, '30s and '40s, movie studios frequently also owned the theaters their movies played in, and the Paramount is a fabulous reminder of this back-in-the-day monopoly. 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Go for the quiet, the lack of crowds on a weeknight and the fabulous \"Mostly British Film Festival.\" And come back for the great cultural events the Vogue hosts, including the \"Dance Film Festival\" and simulcast screenings of the opera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://castrotheatre.com\">The Castro Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n429 Castro Street, San Francisco\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 375px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/05/30/the-best-movie-houses-of-the-bay-area-san-francisco-oakland/castro3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12276\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-12276\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/castro3-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I've saved my personal favorite for last. Whether you're going to a major film festival, star-studded premiere, kid friendly sing-a-long or Peaches Christ drag spectacular, it's almost impossible to have a bad time at the Castro. Yes, the Castro is beautiful, yes, it hosts only-in-SF traditions (what other city does an annual screening of \u003cem>Showgirls?\u003c/em>) and yes, it is the place where many burgeoning young cinephiles first saw Fellini and Bergman and Almodovar on the big screen, but it's also important for being one of the most distinguishable landmarks in the neighborhood that helped bring gay rights to the forefront of American culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My favorite place to watch a movie in the Castro is in the balcony; you not only have a great view of the screen, but you also have a great view of the audience, which is sometimes the real show. The next time the Castro screens \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, run, don't walk to the next show time. 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