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Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
Dayna Keyes never knew her real dad. In this podcast, Dayna talks about growing up in Mississippi. Her mom soon met the man who ended up helping to raise Dayna, and the family moved to Southern California. Dayna's love of make-believe and escape hinted at her young adulthood of acting, voiceover work, and eventually, drugs. We recorded this podcast at Caffe Trieste in North Beach in February 2020.
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Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
Some people's trash is other people's art ... or, in George Rocha's case, their business. In this episode, George tells the story of his cross-country move to San Francisco. He found his own place in the Outer Sunset, a rental where he eventually built a backyard pool to skate in. A few years later, he started taking his old skateboards and making new ones out of them, the inspiration for Iris Skateboards, which George owns and operates today. If you missed the story of George's childhood and skateboarding in Part 1, please go back and listen. Here's the sculpture George talks about around the 20:30 mark: 
We recorded this podcast at George's home and workshop in the Outer Sunset in February 2020.
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
Skating and building ramps consumed much of George Rocha's childhood. In this podcast, George, who today owns and operates Iris Skateboards, recounts various tales from his childhood on four wheels. He took a roadtrip to Portland right out of high school, his first taste of the West Coast and a world he had been reading about and seeing pictures of in magazines and videos. He would end up moving to San Francisco just a few years later. Check out this video by Jeremy McNamara on George's work with Iris Skateboards: We recorded this podcast at George's home and workshop in the Outer Sunset in February 2020.
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
P. Segal wants San Francisco to be a city full of culture again. In this episode, P. charts her return to the city after college and a trip to Europe. She ran in art and intellectual circles in North Beach until her eviction from a place she lived there. She found an enormous house in the Western Addition and soon joined the Cacophony Society. Later, she opened Cafe Proust down the street. These days, P. is working to establish a non-profit called Art House that would secure affordable housing for artists in San Francisco. We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020.
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
When she was a teenager, P. Segal was held by her father under what she calls "house arrest." In this podcast, P. talks about her Sicilian roots, her many warm memories of growing up in San Francisco, leaving for college in Los Angeles, and her eventual return to the city. We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020. 
Photo by Jeff Hunt
In his book, San Francisco: Year Zero, Lincoln Mitchell ties together threads of the Giants, punk rock, and the political upheaval that hit the city in November 1978. In this podcast, Lincoln talks at some length about those three topics: baseball, counterculture, and the assassinations and their aftermath of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. If you missed Part 1, please go back and check that out. We recorded this podcast at Blue Danube in the Inner Richmond in January 2020. 
Photo by Jeff Hunt
Lincoln Mitchell's family came to San Francisco from New York City in the 1970s. In this podcast, Lincoln talks about growing up in the city and being a fan of the Yankees and the Giants. He discusses how he came to love baseball, his family's and his own sense of politics, schools he went to here, and both the differences and similarities between New York and our city. We recorded this podcast at Blue Danube in the Inner Richmond in January 2020. 
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
There's the wrong way to move into a neighborhood, and then there's the Social Study. In this podcast, Social Study owner and operator Harmony Fraga shares the story of opening her day and evening lounge in the Fillmore, picking up where she left off in Part 1 (please listen if you haven't already). She talks about the history she's learned of the neighborhood and, specifically, the spot her business occupies today. And she ends the episode reflecting on what the Social Study means to her. We recorded this podcast at The Social Study in January 2020. 
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
Harmony Fraga grew up mostly in the East Bay, with San Francisco always just a scenic drive over the Bay Bridge. In this podcast, Harmony, who today owns and operates the Social Study in the Fillmore, talks about her early life, schools she went to, graduation and spending more and more time in the city, and eventually moving over after getting her first job here. That job lead to another, and then to her first business—a day and evening lounge in a neighborhood and city that needed something exactly like that. We recorded this podcast at The Social Study in January 2019. 
Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather
Bob Buckter's painting and color consulting business is responsible for the look and feel of more than 17,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco. In this podcast, Bob picks up where he left off in Part 1. He talks about the early years of his painting business, the Colorist Movement, the history and meaning of the term "painted ladies," his brief early retirement, a failed marriage, the recent gray/blue (or what we call BORING) trend, and what he's up to next. Actually, that last link, to Annie Vainshtein's SF Chronicle article from October 2019, has some great history of Victorians and Edwardians in San Francisco. Check it out. We recorded this podcast at Bob's home near Potrero Hill in January 2019. |
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