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• Over the Hill

With a little help from your friends

Getting old is for the birds, I’m told. (I wouldn’t know myself, having long ago embraced the youth-preserving properties of defiantly immature behavior.) There are the usual aches and pains associated with the body’s gradual disintegration, but there is more: t... Read More

• Over the Hill

We’re not just in North Beach anymore, Toto

This month, the column formerly known as “North Beach Beat” is reborn as “Over the Hill.” I can hear you snickering, damn you, but the reason for the name change has nothing (or little) to do with the miles on my personal odometer. This merely reflects the reality... Read More