The West is the Best
Golden Gate Western Wear
We have a friend visiting from Japan and besides visiting the redwoods, she’s also on a mission for some Tony Lama cowboy boots which are all the rage in Tokyo. I found a place that carries them up in Richmond, Golden Gate Western Wear. The site speaks to you out of the backwoods. From the [...]
Coyle & Sharpe - the original San Francisco Pranksters
San Francisco has a long tradition of pranksters. Back in the early Sixties, two guys in suits working for the local KGO station interviewed people on tape for their radio show. The archives are available on CD and they also have been releasing selected episodes via podcast. The pieces capture a time when America was [...]
Long Journey West to the Farallons
Photo by Todd Sampson
Our first trip on Todd’s sailboat out beyond the Golden Gate was very relaxing. There was pretty much no wind so we ended up motoring almost the entire 90 miles out and back to the Farallon Islands. Not that I mind - I was a bit nervous having never ventured out in [...]
Time Lapse Video of Bay Bridge Construction
The Bay Bridge was closed this Labor Day weekend so we stayed close to home and didn’t venture across the Bay into the city. Here’s a time lapse video of what CalTrans was up to. The bridge opened this evening, 11 hours ahead of schedule. CC Myers was the contractor on the job, the same [...]
Mie & Dav’s Wedding
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Papa Kennedy, originally uploaded by inky.
So the knot was tied - or bunched together and presented for all to see. My sister Mie and her beau Dav celebrated their commitment to each other [...]
July 4th weekend, Dancing ’til Dawn, BBQs, Parades, more BBQs and Fireworks
My sister finally fulfilled her dream and dragged me out for a night on the town. We piled into two taxi cabs and raced through the streets of San Francisco to an non-descript warehouse where DJs held fourth and mixed sonic waves of sound effects to titilate the crowd into a frenzy. I had a [...]
Decadence
My high school roommate, Andy Hoffman, dropped me an email to ask if I wanted to join him and his skipper John as “rail meat” on his boat for an Friday evening sail to kick off the 4th of July weekend. His boat, Luna, is an Antrim 27, built for speed with high performance rigging, [...]
Romance Novel Cover Art Fun
Spotted on PC Magazine’s Backspace page. Mark Longmire pokes fun at romance novel cover art.
In other news, I took the trolley today to drop in on a talk given by John Battelle at a conference at the Fairmont Hotel up on top of Nob Hill. It’s about a 30 minute walk but I was in [...]
Birf-day Weekend
Tyler called me on Saturday and told me to look in the drawer under my sock drawer where Izumi and the kids had stashed a birthday card for me before I left. He was so excited to tell me about the suprise and it was so sweet to have something from them to kick off [...]
Mr. Smiley the Bus Driver
One thing I love about living in the United States is the sense of humor that finds its way into daily life.
The baggage handler at JFK that shouts out “Welcome to America!” at the top of his lungs as he hauls your bags off the conveyor belt.
The Bart train driver who takes the time to [...]
