Tag Archives: Tenderloin

Tour: Another Walk for June

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Don

Believe it or not, but a guy with the given name of Dashiel (one “l”) is jetting in from Australia late in June and just asked for a walk — more than a month’s advance notice, all the way from … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Tour | Tagged Blanco's, Great American Music Hall, Larkin Street, O'Farrell Street, Tenderloin |

Tour: Cinco de Mayo y 2 de junio

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Don

Of all the Sundays in May I’d most want to skip over when doing a Hammett tour, Cinco de Mayo is tops — especially when May 5 falls exactly on the Sunday, like this year. And my intention was to skip it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Tour | Tagged Blanco's, Cinco de Mayo, Olive Street, Tenderloin |

891 Post: Close One

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Don

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 →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, News | Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Tenderloin |

Tour: Nada in January

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Don

We’ve got winter rains coming in, maybe. We’ve got the lure of a run down to LA on the spur of the moment. And we’ve got no extra tours where you can just show up with a tenspot and … Continue reading →

Posted in Tour | Tagged 620 Eddy, Tenderloin |

Tour: Sunday December 18

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Don

Rain or shine. Sunday December 18. Noon. Meet near the “L” sculpture. Last walk this year. If interested, bring a tenspot, and hit the mean streets.

Posted in Tour | Tagged Golden Gate Avenue, Larkin Street, Tenderloin |

Rediscovered: The Shadow of PulpFest

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Don

What do you think, in the photo above shot on the May 8, 2011 tour, I look more like The Shadow and Mike Chomko, swathed in blue, looks more like Superman, right? My hands float, missing the comforting weight of fully-loaded … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Bill Blackbeard, Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Doctor Sax, Evan Lewis, Jack Kerouac, Mike Chomko, PulpFest, Pulps, Secret Agent X-9, Tenderloin, The Shadow, Walter B. Gibson |

Death Lit: Drinking with Ace

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Don

Ace Atkins was parachuted into town by his publisher for a signing last night, and even though he had a 6 a.m. plane to catch today of course he went out drinking with me and Vince Emery and one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged Ace Atkins, Bill Arney, Bouchercon, Ha-Ra Bar, Hawk, John Law, Philadelphia, Richard Layman, Robert B. Parker, Spenser, Tenderloin, Vince Emery, William F. Nolan |

Sinister Cinema: Jackie Cooper

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Don

I noticed that on May 3 Jackie Cooper passed on — thanks to the Hammett tour and dumb luck, I got to meet him one time. The year was 1982. I was back on the Jim Eason program on KGO radio — … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, News, Tour | Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, Golden Gate Avenue, Jackie Cooper, James Bond, Jim Eason, KGO, Oscar, Radio, Superman, Ted Healy, Tenderloin, Three Stooges, Wallace Beery |

Tour: Death in the Tenderloin

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Don

Mike Humbert came out on the tour this past Sunday and popped one of the many asides that make the walk the meta-tour that it is up on his personal YouTube channel. You may know Mike’s name — he did the maps … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Tour | Tagged Hammett Tour Book, Mike Humbert, murder, Orontes, Tenderloin |

Frisco Beat: 100, and Counting

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Don

During the throes of repainting the old website in the closing months of 2010, knocking together the current blog format, I had to sit on the sidelines and watch news and anniversaries pass by. The one I most regret not being on … Continue reading →