
Running with the Rhinos
THE NIGHT before the race, I started to freak out. A few nerves are normal, I know, but this was different. In my

Taming the Beast in Your Basement
“I get lot of calls about animals in pools,” said Ray Hartley. “Squirrels in pools. Skunks in pools. Usually I tell people,

The Usual: The Solace of Sol Food
Framed outside the front door of Puerto Rican restaurant Sol Food in San Rafael, is a complaint. Not a Yelp review, but

The Usual: Saying Goodbye to Jardiniere
An irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play in the lives of the people they

On Regulars, in Prime Covid Times
I haven’t had a latte since March 12th. I’m not complaining, merely stating a fact of my coronavirus life. Pre-pandemic, I purchased

Challah giving sourdough some competition
Sourdough may be the celebrity loaf of #quarantinelife — and it is delicious and deserves all of the love and care and

Diary of My So-Called Homeschool Life
7:51 a.m.: We’re still in bed. Hazel, Oren and I. Typically, at this time on a Tuesday, I’m yelling at my 8-year-old to

Pandemiquette: A guide to manners in the age of coronavirus
I’d been sequestered in the Sierra all week, seeing no one but my family and the 5 feet of snow we weren’t

Running Free at San Quentin
“I’m not a betting man, but if I was, I’d put my money on Fidelio,” says Markelle “the Gazelle” Taylor, winner of

The Usual: For generations, Thanh Long has been the go-to for crab
In the summer of 1985, Annette Jackson and her high school boyfriend drove into the city in his drop-top Mercury Cougar toward


The Talk of the Town: Mom Friends
Two mothers from Montclair, New Jersey, piled into a black Volvo on a recent rainy evening and drove forty-five minutes to a lonely street