Grab Bag

A collection of 46 posts

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Grab Bag #021

Change, Kodachrome, an Egyptian temple, and a fire house ditty.

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Grab Bag #020

The latest ruminations and admiration sent from a fogged-in outpost of San Francisco.

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Grab Bag #019

The Spreckels legacy in San Francisco: sugar factory, skyscraper, museum, my nephew's band name...

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Grab Bag #018

Employment for Woody, Grab Bags to the people.

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Grab Bag #017

Biplane autos, prison waffles, and the world isn't that different (good and bad).

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Grab Bag #016

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Grab Bag #015

Earthquake, fires, and true love found... all in one Woody LaBounty Grab Bag.

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Grab Bag #014

An apology, some grand views, and other Woody grab-baggery.

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Grab Bag #013

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Grab Bag #012

Movie houses, monoku, and membership cards in one big Woody Grab Bag.

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Grab Bag #011

A man who sleeps a week, Karl Malden, my Dad, and where to eat in 1953.

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Grab Bag #010

Appreciating Skid Row, Juanita's Midwinter Fair act, and the idea of a San Francisco Historian Laureate.

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Grab Bag #009

A true Woody LaBounty Grab Bag: Pawn Stars, Chinatown revealed, historic real estate for sale, and the first San Francisco Story Annual released.

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Woody Grab Bag #008

A preview of Woody's San Francisco Story Annual 2022 featuring an excerpt about the larger-than-life diva, Lilian Slinkey, AKA "Madame Durini."

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Woody Grab Bag #007

A history of where you can put your car...and more.

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Woody Grab Bag #006

Strange adventures of young men in San Francisco, market memories, a walnut elephant, and recognizing City Cemetery.

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Woody Grab Bag #005

A Woody LaBounty salad bar of child pyramids, feminist art, poetry, sandlot baseball, and Mr. Fixit.

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Woody Grab Bag #004

Living with the fog in San Francisco, figuring out the identity of Vin the doghouse-maker, and a moving dormer window on a Haight-Ashbury apartment building.

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Woody Grab Bag #003

Long before Nazis there were swastikas—around the world and in San Francisco. Plus, what happened to Engine Company 12?

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Woody Grab Bag #001

Debut of the Woody Grab Bag, a San Francisco history hash.