On Wednesday, May 18th, I’m going to one of my favorite restaurants, Woodward’s Garden, to eat, drink, and be merry listening to Rebecca Solnit and Friends discuss Infinite City:  A San Francisco Atlas.  It’s a fabulous book that looks at San Francisco through the prism of a cartography that was hidden until now! Rebecca and her company of artists and writers have scoped out the City by the Bay in all its multitudinous glory, from “Cinema City” to “The Tribes of San Francisco,” and brought it to life in this gorgeous volume of words, pictures and maps!

You can find more info about this event at:  http://figmentspot.blogspot.com/2011/05/infinite-beauty-rebecca-solnit-reads-at_03.html
And on Sunday, May 22nd, from 3-5pm, Kelsey Street Books is hosting a publishing party for three new releases:
Elevators by Rena Rosenwasser
Peril as Architectural Enrichment by Hazel White
AERODROME ORION & Starry Messenger by Susan Gevirtz
Susan Gevirtz was my advisor for Major Project 1 and we had a fantastic time discussing art and poetry.  She even lent me her books by Barbara Guest (Rocks on a Platter and Durer in the Window).  Susan is a terrific poet and I’m looking forward to reading her new collection!
Here’s a link to the invite and details:  http://new.evite.com/services/links/O63PYYZZDP
Time to be dazzled!