About Banane
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Banane means banana in French and German. I tried to get banana.com, but it was taken. I’m now totally used to using banane. (I say buh-NAHN, but others can say it like “insane”.)
Banane.com originally hosted a “webisodic”- internet movie called Lava Lounge, circa ‘99. It turned into a local color blog on living in North Beach and downtown. Now it’s a combination of various insights, my movie haiku obsession, and online murder mysteries (iMurder & Killerizr currently).
About Me
OK back to me: I grew up in Cupertino, California, home of Apple Computers and the paltry population of 50,000. Now I live in a city that surprises people by its tiny population: 798,680.
I live in North Beach, an Italian neighborhood of San Francisco. I lived in the Mission for seven years prior to that.
I have written four novels, and an ambitious screenplay about China invading San Francisco. Recently I’ve had a lot of fun writing serialized murder mysteries. Here’s the official, full skinny on my writing projects.
I am the youngest of 5 over-accomplished, beautiful, and talented siblings. They used up the gene pool, basically.
Other interests and activities: I’m into local history, walking the City, open water swimming, basketball, and hanging out with my vast nieces and nephews. I write for SF Metblogs on random local events and insights, and Kulturblog, a site for reviews on pop culture. I’m interested in languages (Russian, Chinese and French).
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