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Upcoming event ... 9 & 11 February 2012

On February 9th, I will be giving a talk on Everywhere Man at the Mechanic's Institute in downtown San Francisco. I'll discuss the origins of Everywhere Man as well as the challenges of writing a story to fit the constraints of a timed tour aboard San Francisco's cable cars.

This is an exciting opportunity for me. The Mechanic's Institute has been connected to the cable cars since their beginning. The Institute's first president was Andrew Hallidie, the inventor of the cable cars, and his report on the inspiration for building them (a carriage accident on Nob Hill) is housed in the library itself.

Thursday, February 9
6PM - 8PM
Mechanic's Institute
4th Floor Reading Room
(Members free; $12 public)
57 Post St. (Near Montgomery St. BART station)
San Francisco

On February 11th, I will be in my home town, at the First Street Wine Company in downtown Livermore. I'll be reading excerpts from Everywhere Man and discuss the creation of the tour and other Invisible City projects. I'm sure wine will be available, so that should be plenty of reason to make it out to the revitalized Livermore downtown for this event

Who knows, maybe I'll drop in to the nearby Livermore Saloon afterwards to see how it's changed since my underage self sneaked in twenty-five years ago...

Saturday, February 11
6PM - 8:30PM
First Street Wine Company
2211 First St.
Livermore

Everywhere Man book and tour now available

Everywhere Man invites you to solve a modern mystery while riding San Francisco's historic cable cars.

Hear about a stranger haunting millions of tourist photographs taken around San Francisco.

Read about a man whose image quietly frustrates the fabric of the city's digital history.

Learn about the man whose anonymity remains unchallenged until he can no longer be ignored...


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