One of the main attractions of the San Francisco Bay Area for me is the diverse and interconnected dance communities that thrive around here. I'm first and foremost a lindy hopper and a close second a hip-hop dancer. And the Bay is one of the best places in the world to find healthy lindy hop…
Yosemite Shooting Challenge: Dogwood Flowers (pics)
I invited myself along for a photo trip up to Yosemite with my dad and his wife yesterday. We were in search of the elusive dogwood flower, a blossom (actually a white colored leaf) that blooms for a very short window in early May. Luckily, we caught them just in time as they were in…
Swingin the Soul Dance Party this Saturday in SF featuring Supertaster!
I am excited to spread the word that my buddy Nicole along with her friend Melissa are throwing a super dope “Swingin the Soul” dance party on San Francisco this Saturday, May 14. The featured band that evening is Supertaster, who you can see above jamming with Stevie Wonder! They clearly kick ass and…
Martha Graham Animated Tribute on Google Today!
Check out the front page of Google today, which features a lovely animated tribute to the dancer / choreographer who changed dance forever, Ms. Martha Graham. Today would have been her 117th birthday. This animation was created by Ryan Woodward, the exceptional animator of dance that I last kvelled about for his "Thought of You"…
“Where My Bees At?” Awesome Hip-hop Video on Plight of the Honey Bees
Haagen-dazs, purveyor some fine fine ice cream, are sponsoring "Help the Honeybees" a campaign to raise awareness and funds for research into the problem of honey bee populations dying out around the world. According to the site "over the last three years more than one in three honey bee colonies has died nationwide, posing…
Heading to Singapore: Need Suggestions!
Just wanted to share the exciting news that I am headed to the lovely southeast Asian city-state of Singapore for a work project and a bit of vacation at the end of May. I know, very last minute and random. I actually don't know much about Singapore, other than they have amazing food, it's ridiculously…
Improv Everywhere Glees Up a Geek-meet : Gotta Share! (video)
I'm a huge fan of Improv Everywhere and I work in social media, so when the two meet up, it's like rainbows and nutella. Here's what happens when those merry pranksters invade the GEL social media conference in NYC. Gotta share! More on the Improv Everywhere site.
Lindy Bombing the Mission: Swing Dancing at Sunday Streets in SF
Yesterday I had a great time lindy hopping with 20-some other folks as part of the "Sunday Streets" festival in the Mission District of San Francisco. "Sunday Streets" is a city-sponsored series of events that creates car-free areas on the weekend for people to stroll, shop, eat, listen to music and just hang out….
“A Journey Into the Metaverse”: A Video on Multiple Realities and Identity
I'm simply blown away by "A Journey Into the Metaverse," a "mixed reality" video created by French filmmaker Tutsy Navarantha . He combines lush machinima footage shot in the virtual world of Second Life with equally surreal real life footage of India to create something completely new, unique and personal. I have been thinking about…
Last Day to Support Global Kids in Chase Community Challenge: Please Vote Now!
Just a reminder that TODAY is the last day of the Chase Community Giving Competition. My former employers and friends at Global Kids are in the running to win possibly up to $500,000 to support their amazing work helping at-risk teens become global leaders. Please take a second to vote for them at http://vote.globalkids.org and then share your…