A Piece Of The Golden Gate Bridge...In Your Bedroom?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 A Piece Of The Golden Gate Bridge...In Your Bedroom? In 1994, Richard Bulan watched a KRON news segment titled, "The Fate of the Golden Gate Bridge Steel" -- a story about the 6,557 feet of Golden Gate Bridge railing that was replaced due to weathering. The program outlined the options: sell the scrap metal to Korea, or break it down to sell as tourist trinkets. Instead, Bulan picked up the phone. What started as a one-time craft project to make a headboard for his bedroom soon became the Golden Gate Bridge Furniture Company, Bulan's welding business that makes home furniture out of authentic pieces of the iconic bridge. WHY DID HE DO IT? WATCH: Rick Santorum Makes Wildly False Claim About California Schools BEHOLD: Does The Wiggle's Proposed Redesign Pit Bikers Against Cars? PHOTOS: New 49ers Uniform Revealed Racing Yacht Arrives Safely In The San Francisco Bay After Near Shipwrecking BLOG POSTS George Heymont: The Battle Hymns of the Republic During the final 20 minutes of silent film Napoleon, theatre's organ joined forces with the Oakland East Bay Symphony to acoustically anchor an unforgettable cinematic experience. Sean Martinfield: Christopher Houlihan Makes A Powerful Debut at Davies Symphony Hall The pipe organ has always been an evolving beast, a breathing mechanical thing that has only gotten smarter with time. Once again it emerges as "The King of Instruments," and Christopher Houlihan is its youngest and most promising interpreter. Darrin Hurwitz: How NOM Became a Vehicle to Hide Anti-LGBT Donors... And Why That May Be Their Undoing Confidential internal documents unsealed Monday by a Maine court provide new information about how, in the aftermath of California's Proposition 8, NOM strategically leveraged large secret donations to fund the anti-marriage movement across the country. Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope The key here is the mix of tones Spurlock achieves: a blend of boyish gee-whiz fascination and a winking sense of the absurdity of grown-ups devoting their lives to this sort of fantasy and role-playing. Ann Brenoff: Tote-Obsessed: I Want This Bag I am on a quest for the Holy Grail of Handbags. Whereas some women may prefer to pay attention to their children, I instead, for the past three months, have obsessively scoured websites and stores in search of The Perfect Tote.

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