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Another freeway pumpkin patch traffic jam? A’Mazing …

. Most of my relatives have moved to the North Bay. My parents live in Healdsburg, my sister is in Santa Rosa and my aunt and her partner have a house in Sonoma County. I love them all very much, but...

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Where have you been 86ed from?

I’m hoping some of you checked out my Spring Training survival piece in last Sunday’s Travel section of the Chronicle. I was happy with the finished product, but realized during the editing process...

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Is this the nicest Taco Bell on the planet?

. When I hear the word “destination restaurant,” I think of cloth napkins, waiters who anticipate your every move and six month waits at The French Laundry. I definitely don’t think of $2 meal deals,...

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Underrated landmarks of the Bay Area: Reader requests!

. Thanks for all your comments and e-mails in response to last week’s Underrated landmarks of the Bay Area post. Part I is here. (Or just look at the gallery below.) Your contributions are in the photo...

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Reflections on my Spring Training trip …

My annual trip to watch Cactus League baseball with two college friends got off to a tremendous start. I touched down in Phoenix and was greeted by the eight words that every Bay Area native wants to...

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Great Moments in Oakland: A hella good time at the Oakland Marathon

I believe that for every negative report you see or hear about Oakland, there are hundreds of wonderful people, places and moments that no one outside the city knows about. Few are considered worthy of...

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Home Plates: Honda driver owns the BAY AREA

Stephen Blechman is a mild-mannered San Franciscan. His Honda Civic parks, drives and gets stuck in traffic like the rest of our cars. But that car also somehow clinched the region’s most iconic...

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The Japan Air Lines miracle water landing of 1968 (reprinted)

Ed. note: Today’s crash of a Boeing 777 likely reminded Bay Area residents of a similar 1968 incident, where a DC-8 fell short of the runway (with far less tragic results). My Chronicle colleagues have...

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Frozen in time: A tribute to Camp Mather

The newsroom is a hardened environment, full of gallow’s humor and remarkably free of mourning — sometimes when there’s a pretty good reason to mourn. But there are also a lot of old school San...

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Tourist Trapped: Lost In Benicia

Author’s note: Having nearly exhausted San Francisco’s tourist traps as fodder for this column, my friend and editor Peter Hartlaub came up with the idea of “Tourist Trapped: Lost In The Bay Area.”...

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UPDATED! “Lord of the Rings” trilogy this weekend at Grand Lake Theatre

  UPDATED! Thursday, 5:20 p.m. I incorrectly stated the entrance price in my original post. A single movie ticket buys entrance to the entire “Lord of the Rings” trilogy! See below … I’ve long argued...

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Please come see me at Muni Diaries Live on April 5

When I was invited to perform as a storyteller at Muni Diaries Live on April 5, I went through a checklist in my head. Have I ever delivered a baby on Muni? Was one of my children possibly conceived...

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