Today I had the pleasure of volunteering at the Lunar New Year celebration at the Oakland Museum of California, a day-long festival marking the time when many Asian cultures celebrate the new year. It was a really fun day, with hundreds of visitors of all ages streaming through the museum, enjoying all the performances,…
Category: SF Bay Area
Hot Club of Cowtown at Amnesia Bar January 30!
Last night I got to enjoy the rollicking country swing and hot jazz of the incomparable Hot Club of Cowtown at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. I can't get enough of Alana on fiddle, Whit on guitar and Jake on bass, all of whom seem to effortlessly tear up songs by Django, Bob…
Metaphysical Bargain Shoppers Alert: Psychic Cleaning Only $1.99!
Spotted in Mountain View, CA.
Burma Superstar’s Tea Leaf Salad: Believing the Hype
This tea leaf salad from Burma Superstar in Oakland is the best thing I've eaten so far in 2012. I'm not a fan of salads, but I've been craving this ever since I had a couple bites of Jeskat's tea leaf salad when we ate there a month ago. I had to go back for…
A New Year’s Eve Fun Run to the Golden Gate Bridge
For the last day of the year, my cousins had the brilliant idea to do a casual, 5 mile "fun run" from Crissy Field to the Golden Gate Bridge and back. It was a gorgeous Bay Area winter morning, in the mid-50s, sunny, windless and clear. Folks were out jogging, biking, walking their dogs and…
My 2011 Holiday Video Greeting
Just under the wire, here is my 2011 Year End Holiday Greeting, for all of my friends and family who made this year so awesome. I hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
Lasercut Recycled Pins from the Renegade Craft Fair
Yesterday I went to the amazing Renegade Craft Fair in Soma , San Francisco, along with my cousin Mel and his girlfriend Cynthia. It was perhaps the best craft fair I've ever been to, with 250 stalls selling metric tons of amazing, handmade crafts and arts. It was really inspiring seeing all of the…
Get Transported to Victorian England at the Dickens Christmas Fair
Last Saturday, I spent the good part of the day into the evening at the "Great Dickens Christmas Fair," a month long celebration of the holidays in the Cow Palace in South San Francisco. I'm still struggling to find words to describe the experience. The Dicken's Fair is a fully realized recreation of…
Help! I have no food in the house except for 3 pies!
I can't be held responsible for my actions. From It's All Good Bakery in Oakland.
Tech Museum invites the public play with the latest interactive tools at the “Tech Test Zone”
Yesterday, I got to attend the official opening of the new "Tech Test Zone" at the Tech Museum in San Jose, along with fifty or so other technologists, museum professionals and press. The Tech Test Zone is where the public can interact with the latest in interactive technologies, from eye tracking software to "digital foam",…