What most people may not know is that David Warren who runs the Camera Obscura is also a fire eater.I used to run an art group that had shows at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in the early 80's and he graciously performed there one year.He's very good at it. Miriam --- Linda Emerson <lindae@mlode.com> wrote: > For all of the newcomers to this site who aren't > aware of the old Playland at the > Beach in San Francisco, this website will tell you > just about everything you might > want to know: > http://www.sonic.net/~playland/playland.html > > Believe it or not, the last time I saw Laughing Sal > was backstage at a Rolling > Stones' concert at the Oakland Coliseum. Concert > promoter Bill Graham was still > alive and had the entire outdoor backstage set up > like a carnival setting. It was > quite an amazing site to see her up close! > > Linda > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Speaking of fire eaters, wasn't there a side show at Playland with the tattooed man, snake man, and other 'characters'. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Ward" <mward_1947@yahoo.com> To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Re: Laughing Sal & More > What most people may not know is that David Warren who > runs the Camera Obscura is also a fire eater.I used to > run an art group that had shows at the Hall of Flowers > in Golden Gate Park in the early 80's and he > graciously performed there one year.He's very good at > it. > > Miriam > > --- Linda Emerson <lindae@mlode.com> wrote: > > For all of the newcomers to this site who aren't > > aware of the old Playland at the > > Beach in San Francisco, this website will tell you > > just about everything you might > > want to know: > > http://www.sonic.net/~playland/playland.html > > > > Believe it or not, the last time I saw Laughing Sal > > was backstage at a Rolling > > Stones' concert at the Oakland Coliseum. Concert > > promoter Bill Graham was still > > alive and had the entire outdoor backstage set up > > like a carnival setting. It was > > quite an amazing site to see her up close! > > > > Linda > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover > http://greetings.yahoo.com/ >