Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
I’ve updated my map of some of the best spots to view holiday lights in the city of San Francisco. I love driving or biking around the city to see the pretty displays at night. Enjoy and happy holidays! If I’m missing any of your favorite holiday displays or houses, let me know in the…
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of watching the show “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce” at the Curran Theater with my friend Liz. Taylor Mac is a performance artist, drag queen, singer, and MacArthur Fellow. “Holiday Sauce” takes a fresh, critical, queer / liberal / feminist view of Christmas traditions and music, as told by a…
That epic French brunch spot Zazie posted on their Facebook the other day their recipe for pancakes. Sorta. They listed the ingredients, but not how to make them. I looked at some of their other recipes and extrapolated the technique. And they turned out pretty great! NOTE: I normally halve this recipe, to make 8-10…
Check out multi-genre dancer Latasha Barnes collaborate with the incredible jazz drummer Josh Collazo on this improvised piece at Fog City Stomp last weekend. This just blew the doors out the joint when we saw it. Just incredible. As a side note, how fly is that shimmery gold suit Tasha is wearing? SUPER FLY. Here’s…
I wanted to see if I could improve on the standard boat tarts you find at most Filipino bakeries. These come in lots of fun flavors, typically in a brightly colored cellophane wrapping. Here’s my version of two of my favorite flavors of boat tarts: macapuno (coconut strands) and ube (purple yam.) It’s super easy…
I realized today that I’ve been riding Brompton bikes for about fifteen years. The Brompton is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made in my life, greatly contributing to my overall quality of life, health, and happiness. Here’s me with my first Brompton, purchased in London in 2003. (Check the red hair and the…
Bettina was a passionate, young human rights lawyer who I loved very much. In 1994, she and I worked at the World Federalist Association, a peace organization in Washington DC. I was a research fellow focused on transnational financial institutions. Bettina was hired to work on global human rights issues, including the proposed International Criminal…
This morning I finally topped a difficult V4+ boulder route at my gym, after three weeks of effort. I wanted to share some of my process for beating this route, and videos showing my progress over the last 9-10 sessions. Just getting through the first set of holds was a big challenge for me. Finally,…
I had a revelation the other day about ice cream sundaes. Bear with me here. I was eating an ice cream sundae at one of my favorite ice cream shops in the city, Hometown Creamery in the Sunset. Hometown always has a fascinating, often weird, array of flavors that they make in the shop. I…
About a year ago I added rock climbing to my regular workout regime. After going on a few sessions with my co-worker Jeff, I bit the bullet last September and signed up for a regular membership at my local climbing gym Planet Granite. That was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long…