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?
