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Tag Archives: 891 Post
Tour: And Add One for Sunday June 22
A guy hauling in from New Zealand popped me a note today to ask for a walk on Sunday June 22 — TWO months advance notice (excellent), a long ride in — why not? Add that date to the schedule, … Continue reading
Tour: And As the Year Ended, the MWA Slipped on Their Gumshoes
For the penultimate walk of 2013 I took out no less than twenty members of the Mystery Writers of America on a two hour version of the tour, highlighting The Maltese Falcon — you’ve got to figure that if someone … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, SFSC, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Cacophony Society, Claudia H. Long, Clyde Long, Diane R. Chambers, Julie Smith, Miss P, Mystery Writers of America, P. Segal, San Francisco Mysteries, Sheldon Siegel, The Harlot's Pen
Tour: On Palm Sunday
Jim Dinan sent in the shot above from the walk on September 8, 2013 — 891 Post is in the background, right, with the What a Grind coffee house sign and a bit of the front awning visible. Thanks, Jim. To … Continue reading
Posted in News, Tour, Willeford
Tagged 891 Post, Jim Dinan, Michael Shea, Palm Sunday Tour, What a Grind
891 Post: Jeopardy!
Catching up on this past week’s file of Jeopardy! on the DVR, a surprise moment from the Double Jeopardy Round aired Thursday December 19: Category: Literary Landmarks. The $1200 slot. Statement: In the late 1920s Dashiell Hammett lived in an … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, News
Tagged 891 Post, Jeopardy!, literary homes, literary landmarks, Raymond Chandler
Sinister Cinema: Next Time, Make It 10 Million Dollars
Michael Soltys — who last showed up here on these mean streets over a year ago with info about Hammett stopping in Key Largo — was first to let me know that the falcon statue on the block at the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, News
Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Bogie, Bonhams Auctions, Dr. Gary Milan, falcon statues, Key Largo, Michael Soltys
Sinister Cinema: Cheese for Halloween
The tour group for Sunday the 13th was pretty interesting — of the ten people who showed up ready to walk, slightly more than half seemed to be from Australia, plus we got a guy from Spain, in the burg … Continue reading
Posted in Film, News, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Cheese Theatre, John Stanley, Laurel Arney, literary homes, Mike Humbert, The Last Man on Earth
Frisco Beat: Living in Hammett Street
The blurb on the 25th anniversary of the literary streets attracted Bruce Dettman’s attention, and he popped me a note about how he once lived in 20 Monroe Street, now 20 Dashiell Hammett Street, one-time digs of Hammett himself. Bruce … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Bruce Dettman, Dashiell Hammett Street, literary homes, literary streets, Monroe Street
891 Post: Close One
If you’re local, you may well have heard the news reports about the 800 block of Post Street being closed off the other day. The shootout with the cops. The guy — on the run after killing his mother — … Continue reading
891 Post: What’s Happening Now
If you’re local, you probably saw the news article on the guy who currently rents the Sam Spade apartment in 891 Post that appeared April 29 — those of you scattered across the globe can follow the link and read … Continue reading
