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…
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New “Connect the Continents” Digital Game at the Cal Academy Tells the Earth’s Long Story
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…
HowAboutWe Dating Site Ranks Cal Academy as #2 Date Spot in SF
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…
Land’s End : A Breathtaking City Hike
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…
Biking to the Cal Academy, the World’s Greenest Museum
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…
The B-Boy Shim Sham: A Fusion of Lindy Hop and Hip Hop (video)
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….
Jeremy, Shawn and I rocking the “B-Boy Shim Sham” at the 9:20 Special (pic)
Here’s a swell pic of my friends Jeremy, Shawn and I right before we performed the “Shim Sham II: Electric Boogaloo.” Or more descriptively, the “B-Boy Shim Sham.” It was so fantastic getting to perform this piece that has been in my head for at least six months. Jeremy and Shawn were excellent collaborators and…
Tinsel-bombed tree in Golden Gate Park: Merry Christmas! (pics)
On my run this Christmas morning, I ran into this fantastic tinsel-bombed tree in the middle of Golden Gate Park near Stow Lake. I think I'm gonna like it here.
Mind in the Gutter: Thankful for the Sewage System
It's pouring rain outside… has been for a couple of days now. As I go about my morning ablutions and dishwashing, preparing for splashing around in the muck, I am feeling thankful for my city's sewage system. It's one of the unseen wonders of civilization that we've come up with a plan to deal with…
Nerd Nite SF, Art, Obsession and Context
Last night I had the pleasure of going to Nerd Nite SF at the Rickshaw Stop, courtesy of my friend Laura. Nerd Nite is a regular series of spirited talks given by geeky people in bars in 50 cities around the United States. I'm not sure why it has taken me this long to make…