By: Mike Marino Many people have truly Left Their Heart in San Francisco!! The Bagdad by the Bay has left its indelible imprint on visitors and residents alike and is many things to many people. Its The Golden Gate Bridge...a stalwart sentry sitting astride the entrance to the Bay..guarding the crown jewels of the kingdom. Its Alcatraz Island..formidable and lonely housing … [Read more...] about North Beach Jack Kerouac Tour – The Beat Goes On
Archives for March 2012
Bolinas: The Hipster Haven of the Beat Bohemians
Written By Mike Marino, Photo by Mike Harrison San Francisco...the grand dame of the Pacific Coast. She is as elegant and sophisticated as Ingrid Bergman was in her love scenes in Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. Like Ingrid, San Francisco is a class act, bridging the gap from sophisticated urban life to the laid back eclectic nature of Marin County to the north of the city. … [Read more...] about Bolinas: The Hipster Haven of the Beat Bohemians
Wine Bottle Lava Lamps Sixties Flashback
California is more than just a Pacific left coast state of mind. In fact, it's also a State of Wine! When I first moved there, nothing prepared me for the Wine Lesson 101 I would learn in the Golden State. Vino-philes in most regions drink their wines, savor the flavor, and then without a care, simply dispose of the bottles, tossing them away like last years Birkenstocks. In … [Read more...] about Wine Bottle Lava Lamps Sixties Flashback
Amsterdammit! Tour
By Mike Marino (Writer/Journalist) Author of The Sandoz Collection Tinkerbell, pixie dust and pirates made Peter Pans day as he flew around in tights in the fictional paradise lost of Neverland. Today, you too can have a fairy tale journey as a Bohemian Lost Boy or a Lost Goth Girl in the underground and undercurrent sub-culture of the Netherlands. Lets face it, those, … [Read more...] about Amsterdammit! Tour
More Than One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
More Than One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest By Mike Marino (Writer/Journalist) Author of The Sandoz Collection. The Spare Change Sixties came on like a Day-Glo banshee, screaming and screeching. The counter culture was on the move to the beat of a communication breakdown with the torch passing greatest generation that won the war to end all wars. Now it was the … [Read more...] about More Than One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest