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03/07/21 Re: Antique In-wall ironing board03/03/21 - posted by Jo Anne Quinn Our 1930s home (Parkside District) had the built-in ironing board (in the kitchen), and the laundry chute (in my parents bedroom closet). I still remember them fondly....very efficient! And yes...that niche for the telephone, with a little shelf below it to house the telephone directory!! A friend, who lived just around the corner had a similar niche, plus a little fold-down bench to sit on while you chatted away...

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02/06/21 Re: Cliff Hanger02/06/21 - posted by Tom Lent Expiration is on the ten/twenty etc year anniversaries of the registration. So the Park Service or a new lease holder could potentially reclaim the name in September of 2023 and just use a temporary name in the interim as they did with the Ahwahnee. However, the Hountalases could open a new restaurant elsewhere with the Cliff House name and keep the trademark active. So we wil have to wait and see if the name becomes available again.

My history is burning up out there.” Welcome back Frank. Nothing like an Irishman with a typewriter to break your heart. Reading through your commercial obituaries is painful, given my association with a lot of them. And whether they pre or post-date me, just like reading the Irish Sporting Green, I sit with a shot of curiosity, sunk in a tall glass of terror. Sure, my time will come but till it does, I rely on a roadmap of memories to navigate the sidewalks of San Francisco. And someone(s) h...

01/17/21 Re: Fog01/17/21 - posted by jb Thanks, Patrick. Sure is some high praise. That’s what Irish roots and a public school education gave me, albeit, most of my English teachers were very easy to surrender my attention to. And that Olympic Section neighbourhood sure was stimulating. I think the fear of nuclear obliteration and that constant depressive fog-cover forged tight friendships. Cheers,

Re: Antique In-wall ironing board01/08/21 - posted by Wes Enders In-wall ironing boards were pretty common in many Avenues houses. Are you going to toss in a laundry chute to the basement (Great for stuffing younger siblings down.) and the hallway telephone perch with in-wall folding seat bench too? Also, the kitchen pantry ventilated cooler and service entryway access off the garage entrance?

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