HERB CAEN
Herb Caen was a Bay Area institution. His daily column was as much of a part of
San Francisco as cable cars or sourdough bread. For sixty years, Caen pounded the
keys of his Loyal Royal in celebration of his City, which he dubbed "Baghdad-
Caen also was the author of several best-
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Special thanks to my friend Bill Arney for allowing me to reproduce this 1994 Herb Caen column, which hung on his apartment wall for many years.