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The 9:20 Special: Where the Bay Area Lindy Hoppers Gather Every Thursday

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Last night I headed out to the Russian Center in San Francisco for the weekly "9:20 Special" lindy hop dance held there every Thursday.  The 9:20 takes place in a beautiful old ballroom with a gorgeous sprung wooden dancefloor that packs a couple hundred dancers from complete newbies to oldsters like myself. Classes at various…

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Worshipping with Quakers in Palo Alto : Red Means Ministry!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

This morning I continued my "spiritual tourism" of the Bay Area, visiting the lovely Palo Alto Quaker Meeting. A number of Friends recommended this community to me, knowing of my plans to relocate to the Bay. While it's probably too far to be my main Quaker home here, I thought it was still worth a…

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Mole and I Chillin’ in Cali: From Snowstorms to Sunshine

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

So my cat Mole Negro and I took a fairly smooth and drama-free trip from Brooklyn to my mom's place in the Bay Area yesterday.  Mole was a trooper, even when he had to be carried through the security scanner, suffered through a long and bumpy plane ride, and then a short drive to my…

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Fun Facts about Pleasanton, California

Posted on December 4, 2010April 19, 2021 by

In late January, I’m moving back to my mom’s house in Pleasanton, California, a place I spent most of my childhood in, but don’t know much about.  I did a bit of research today, and here’s some interesting tidbits I came up with: Pleasanton is a mid-sized city in the Southeast Bay Area with a…

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