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Hi June, I live in San Mateo, but very much enjoy the coast, as well as learnng more about the history of the area. I just discovered your web page, and have spent the past 2 hours or so perusing some of your stories! Here’s a question for you: About a mile or so N …
for Time magazine at the 1984 Democratic National Convention held at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here’s my badge: Mario Cuomo was the great orator at the convention, earning thunderous applause. He was the “big” story….Walter F. Mondale & Geraldine Ferraro were on the Dem ticket. What I really did was send wires to New …
The commute over Devil’s Slide was uneventful but I still sighed with relief as I pulled into the garage and shut down the engine. The fog was rolling in, Pumpkin days were behind us, and it was good to be home. But, it was not to be. “We can just make the 4:20 showing of …
Continue reading ““The Queen”: A Movie Review By Burt Blumert”
You can see it in the Pacific Ocean west of the Moss Beach Distillery–you can see it from the tidepools and the dreamy Cypress forest. What is it? It’s a concrete wall that dates back to WWII when it was erected to warn commercial fishermen and aircraft of the target practice range in the vicinity. …
The Blue Lady has been moving chairs and tables late at night in Moss Beach for decades earning her the reputation as the Coastsideâs top ghost. But there is another ghost, the one we donât hear anything about, the one who also, in the end, raises many perplexing questions. Iâm talking about the ghost at …
âDown the Ocean Shoreâ?*âFrom “San Francisco: A Chapter in Your Life”, a pamphlet encouraging people to visit California after WWII, published by Californians, Inc, 1946. I inserted the photos by R. Guy Smith. (âS1â? = Highway 1âautomobile tour begins near Sharp Park, Pacifica, then proceeds south to Half Moon Bay and Pescadero). .â? â¦On S1 …
On Sunday, March 13, 1898, the iron ship T.F. Oakes–a vessel so tainted with bad luck that it was renamed the “New York” to ward off evil spiritsâfulfilled its destiny, losing its way– surrendering to the pull of the waves rushing it toward the beach at Half Moon Bay, the ship’s final resting place. During …
Continue reading “108th Anniversary: Shipwreck of the New York”
At left: Me, Bill Doerner and Reporter Dick Thompson. <a href='http://halfmoonbaymemories.com/wp-content/ Bill Doerner was a writer for Time magazine in New York before he was sent out West to take over as head of the San Francisco news bureauâjust as AIDS began to decimate the gay community and when angioplasty was becoming a popular option …
When I met Henry Debenedetti in the 1970s, the colorful history of Miramar Beach was tugging at my curiosity strings. I already knew about Maymie, the red-haired madamâwho ruled not only the prohibition era roadhouse that her lover-carpenter built for herâbut her powers (political-financial) seemed to extend southward into the little town of Half Moon …
Some posts back I wrote about the famous magician, Channing Pollock, who lived with his beautiful , artistic wife, Cori, in a spectacular home overlooking the Pacific in Moss Beach. Christmas, 1996 Cori and Channing sent me (and all their friends and loved ones) a very special “Holiday Greetings” from Moss Beach. Cori has since …