Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
Wow, thanks so much to the many folks who have shown their support for the fundraiser campaign for the “Re/Genesis” dance show that we launched yesterday. It’s a wonderful feeling knowing that people are supportive of your vision. I’m happy to report that we are already a quarter of the way toward our initial goal…
Today is the official launch of our newest exhibit at the Cal Academy of Sciences: Human Odyssey. I've only spent about 30 minutes in the exhibit, and I've already learned a lot more about human evolution. If you thought you understood humanity's evolutionary journey, consider these questions: What is the different between a "hominid" and…
I'm super excited to share the news that I'm going to be one of the principal dancers in "Re/Genesis" a full-length hip-hop dance show debuting the weekend of April 12 in San Francisco. "Re/Genesis" is a collaboration between my dance crew Freeplay and the fantastic dance company Prince on Point, under the overall leadership of…
I loved the techno-political installation at the SF MOMA called "Frequency and Volume" by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. A fantastic antenna juts out of the 5th floor of the museum, beaming in radio signals to a 4th floor gallery. In that darkened room, you pass before three projectors casting huge silhouettes onto one wall….
I went on my first City CarShare excursion yesterday and really enjoyed it! City CarShare is a car rental service in the Bay Area that prides themselves on how green their fleet is, including many types of hybrids, all-electric and fuel efficient conventional vehicles. As a new San Francisco resident, owning a car is prohibitively…
The Earth only seems static and immovable because we live such pathetically short lives. In geologic time, the Earth is always in motion: continents skate and twist, collide and separate, split and suture over millions of years. It's a beautiful, imperceptible dance that never ends. Starting about 500-550 million years ago, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian…
First dates are tough. You have to try and guess what the other person wants to do, you want to show some creativity in your choice of spot or activity, but you don't want to overshoot in case the date goes sour fast. (HINT: 4 hour hot air balloon ride is a bad idea.) So…
I live here now. Holy cats. Land's End is a 25 minute bike ride from my apartment. I may have to go here every weekend. Incredible views around every corner, lush California vegetation and trees, the Legion of Honor at one end, the Sutro Baths at the other. Un-be-lievable. Of all the cool stuff my…
Yesterday, I finally got assigned a much-coveted bike locker from the office lottery here at the California Academy of Sciences. The fact that we have so much demand for these bike lockers, even with ample standard bike parking, shows our staff's commitment to green transportation. Reportedly, about 75% of the Academy's roughly 500 staff people…
A couple of months ago, I had this crazy idea to adapt the “Shim Sham Shimmy” line dance into a b-boy / breaking routine. As one of the few b-boy / lindy hoppers in the world, I figured this might be an interesting way of connecting these two awesome dance forms for others to see….