12/06/2022
Just had a surprise visit from former SF BOS member and Jimmy Carter’s Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Bob Mendelsohn. Bob’s wife Ink Mendelsohn was a writer for the Smithsonian News Service, read our write up in The Chronicle, and wanted to share a piece she wrote on Irving Berlin back in 1988. There are some amazing insights on Berlin that I will 100% be including in the show.
Thank you so much Inky and Bob Mendelsohn for the history lesson and the incredible 113 year old postcard included in your lovely note (the stamp has Benjamin Franklin on it!). See you at The Fillmore on Thursday, and I hope you enjoy the show. -MM-