BBB's Blog
If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening. Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true.
In addition to this current journal, my early journal entries show the rocky road and money lost in the True West Business Timeline.
Bob's biography - The Unvarnished Truth
April 18, 2012
Some residents of San Francisco meet today at a fountain located at the intersection of Market St. and Kearny to mark the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. The fountain was donated by the legenary actress and comedienne Lotta Crabtree. Known as "Miss Lotta the San Francisco Favorite" the young Ms. Crabtree performed in the mining camps of northern California and went on to major acclaim on the stage earning up to $5,000 a week. Her mother wisely invested her earnings (demanding payment in gold) and when Lotta died in 1924 she left $4 million in a charitable trust that is still going today.About fifteen years ago I bought an original photo of Lotta Crabtree at the Argonaut Booksstore on Sutter. I have posted the photo over on our True West Facebook page. You can access it right here.
Also working on several new characters. Here's one—Jennie Burns—who will be featured in an upcoming Graphic Cinema on Wyatt Earp.
—Barry Schwartz
Bob Boze 3:01 PM
