essays&other things
Taking Out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job, Even for the Liberal Coastal Elite
The Great Schlep: Family Trips to Jewish Florida
Spring break, with more wrinkles: Chasing totality with San Francisco’s eclipse seekers
The Grapefruit Spoon Makes Life Easier
Soup With Everything: A Freaky All-American Party in California
Is the Shofar … an Instrument of Technological Disruption?
Pandemiquette: A guide to manners in the age of coronavirus
COVID may ruin Christmas, but it can’t cancel Hannukah
Commentary: The word of the week is ‘eke’ (and also ‘eek’)
Passover Goes Gourmet
In 2019, Men Named Their Restaurants After Women
Diary of My So-Called Homeschool Life
Can I Interest You in a Dogshare?
How Was Your Day … Last Coast Miwok on Tomales Bay?
Surfacing: NoPa
A Rabbi, a Pastor, and a Zen Monk Walk into a Bar…
Advice to Serena Williams on Raising a Kid in San Francisco
This Is The Day Before 40
My Accidental, Alcohol-Drinking Pregnancy Adventure
‘Fraidy Cat Lady: My Mom’s Debilitating Cat Phobia
How Was Your Day … Quadriplegic Dad?