Aug 20, 2024
Part 2 picks up where we left off in Part 1. Spike shares details of his West Coast road trip, the one where he shopped for a city to move to and possibly lay down roots.
It was 1993 and, of all those West Coast cities, San Francisco won. "The energy, the feeling that you belonged, the creative draw," they all...
Aug 13, 2024
Michael "Spike"
Krouse's arrival on this planet was something of a miracle
for his parents.
In this episode, get to know
the founder of Madrone
Art Bar (currently one of my favorite places in San
Francisco). Spike's dad, a fighter pilot who flew missions in World
War II, was much older than his mom. He flew for
the...
Aug 6, 2024
Patrick Costello used to work at Anchor Brewing, where he was the production lead for the bottling and keg lines. He was also a member of the Anchor Brewing Union, where he served as a shop steward—essentially the union rep on the floor. Anchor's union was part of Local 6 of the ILWU. But Patrick wasn't exactly born...