Anita Beshirs and Lester Raww, Part 1 (S6E9)
Anita Beshirs was born in Batesville, Mississippi, because the small Southern town her family lived in didn't have a hospital. Welcome to our Valentine's 2024 episode all about Anita and her husband...
13 Feb 202446min
Vandor Hill of Whack Donuts (S6 Bonus)
Something awesome happened near the Embarcadero. In Season 4 of this show, back in 2022, we featured SF born-and-raised vegan donut maker Vandor Hill. His pop-up (at the time), Whack Donuts, was gai...
8 Feb 202420min
Artist Melan Allen, Part 2 (S6E8)
Part 2 begins with how Melan thinks of herself as an artist. "Art is therapy," she says. It's how she knows herself. "If I cannot create, I cannot be myself." She's been creative her whole life. She...
6 Feb 202424min
Artist Melan Allen, Part 1 (S6E8)
Melan Allen is a third-generation San Franciscan. In this episode, we get to know this born-and-raised food artist whom I met last summer at Fillmore Jazz Festival. Melan's grandparents moved here in ...
30 Jan 202426min
Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 2 (S6E7)
Part 2 is a deep-dive into the history of the Tenderloin, which we began toward the end of Part 1. Katie digs into the infamous Compton's Cafeteria Riot and shares the background and what lead to that...
23 Jan 202430min
Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 1 (S6E7)
In Part 1, we get to know Tenderloin Museum's executive director, Katie Conry. She's originally from Oceanside, California, just outside of LA, where her parents are from. They were both teachers but ...
16 Jan 202431min
Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 2 (S6E6)
We begin Part 2 with my asking the question everyone wants to know: Is "Meredith Edgar" her real name or a stage name? You'll have to listen in to find out. Then she shares the various day jobs she'...
9 Jan 202436min
Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 1 (S6E6)
Discovering Meredith Edgar is one of my best memories of 2023. In Part 1 of this episode, get to know this singer/songwriter who was born in San Francisco. Her parents had been here a while, but soo...
2 Jan 202431min
