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Transit of Venus 2012, San Francisco, CA photo

Captured: Transit of Venus 2012

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Photo Essays, San Francisco

Today’s transit of Venus is the last one we’ll see in our lifetimes. We were lucky to have a fog-free afternoon to watch the small dot traipse across the sun. We still had our eclipse glasses from our recent solar…

Dinner time at Day of the Dead, San Francisco, California

Reality bites

March 9, 2010 · by Lauren · in Detritus, San Francisco

Though we returned from our round-the-world trip several months ago, Todd and I are still updating Ephemerratic with stories and images from the global road— “Yeah, right,” you harrumph. Gah! We’re caught! The real world has sunk its sharp little…

Kombucha

Questionable edibles in San Francisco

January 26, 2010 · by Lauren · in Food, San Francisco

As our storytelling heads into China and its cuisine that often challenges the Western imagination of what is edible versus what is best left for grinding into hotdogs, I can’t help but think about cultural food norms. We encountered plenty…

I left my life behind in San Francisco

July 15, 2008 · by Lauren · in San Francisco, Travel Stories

Future and The Past | Art by Todd Berman What counts as your last moment in a place? Is it when your departing plane’s wheels lose contact with the ground? When you lock your apartment door behind you? When you…

A room without a view, my last day as a San Francisco substitute teacher

July 4, 2008 · by Todd · in San Francisco, Travel Art

Mike in Summer School | Art by Todd Berman I’m writing these words in pencil, old-skool style, sitting in a windowless room in a fog-shrouded building perched near the top of Twin Peaks. Throughout the next five hours I get…

One fish, two fish, see fish, eat fish

June 16, 2008 · by Lauren · in San Francisco, Travel Stories

Accidental portrait with jellies | Photo by Todd Berman Eighteen years on Long Island and I never stopped by the road-side attraction, The Big Duck. Four years in Manhattan and I never set foot on the observation deck of the…

It starts with cheese

June 12, 2008 · by Lauren · in Food, San Francisco, Travel Stories

Eating at Lolo | Photo by Lauren Girardin To celebrate my final day of work, last night Todd and I grabbed bar-side seats at Lolo, possibly the best restaurant in San Francisco, as long as you are willing to bask…

Does God give hyphy dancing lessons?

May 22, 2008 · by Lauren · in San Francisco, Travel Art, Travel Stories

Art by Todd Berman Follow the travel advice in the pages of any Lonely Planet book, and you’ll have days filled with stunning architecture, charming landscapes, and museum after museum of iconic imagery. Yet, you’d be tracing the same thoroughly…

Remembering a Varanasi Valentine’s Day

May 17, 2008 · by Todd · in India, San Francisco, Travel Stories

Our Friend Lisa Finklestein Celebrates Court Decision | Photo by SFgate.com The California Supreme Court has taken a stand for equal rights and made same-sex marriage legal! The Court ruled that Mayor Gavin Newsom was correct back on Valentine’s Day…

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Lauren's the writing shutterbug. Todd's the artist. Together we have a bit of wanderlust. Learn more...

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