And the Nominees Are February 23 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  February 23, 1990    Street Talk    And the Nominees Are  By Doris Fish    Bet you thought I meant the Oscars.  No, it’s our own Outstanding Cable Car Awards!  You can imagine my excitement, when for ten years I’ve been totally ignored, and now I…

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Catholic Kids March 1 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  March 1, 1990    Street Talk    Catholic Kids  By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer    When Catholics go “bad” they go whole hog.  At a recent photo session for West Graphics, it came out that we’d all been Catholic children and hellcats ever since.  Billi…

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Liz Taylor Week April 26 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  April 26, 1990  Street Talk    Liz Taylor Week  By Doris Fish  Sentinel Arts Writer    It’s not really, or at least not officially Elizabeth Taylor Week, except at my boyfriend’s house where we spent Earth Day watching Liz’s sixties environmental epic, “The Sandpiper”.  What a…

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My Mother Mildred May 10 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  May 10, 1990  Street Talk    My Mother, Mildred  By Doris Fish  Sentinel Arts Writer    My mother, Mildred, and Marilyn Monroe shared a birthday, though Mil is three years older.  They also shared a slight physical resemblance which I inherited to an uncanny degree.  Unfortunately,…

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Sin City May 17 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  May 17, 1990  Street Talk    Sin City  By Doris Fish    How could I sink so low as to lip-synch to ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” and yet still have it be one of the high spots at that low dive, DNA?    When housework seems suddenly…

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Oh George You Poor Miserable Thing May 24 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  May 24, 1990  Street Talk    Oh George, You Poor Miserable Thing  By Doris Fish  (Note from Tree (transcriber) Included at the end is the article Doris refers to: ‘Get a Life’ by George Buchanan, originally published in the Bay Times. TW: Nasty and hurtful comments…

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A Quiet Dressy Evening May 31 1990

Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel  May 31, 1990    Street Talk    A Quiet, Dressy Evening  By Doris Fish    Doris Fish, Ms. Bob Davis, Ambi Sextrous and Tippi. Photo courtesy Phillip R Ford. Date TBD, likely between 1988-90. Commissioned by Bob Davis, Doris painted this in 1990. From the left,…

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