Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Genealogy Blog:- Archaeologists in Canadas Yukon have found whats believed to be the only untouched shipwreck from the Klondike Gold Rush, made famous by writers Jack London and Robert Service.
Mae West (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A former assistant of MAE WEST claims that the Brooklyn blonde remained Gene Austin's "one true love." Mae utilized her Texas friend's musical talents in her films " Belle of the Nineties " [1934]; " Klondike Annie " [1936]; and " My Little Chickadee " [1940]. • • In addition to writing the music and lyrics for " Klondike Annie ," Gene Austin...
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ellis Partners signed another tenant to its massive redevelopment project at Jack London Square. Aiello-Coyle Blaschak, a food brokerage firm serving Northern California, leased 2,600 square feet at 70 Washington St. for a new headquarters office.
dead time pacifies (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
No Worries already makes vegan Filipino food. Come April 2010 , Jay-Ar and No Worries will be serving food daily at Jack London Square Market in Oakland! Finally!!
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Over at Alphanim site, I stumbled across an impressive teaser trailer to White Fang , a French traditional animated film based on the classic novel of the same name that brings back fond memories of the glory years in Disney animation. All I know about this adaptation of White Fang after doing some searches on google is the teaser is apparently over two five years old and even through the project...
Betty's List (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
RSVP for "Wine Time!" - 3rd Thursday Ladies Night @ Orson - 11/19 Link to online version of announcment: http://bettyslist.com/blpage.php?id=4233 Note from Betty: Greetings to wine lovers! Please take a moment to send your RSVP now so that we have your space reserved at Orson for this coming Thursday's (November 19th) "Wine Time!" Pairing, with featured guests Martha Rueca of Roland...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Make your Jack London fantasies come true on the ultimate fishing trip in British Columbia, 100 miles from the nearest road I barely remember my grandfather – only that he would clap his hands above his head if I behaved well and, more hazily yet, him turning towards a river, a split-cane fishing rod resting next to his perfectly bald head. I recall my mother far better, although she's been...
The Suburban Bushwacker. (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Mike's back with the full scoop on his moose hunt. EnjoySBWMoose 2009Prelude and planning:Inspired by Jack London and every tale of mountain men read in the past 30 years, I went to Alaska to hunt moose ten years ago. I saw cows and young moose every day, but my tag only allowed me to take a mature bull. I came home grateful for the chance to have seen the magnificent wilderness of interior
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rick sez, "SFFaudio has just announced their 4th Annual Make an Audiobook, Get an Audiobook Challenge. They have twenty Science Fiction and Fantasy titles of public domain and Creative Commons novels that they'd like to see freely available as audiobooks on the internet. They're looking for participants to commit to recording and editing the sound files and then making them available online. At...
IGN (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Jack London tale starring Christopher Lloyd.
Feed on Cooking With The Single Guy (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Getting Festive by the Waterfront 55 Webster St. (at Embarcadero), Oakland Jack London Square PH: 510.444.1233 Lunch and dinner daily Reservations, major credit cards accepted www.bocanova.com There are big plans for Oakland’s waterfront, known as Jack London Square (named for the writer, in case you messed that in class). And it’s about time because the area has a great view of the water...
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
That time has passed : The solipsistic members of Congress want us peons to be ground up in the communal machine, while they themselves gambol on in the flowering meadow of their own lavish federal health plan. Jack London would have looked at that sentence and deemed it overwrought. Then he would've reconsidered, thrown in a few King James -quoting cavemen and declared it a masterpiece. But Jack London...
Notes in the Key of Life (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Today is National Young Reader's Day, and I took the opportunity to ask my listeners what books they enjoyed reading as a youngster and what books they read to their children now. Here are some of the replies I got on Facebook:The Little PrincessPippi Longstocking, Nancy Drew and any biographies Jack London's The Call of the Wild and the Little House series...My boys like me to read Roald Dahl's
Eater SF (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Mikey Two Stars crosses the bridge to file on Rick Hackett's Bocanova in Jack London Square. Even though MB has a "good" meal in a picturesque setting, service struggles and seasoning is scattershot: "And often you'll initially be brought the...
Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Richard Wagener is one of the premier wood engravers working in the United States today. "He characterizes the bird he chose for his personal ex libris as the eccentric Emu" I like bookplates from California in general and this simple design from a Santa Barbara circulating library also appeals to me. Here are three California bookplates with Peacocks.They look much better on bookplates then...
Videos