SAN FRANCISCO, October 14 – Declaring that it was time to “set San Francisco aside,†Senator Amandeep Jawa said Monday that he would temporarily stop living in San Francisco to travel to Ohio to help forge an electoral-vote victory for Barack Obama. “America faces an historic crisis in our political … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2008
FlashDance 17: Moste Excellente!
FlashDance 17 was this past weekend and was fabulous! It was a little smaller than usual (were people gone for the 3 day weekend?) but no matter – it was super fun! The location was GORGEOUS – right along the water under an almost full moon with a stunning view … Continue reading
FlashDance 16 did NOT kill me, it made me…
So it’s a week after Labor Day & I’m finally recovered enough to write this post 🙂 (Ok so honestly I also had big work deadlines that kept me too busy to post, but the above sentence captures the aging-rockstar-weekend aspect I’m trying to convey here, so we’ll just dispense … Continue reading
The Joys Of My North Carolina Roots
So last week, I did the inevitable: I broke Trikeasaurus. That’s the bad news. The good news was that while attempting to fix Trikeasaurus, the whole episode turned into a simple yet immensely satisfying return to my North Carolina* roots. You see, as I don’t like cars much, I miss … Continue reading
Flashdance 15: Rockin’ Out at City Hall
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You to everyone who made it to last night’s FlashDance at City Hall! Sooooo much goodness & exactly what our hero needed 🙂 It was once again stupendous and makes me even more bummed that I did not manage to have a June FD – … Continue reading
Catharsis via Trikeasaurus
Sometimes, you just need catharsis. My recommendation? Bike around the City on Trikeasaurus on a Friday evening and have BIG fun (say “Hi” to the iPhone 3G line, dance with awesome teenage black girls, rock out with kids having a bike stunt party, make new friends and bike around with … Continue reading
Something I’m proud of that you might like…..
Hey folks – The last few months have been very draining both physically and emotionally – but the biggest upside of that time is out in the world, and I’m pretty proud of it. For many of you this will be a “oh, that sounds nice” but for a few … Continue reading
The ‘Deep Slate: June 2008 Edition
[Ed. Note: 10/31/2015: This “post” was originally a pair of emails (“LIST” & “DETAILS”) I sent to my friends on 06/03/2008. I have posted it today in 2015, and backdated for archival/search purposes] LIST: Hey folks – as usual – I’m sorry this is so late. I was up til … Continue reading
FlashDance Wins SF Weekly’s Best of The Bay!
You know when there is one of those things that is seriously cool & you want it, but you don’t want to admit it because that wouldn’t be cool? Woooot! My FlashDances won an SF WEEKLY BEST OF THE BAY: http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2008/award/best-flash-mob-1032566/ I think they summarized the whole thing pretty damn … Continue reading
Trikeasaurus Goes To Court
or The Manâ„¢’s Been Keeping Me Down Watching My Back? [Ed.Note: For those who don’t know, Trikeasaurus is my 500W tricycle-with-speakers (click here for more)] So about a month ago, on one of my Trikeasaurus rides, a bad thing happened: I got a ticket. For being too loud & thus … Continue reading