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“And we get down to the garage, and the door opens, and William Holden turns and says to me, ‘Are you coming with us?’”

Robert DuncanMarch 10, 2019Shanghai, Tokyo, Hollywood, aviation, family, restaurant, Fairfax California

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I’m a rocker. Baby, I’m a rocker. And if I’m not a young rocker anymore, well, never you mind.

Robert DuncanJune 24, 2018Fairfax California, restaurant, hiking, small town, hippies

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Ceremony of the 14 Bags? Miracle of the 14 Bags? All Bags Day?

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When Maria was approved and Kang was not, I ventured an improv about a Trumpland security stooge reacting to an application from North Korea.

Robert DuncanSeptember 27, 2017citizenship, North Korea, restaurant, Fairfax California, family, travel, Northern California

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When the temperature soars in Fairfax, Roni and I have been known to ditch the vaunted camaraderie.

Robert DuncanSeptember 7, 2017heat, summer, Northern California, restaurant, San Francisco, Italian, Fairfax California

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No doubt about it, the Sorellas parking lot is cute. A funky folk-art replica of an Outback or Friday’s lot at 5/8 scale.

Robert DuncanAugust 17, 2017new car, parking, identity, hippies, restaurant, Fairfax California, Northern California

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i saw a man fall on the path today.

Robert DuncanAugust 8, 2017blackberries, picking, small town, Northern California, Fairfax California

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All that walking up and down the hills is part of a plan to get off drugs.

Robert DuncanAugust 2, 2017exercise, weight-loss, diet, walking, hiking, Fairfax California, Seinfeld, health, heartburn, gastroparesis

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I hear middle C on the piano, coming through the jungle. C, C, C, C.

Robert DuncanJuly 28, 2017Northern California, Fairfax California, prostitution, nature, speakeasy, Prohibition

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I think I’m losing my soul.

Robert DuncanFebruary 9, 2017San Francisco, moving, marriage, soul, Fairfax California

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This has nothing to do with the unfunny topic of peace, love and understanding.

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Half the time the Kangs go off-menu, as only a matriarch and patriarch can do.

Robert DuncanJanuary 19, 2017melting pot, Trump, election, North Korea, Brazil, food, restaurant, family, Fairfax California

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I used to call him Julius, stone-faced dude who presides over Table 10.

Robert DuncanJanuary 17, 2017sisters, Romans, Agrippa, David, Augustus, restaurant, small business, Fairfax California, Northern California

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You can tell normalcy is making a comeback when the talk of the town turns to coyotes.

Robert DuncanDecember 15, 2016coyote, grief, travel, Amsterdam, small town, Northern California, Fairfax California, restaurant

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Joy to the world?

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It may be where the heart is, but it’s also where history, judgment, anxiety, lawyers and distant cousins of the decedent are.

Robert DuncanNovember 29, 2016holidays, holidays hate, anti-Christmas, anti-Thanksgiving, family, Fairfax California

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He’s Dave Bergman. And you — to your eternal chagrin — are not. Simple as that.

Robert DuncanNovember 24, 2016trumpet, hepcat, gerontology, jazz, Fairfax California, restaurant, memory loss

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“’Cause he gets up in the morning, And he goes to work at nine.”

Robert DuncanOctober 13, 2016local politics, school board, campaign, growing up, Fairfax California, Bay Area

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The stages of adulthood for a guy constitutionally unsuited to it begin, of course, with fraud.

Robert DuncanOctober 6, 2016growing up, local politics, school board, mortgage, credit card, Bay Area, Fairfax California

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I once ran into Huey Lewis jogging. The guy who did “I Want a New Drug.”

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