http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/patricia_yollinArticles by PATRICIA YOLLIN, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 03:19:38 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 03:19:38 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=de4228dbd1ba837f937a090004eb8726The picture was taken in November 1946. She was 17 years old on a ship headed for America. Italy was virtually bankrupt; and Bagnatori's father, a colonel who'd been looking forward to a dignified and comfortable retirement, no longer had a pension. " ...Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:44:02 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=de4228dbd1ba837f937a090004eb8726Bank of AmericaLuciano (musician)http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=6aacca55fe614c234d27cde3604cdeb4"It's really going back to the past, when people took care of their own dead, and to a time when the cradlemaker, cabinetmaker and casketmaker were all one," Liz O'Connell-Gates said. "People would know who to go to. Now it's more anonymous. I grew up ...Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:33:37 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=6aacca55fe614c234d27cde3604cdeb4HBOJohn Mabryhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=90f01ace9f4cad255949a5197c23e0d1The 38-year-old Albany resident makes and sells tofu to customers at 10 Bay Area farmers' markets and to top restaurants such as Greens, Coi and the Slanted Door. In mid-October, his company, Hodo Soy Beanery, opened a state-of-the-art factory in ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:41 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=90f01ace9f4cad255949a5197c23e0d1Daniel PattersonMichael McCarthyhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=be0981c6156c1877028dd0d7fb948ec6"My brothers and sisters and I pooled our 'red wrap' quarters from Chinese New Year and bought a couple," Lily Wong Fillmore recalled. "Then we took them home, cut them into pieces and ate them with chopsticks." Although she just turned 75, the memory ...Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=be0981c6156c1877028dd0d7fb948ec6University of California BerkeleyStanford Universityhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=d17851bc00f36ae3aa35545b7da242c0On Monday, she began writing - in public view - a Torah scroll, the holiest object in Judaism, for the Contemporary Jewish Museum's new exhibition "As It Is Written: Project 304,805." This kind of labor has always been done in private and largely by ...Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=d17851bc00f36ae3aa35545b7da242c0http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=87c31245a646ccb665f9b4e459f2035a"When she's by herself with her dolls, she sings all these songs in Italian," said Abigail's mother, Jessica Hall. "I'm a parent, so of course it makes me want to cry - to think that her little brain, in those unprompted moments of alone time, chooses ...Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:43:12 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=87c31245a646ccb665f9b4e459f2035aEmilia (musician)http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=0fd7271d1e714cc9637b44ecab36260eThe butterfly had come to the right place: The Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council's Native Plant Nursery lures all kinds of wildlife to the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park. Gaar, however, would like to attract more humans to the undertaking he ...Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:31:02 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=0fd7271d1e714cc9637b44ecab36260ehttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f0e4f6f131c784322252ed628d3b3b59"I had no idea how many bugs there were in my backyard," said the 40-year-old, who lives in Bernal Heights. "A lot of the leaves on my plants have holes in them. It's like this horror movie." Still, he insists the struggle is worth it, and he's far ...Sat, 23 May 2009 14:52:08 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f0e4f6f131c784322252ed628d3b3b59University of California BerkeleyMichael PollanMichelle Obamahttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=0b687d256664208d8dbd10da4b834305One occurred when he was 7. "I remember the first time I saw these green things hanging upside down," Dennis recalled. "Somebody said, 'That's a banana.' I thought they were just yellow and at the grocery store." It happened in a botanical conservatory ...Sat, 09 May 2009 08:01:25 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=0b687d256664208d8dbd10da4b834305Mike Gonzalezhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=687234b24f411c0145c37956983d58a2The creatures in question are a pair of peregrine falcons, dubbed Dapper Dan and Diamond Lil, who have built a nest on top of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. headquarters at 245 Market St. The falcons are just one example of the Bay Area's rich assortment ...Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:51:24 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=687234b24f411c0145c37956983d58a2Pacific Gas & ElectricPG&E