Jan 30, 2024
Melan Allen is a third-generation San Franciscan. In this episode, we get to know this born-and-raised food artist whom I met last summer at Fillmore Jazz Festival.
Melan's grandparents moved here
in the Sixties and lived in
San Francisco until the 2000s. Her mom's mom came to SF from Texas and was
part of a mass...
Jan 23, 2024
Part 2 is a deep-dive into the
history of the Tenderloin, which we began toward the end of Part 1.
Katie digs into the infamous Compton's Cafeteria Riot and shares the
background and what lead to that fateful event.
After the moral crusaders
successfully passed new laws essentially controlling the lives of
women, the
Jan 16, 2024
In Part 1, we get to know
Tenderloin Museum's executive director,
Katie Conry. She's originally from Oceanside,
California, just outside of LA, where her parents are from.
They were both teachers but were
priced out of the big city, a situation all too familiar around
here.
Katie left home as soon as
she...
Jan 9, 2024
We begin Part 2 with my asking
the question everyone wants to know: Is "Meredith Edgar" her real
name or a stage name? You'll have to listen in to find
out.
Then she shares the various day
jobs she's had over the years, some worse than others. She worked a
little retail,
then got an esthetician's
license and worked...
Jan 2, 2024
Discovering Meredith Edgar is
one of my best memories of 2023.
In Part 1 of this episode, get
to know this singer/songwriter who was born in San Francisco. Her
parents had been here a while, but soon after giving birth to
Meredith, the family moved around a bit, first to the South, then
to the Northeast, and finally,...