I flew into and out of San Francisco in a day a few weeks ago. Did I tell you about it? Maybe not, it was a bit of a secret. By far, the w...

Continuing my tradition of writing B-sides to my Hevria posts, here's the latest post and the latest behind-the-scenes story. First,...

Such an intense and flattering review of Yom Kippur a Go-Go on Goodreads . I asked, and received, permission to repost it. I just came ac...

For my screenwriting class today, we had to analyze a scene where the dialogue is multilayered, text vs. subtext, and where two completely d...

I was in Ashland, at the Oregon Shakespeare Theatre, near where they filmed The Goonies  and Short Circuit . Their airport only had one gate...

Being an editor at a Jewish blog has its perks. Sure, there are the long hours and lousy pay, but you get tons of review items in the mail. ...

924 Gilman Street in Berkeley is a volunteer-run concert space that was famous in the '80s for hosting huge fights and riots, and famou...

Of all the gigs I've ever had, this had to be the most extreme. And I wasn't even there. To celebrate reading the story of Noah in t...

So... Simchas Torah . Lately, it's become famous for being the #2 Jewish drinking holiday, but my past few Simchas Torahs have all been ...

I spoke to Stephanie, who was coming out of the very tasty (and very not kosher) Tartine Bakery , on 18th and Guerrero Streets in San Franci...

When I lived in San Francisco, I didn't have much going on in the way of hospitality -- mainly because I had so much going on in the way...

OK, as promised : This past Saturday night was the first Hasidic poetry slam in Crown Heights, at least in the estimations of everyone there...

San Francisco, for all that city's rent chaos and interweb madness, still has one of the most productive, experimental, and lovably dysf...

I tried to paint the sky my own colors when I was five I took a ladder, bucket, brush, and magic markers just in case I don't know how I...