RobGemini's Window on the Web

I'm near the "Miracle Mile" of Folsom Street, in San Francisco's amazing and dramatically-changing SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood. I'm just a short walk from Civic Center, Moscone Center and Yerba Buena Gardens, and Union Square. Several bus lines pass within a block of my house, offering convenient and frequent access to all parts of San Francisco.

Within 1-2 blocks of my house, I now have restaurants featuring the following cuisines:

Pizza, Italian, Mexican, Fondue, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and a noodle joint. Oh, and a new authentic French bakery, which is entirely TOO good!

What does RobGemini do?

I retired from corporate life in 2000 and devote my time to volunteer work and travel, mostly. Visit the following web sites to discover my volunteer outlets:

San Francisco City Guides: http://sfcityguides.org

City Hall Docent Tour Program: http://www.sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=1172 (notice the Virtual Tour link)

Asian Art Museum: http://www.asianart.org/

San Francisco Symphony: http://sfsymphony.org/

Why do I love San Francisco so much? Check out the Convention & Visitors web site: http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/

Contact RobGemini: I'm not stupid enough to put my email address here on the page. You can figure it out, though. It's the name you see at the top of the page, followed by an '@' and then AY-OH-EL DOT COM. Got it?

See me in action:

USA Today article on bargain travel:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/affordableamerica/2009-06-11-san-francisco-local-picks_N.htm

(No picture with the web version, but there was one in the printed edition.)

My ghost walks receive a fair amount of press. For example, see this article from SF Appeal, an online newspaper:

http://sfappeal.com/culture/2009/10/rob-spoor-opens-a-binder.php

Here's an interview with the local PBS outlet, KQED:

http://www.kqed.org/arts/performance/article.jsp?essid=73130

And here's another story, reported by a journalist from San Francisco State University:

http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/015875.html

More Stuff:

I'm a "serial graduate" of Oxford University (in a manner of speaking) - you can be, too! Learn about The Oxford Experience by clicking here:

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=134

This article appeared twice in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/FOLLOW-THE-READER-Bhutan-Oxford-3235504.php

I'm proud to support "Allegiance: A New Musical," written by my friends, the amazing and talented Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione. Here's the cast onstage at the world premiere in the Old Globe Theater, San Diego. Broadway previews began in October 2015, and opening night is November 8!