Rock climbing. No thanks! Mission Cliffs was fairly new when this writer went and tried it; the place still stands and is a destination for wall climbers worldwide. Not me tho.
Dilettante 44: Graceland
Elvis: Turns out he’s less problematic in one area than the general public believes, and more problematic in another.
Dilettante 43: Satan hunt
Spray tan laughing spreads his wings.
Dilettante 42: Singles night
In the past two decades since I wrote this column about a singles’ meet-and-greet night in the Bay Area, computer life has turned dating into another avenue for addiction, at least for some.
Dilettante 41: Popcorn Anti-Theater
This is it. This is the night the Cacophony Society cemented in my mind the future of surrealist entertainment.
Dilettante 39: SF Chinese New Year’s Treasure Hunt
The Chinese New Year’s Treasure Hunt is yet another official-unofficial Cacophony Society production. It could also be classified as a prototypical UrbEx project — a movement Cacophony helped pioneer with events like these.
Dilettante 38: Grand National car show
There are millions of ways Californians spend time to alter vehicles. Home of the desert biker movie, this place has suburbs and suburbs filled with gearheads.
Dilettante 37: Reefer Madness at the Werepad ’99
Repertory cinema houses. That’s another thing the Internet pretty much took out.