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Longtime business owners committed to keeping neighbors happy with chocolates from around the world and quirky packaging

September 20, 2023 All Posts 4 Comments

Enter Jack Epstein’s cool, narrow shop and you walk a chocolate gauntlet down a central aisle: bars from around the world line the walls on either side. Individual confections, truffles, and foil-wrapped hearts perch on the lower shelves. No wonder the longtime Noe Valley business is called Chocolate Covered. He sources the sweet-smelling wares from ...

Journalism school coincided with a difficult time in my life – but I went to my 40th reunion anyway

July 3, 2023 All Posts 3 Comments

A SENIOR BEAT COLUMN Here is an odd but true distinction: I graduated from Columbia University Journalism School in 1983 – in the last class to use typewriters.  The sweet cacophony of the newsroom:  Clickety Clickety Clack Clack Clack. Sticky keys, coffee spills, paper stacks. Mimeographs! The most sophisticated among us had Correct-O-Ball Electric typewriters. ...

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