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Top SF Chefs Come to Tacolicious

Sure he’s a James Beard award winner, but can he make a taco? We’ll find out. Joe’s antsy. It’s raining, there’s no football any more, no baseball yet. Not to mention our Thursday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market stand , although still clipping along, is not its usual sunny, summery self….

Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch

Joe’s first love was undoubtedly a girl—a girl dog named Rocksie (yes, that was the spelling—she chased rocks apparently), a fox-red lab that he got when he was 16. And any man that has fallen in love with a dog as a teenager will try to replicate that experience as an…

Paul Madonna’s Art: Stuck in the Taqueria Era

I knew I liked Paul Madonna when I saw this piece he did for a yearly publication he’s doing called “Album”—in Paul Madonna style, it’s incredibly simple but it hits so deep. The painting is a sketch of a fanny pack that wryly states: “In What Era Will You Get…

How I Came to Love Superbowl Sunday

The older you get, the more you know what you’re looking for in a relationship. Call it wisdom or call it being worn down, but with age also comes the understanding that no partner can be everything. When I met Joe, I was in my mid(ish)-30s, old enough to ask…