golden gate bridge
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(If) You’re Going to San Francisco
There’s a type of Sonoman that I never thought I’d become. The one that brags to visiting friends, “…Another thing that’s so bloody great about Sonoma is how close we are to the City. Heck, we can go anytime we want!” But we don’t. The City in this scenario, of course, is San Francisco –…
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Robert Kamen: Hollywood & Vines
FADE IN: EXT. COUNTRY MOUNTAINSIDE – DAY ROBERT KAMEN, the wordsmith behind well over a dozen films (from Taps and the Karate Kid franchise to the wine-themed romance A Walk in the Clouds – he has also collaborated with French diretor Luc Besson such as The Fifth Element and the Transporter films) navigates an SUV…
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Star Wars vs Annie Hall
1977 was a year of cinematic tumult — namely the box office showdown between?Star Wars vs Annie Hall.?Both films were cultural milestones in their right?and inspired at least one member of a certain generation to imagine a hyrbid… Behold the power of the dark side… Once upon a time in a galaxy, far, far, away…
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Morphic Resonance
Good morning, Class — Today’s vocabulary lesson comes from biologist Rupert Sheldrake, author of “The Sense of Being Stared At.” Ready? “Morphic resonance.” Say it together. Morphic resonance: A phenomenon wherein collective memories are transmitted and shared between members of a species as if telepathically, which results in disparate entities, completely autonomous of each other,…