The Verge Historic Painting: "San Francisco Fire" by William A. Coulter, 1906. 117 years ago today, San Francisco reaped the whirlwind. This is what it looked like.
Historic Painting: “Giant Steamboats at New Orleans” by Hippolyte Sebron, 1853. A French painter turns his eyes and brush toward the romantic riverboat era that flourished before the Civil War.
Still no winter: My novel “Life Without Giamotti,” still in print, turned 20 this week! I still have a soft spot in my heart for my quirky science fiction epic, which has a (very small) cult following.
Interiors: Lobby of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles. Where do humans fit in this massive concrete and glass cathedral of commerce?