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A New Year’s Eve Fun Run to the Golden Gate Bridge

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

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…

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My 2011 Holiday Video Greeting

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

    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!  

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Lasercut Recycled Pins from the Renegade Craft Fair

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

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…

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Get Transported to Victorian England at the Dickens Christmas Fair

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

  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…

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Help! I have no food in the house except for 3 pies!

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

I can't be held responsible for my actions. From It's All Good Bakery in Oakland.

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Tech Museum invites the public play with the latest interactive tools at the “Tech Test Zone”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

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",…

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C.R.E.A.M. in Berkeley: The Ice Cream Sandwich done right

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Tonight I realized I am within biking distance of the best ice cream sandwich I've had in the Bay Area, C.R.E.A.M. in Berkeley.  I think that spells trouble. What C.R.E.A.M. ("Cookies Rule Everything Around Me") does right it gives you choices, lots of choices, for cheap.  You have a dozen or so ice cream flavors and…

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FreePlay Dance Crew’s Top Secret Mission at Vertigo

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Yesterday night, I and the FreePlay Dance Crew did a really fun gig at Club Vertigo in downtown San Francisco to benefit the YMCA.  We chose a spy-themed routine, the "Shadows" conspiring against the "Light" team to get the mysterious package.  But what was really so valuable? It was a fun, crazy night performing in…

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Jeskat’s Transformation from Modern Gal to Victorian Lady for the Dickens Fair

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

On Saturday, I was hanging out with my friend Jeskat and her family, as they were getting ready to go to rehearsals for the Dickens Fair this Christmas season.  Dickens Fair sounds like a wonderful holiday happening, sort of a Rennaissance Faire but set in Victorian England.  Jeskat will be singing, dancing, and performing, all…

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FreePlay Dance Crew performing for YMCA Youth Chance High School this Saturday!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

I'm excited to announce that my hip-hop dance crew FreePlay is doing a special performance this Saturday November 12, as a fundraiser for a great cause: the YMCA Youth Chance High School.  Youth Chance is a special school for teens who have dropped out of other schools and are given special help and attention so that they…

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