Byron Robert’s Posts

Growing Up In Sausalito

Growing Up In Sausalito

In 1955 we moved from a hot smoggy tract home in Pasadena, CA into a beautiful (if odd) house high in the foggy hills in the southern area of Sausalito known as “Hurricane Gulch” (later renamed by the Sausalito tourism board to ‘Peaceful Valley’ to increase real-estate

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Herb Caen – Baghdad By The Bay

Herb Caen - Baghdad By The Bay

Three Dot Journalism… As I was growing up in Marin County, the San Francisco Chronicle was THE paper in the house every day.  The credited inventor and grand master of the style of three dot journalism was none other than the Chron’s Herb Caen – a journalist

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Dad – The SF Giants – Willie Mays… growing up with Dad

Dad - The SF Giants - Willie Mays... growing up with Dad

Being with a major advertising agency gave Dad some perks which I much enjoyed. Dad had always been a baseball fan and when the NY Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, we started attending games regularly – usually Dad had VIP tickets in the Sports Illustrated

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