Ep. 48, Part 1: Bertha Fajardo's Life as a Baseball Fan (Part of Our SF Giants at 60 Series)
Bertha Fajardo grew up going to games at both Candlestick Park and the Oakland Coliseum. Her dad and uncles got her started, but her love of the game survived her teenage years, and in 1997, she got a...
25 Sep 201817min
Ep. 47, Part 2: Mike Lynch's San Francisco Legacy Business
Mike Lynch paid his dues in San Francisco. His business, Babylon Burning, which he's owned since 1999 and which has been open since 1976, recently attained legacy status with the city. In this podcas...
20 Sep 201818min
Ep. 47, Part 1: Mike Lynch's Career in Screenprinting
Mike Lynch grew up in Maine. In the 1980s, so many of his New England friends had moved to San Francisco that he decided to give it a try. More than 30 years later, he owns a business and a home and h...
18 Sep 201820min
Ep. 46: Pepper Alexandria's Shows, Parties, and Dancing Gigs in San Francisco
Pepper Alexandria is a belly dancer and dance instructor these days. She puts on a big show every year called Carnival of Stars. She moved to San Francisco in 1968, in the heyday of the hippie movemen...
11 Sep 201819min
Ep. 45, Part 2: Kevin DeMattia's Many Bar Gigs in San Francisco
Kevin DeMattia has bartended and barbacked at Big Heart City, the Black Cat, the Blind Tiger, and the Chi Chi Club. He eventually got introduced to Bender's in the Mission. From the first time he set ...
6 Sep 201826min
Ep. 45, Part 1: Kevin DeMattia's Climb up Sutro Tower
It's 2004. September 11 wasn't even three years removed yet. But Kevin DeMattia had a thing for climbing large buildings and structures, and Sutro Tower was calling his name. In this podcast, Kevin, ...
4 Sep 201823min
Ep. 44, Part 2: Staci Slaughter's AT&T Park Stories (Part of Our SFGiants at 60 Series)
In this episode, San Francisco Giants Executive VP of Communications Staci Slaughter shares stories about opening the team's new stadium in China Basin—PacBell Park, as it was known back in 2000. She ...
30 Aug 201816min
Ep. 44, Part 1: Staci Slaughter's Work Keeping the Giants in San Francisco (Part of Our SF Giants at 60 Series)
Staci Slaughter grew up going to Giants games at Candlestick Park. In the 1990s, she got a job in Mayor Frank Jordan's office, where she helped with the effort to keep the baseball team in San Franci...
28 Aug 201818min
