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Kate Coleman

Kate Coleman is a freelance journalist residing in Berkeley, California.

articles/2009/02/18/acid-trips-and-frozen-heads-at-san-franciscorsquos-trippiest-party/coleman-leary_13880_o0m2wo

Acid Trips and Frozen Heads at San Francisco’s Trippiest Party

At a wild celebration reuniting friends and family of the late LSD guru Timothy Leary, status anxiety, Bill Ayers, and near-miss decapitations were the pink elephants in the room.

Kate Coleman

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