Day Around the Bay

  • Dow makes spectacular nosedive, bankruptcy follows. [CBS5, KGO]
  • David Foster Wallace1 [Oakland Tribune, EmptyAge]
  • Melissa Gira Grant shows us her shoes. Oh, and some Burning Man sidewalk hate, too. [Valleywag]
  • Central subway plan hilarity. [Curbed]
  • More Prop. H ink, Tim Redmond builds a bridge. [SFBG]
  • What's the best sandwich shop in the Mission? (Not the one that serves healthy, "authentic" Philly Cheesesteaks with shredded iceberg lettuce, that's for sure.) [Mission Mission]

1Succumbed to the unbearable weight of existence. Hope you found peace, David.

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Sad, I couldn't find a non-AP article about DFW's death in any local newspaper. He is arguably the most important writer of our generation.


That's a nice, subtle tribute to Wallace there, Brock. (Refreshingly no irony or snark intended.)

There was an obit in the LA Times and the NY Times.

It has been a very sad weekend.

"... all the best young men lie under the earth."

He will be very missed.

I didn't realize the LA or NY Times were local newspapers. At least the Chronicle printed something today.

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