Good night, sweet busYou got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,Know when to walk away and know when to run.You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.-- Kenny Rogers, The GamblerMuni's pretty yellow culture buses have emptily traveled to and fro on roads paved with good intentions all the way to fiscal hell. Things have gotten so bad that a Kenny Rogers analogy not only fits but fits well. The culture bus ne
AgentAkit/FlickrIt's a question you might not be asking after a good meal.Those of you needing a food-related nudge to experience the beauty (good) and crowds (bummer, but the timed tickets are rumored to help) of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit at the de Young (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive at John F. Kennedy) may want to pencil in a Tut at Twilight on some upcoming Tuesday or Wednesday evening.
Through September 30, the museum's de Young Cafe has a special $1
Whatever hokum there is regarding malevolence and fatalities brought about by King Tut's curse, you can't blame the boy emperor for the demise of the Culture Bus. But a Philadelphia man is fingering the pharaoh for either shocking or gassing him (he's not sure which). Philadelphian Carman Fields is suing that city's Franklin Institute Science Museum for up to $50,000, claiming he was thrown for a loop by the Egyptian exhibit currently gracing San Francisco's De Young Museum. Fields claims that