May 4, 2007
My long-time supporter Michael Roberts sent an email several months ago that absolutely made my day:
After listening to your podcasts for the last six months, I couldn’t wait any longer and took a trip to the city so that I could experience some of your “brand” of history.
He’s in good company. This isn’t the first time a listener has been inspired by the show to book a flight and visit San Francisco. But Michael actually toured the city using his favourite Sparkletack episodes as a kind of audio guidebook. Attached to his email to me was a batch of photos from the trip — he’d documented the site of each episode with a digital snapshot.
This is just plain cool — thanks to Michael for letting me share this with the rest of the Sparkletack world.
Sparkletack Inspiration
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#23: the Wave Organ |
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#52: Adolph Sutro |
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#16: San Francisco Pyramid |
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#35: Birth of San Francisco |
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#13: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill |
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#55: Caruso, the Palace, and the 1906 Earthquake |
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#56: Lotta Crabtree |
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#42: Alexander Leidesdorff |
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#15: Golden Gate Bridge and Suicide |
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#46: San Francisco Fortune Cookie |
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#18: Lillie Coit |
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#33: Andrew Hallidie |
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#19: San Francisco Burrito |
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#20: Fog City |
- San Francisco Timecapsule: 03.30.09
- San Francisco Timecapsule: 01.19.09
- #37: Philo T. Farnsworth
- Sparkletack.
- #57: The Reber Plan for San Francisco Bay