Thu, 29 Nov 2007
The Double-Wide
Some good quotes in some articles forwarded to me- Although the woman who forwarded this article about SF parents to me was pointing out another line, I liked the vitriol directed at new moms
I forgot to mention the babies: it appears there are many of them. Commercial sidewalks in Noe Valley, Cole Valley, Hayes Valley, and beyond buzz with kitten-eyed freshies sucking the rubberized life out of pacifiers, frazzled mommies in yoga pants and camel toes pushing behemoth, double-wide prams ...I'm not a fan of the double-wide pram. Man, when we were kids, we had strollers made out of two pieces of aluminium tubing and lawnchair fabric. Whatever happened to those? Another article/post about how it may be a good idea to set your ringtone to your mom's voice because it'll grab your attention faster in a crowd. I'm not so sure though- Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White is enough to get my attention on the bus. And to round things up- the best way to serve chocolate soft-serve ice cream. If I had two girlfriends, I'd take them for ice cream there- but they'd have to share. Two girls, one cup. 29 Nov 13:55 | /rants_and_raves | 2 comment(s)
Tue, 27 Nov 2007
Live Well Acupuncture
I thought I had written this up already, but I guess I forgot. My friend Eunice has opened up her acupuncture clinic down in Burlingame. I'm not sure if this lil' wee blog can drum up some recommendations for her, but hopefully that will be the case. Although I haven't been to the new clinic yet, she has treated me before and I can recommend her, especially to those of you who haven't had acupuncture before and fear the needles. Live Well Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine
1860 El Camino Real, Suite 236
Burlingame , CA 94010
415-235-2710 27 Nov 23:28 | /general | 2 comment(s)
Sun, 25 Nov 2007
Raw Feed Chinese
I like how The Raw Feed keeps pointing out examples of Chinese IP theft or other similar stories.
... there's more to read here ...
25 Nov 21:21 | /tech | 1 comment(s)
Wed, 21 Nov 2007
SF Haters
Hrm, something seems a bit off here. I was checking posts on SFist.com and then saw this:
on Monday the FBI just awarded SF as the city with the largest reported number of hate crimes in 2006. According to Bay City News (via SF Crime):And the SF Chronicle reports that hate crimes dropped in '06:
With a population of approximately 746,000, had a total of 94 reported hate crime incidents in 2006, including 25 that were race-based, 20 religion-based, 38 based on sexual orientation and 11 based on ethnicity, according to the FBI's Hate Crime Statistics 2006 report.
The largest city in the Bay Area, San Jose, (much to our surprise) had a scant 29 reported hate crimes in 2006. And Oakland. Had two.
In San Francisco, sexual orientation bias was a factor in more 38 of the 94 cases, the FBI said. Twenty-five victims were targeted because of their race, the FBI said, 20 because of religion and 11 because of their ethnicity.That makes me wonder if SF is quick to categorize a crime as a hate crime. Is it a semantic argument, or something more substantial? 21 Nov 13:34 | /news | 3 comment(s)
Most Bay Area jurisdictions reported only one or two hate crimes in all of 2006, according to the FBI, though San Jose reported 29 incidents, up from 22 the year before. Oakland reported just two, compared with three in 2005.
Tue, 20 Nov 2007
That iPhone Ad With The Pilot
I thought that the iphone ad with the pilot was a bunch of hooey, but I don't leave the room like this Salon author does.
Apparently, it's already happening. On one of the frequent-flier blogs, an airline pilot writes that only moments after informing his passengers of a weather-related ground hold affecting their flight to Memphis, Tenn., he and his captain received a call from one of the flight attendants. Seems an iPhone-wielding customer in the back had a challenge. "Some guy with an iPhone says the weather is good," the flight attendant says, "and wants to know what the real reason is for the delay. Is something wrong with the plane?"
full article - decent read
"Usually, traffic delays to Newark aren't due to weather itself," says another dispatcher, with 12 years' experience at both regional and major airlines. "It's about volume. Looking at a radar map on an iPhone will not help your chances at getting an early release. That commercial is total B.S."Thanks for the url, Cojones 20 Nov 11:46 | /travel | 2 comment(s)
Tue, 13 Nov 2007
Angie Crack Corn, But We Don't Care
I haven't had a "good crack" post about Angie yet, and I'm overdue. I went with Angie to Delfina last week. I had never been. It was my turn to pick for the monthly dinner and I had picked Delfina. I really traded an earlier pick for it (like a NBA trade for one of her picks) because I had reservations about their reservations.
Just so you kids know, Angie and I meet once a month to gossip about you bishes. That's right. Get over it. We pick restaurants that we've bever been to and go. And we talk about you. Keep up the good work, we still have lots to talk about. Anyway- a looooooong time ago I wanted to go to Delfina as I heard it was good. I was a bit wary, after all it's a Mission place and we all know what baggage that brings. So I called to make a reservation for a few weeks out. I think my parents were coming to visit (this was years ago) and wanted Italian. They told me it'd take not two weeks to get a reservation, but two months. I said eff that and never went. So I thought I'd give it a try and convinced Angie to go- actually,... there's more to read here ...
13 Nov 23:59 | /food_and_drink | 2 comment(s)
Anyone Interested in a Roadtrip?
I'm going to pick up some wine on Saturday at Chaine d'Or. If any of you are interested in a roadtrip, let me know. I have to be back in the city by 5ish and am planning on going in the morning.
13 Nov 12:16 | /food_and_drink | 3 comment(s)
Wed, 07 Nov 2007
Chaine d'Or and Twist Sunday
Ahh, another goofy wine post. I can almost anticipate the snarky comments from some of you. . . .
... there's more to read here ...
07 Nov 20:38 | /food_and_drink | 1 comment(s)
More 'Quakes
I'm still on the Quakes/MLS email list and have been getting update about them returning to SJ. Today's email was a link to a "funny" site: Cure Futbolitis. According to their last marketing email, the Quakes will be playing the majority of their games at Buck Shaw (in Santa Clara). Hopefully they will release something soon that counters the previous rumor I had heard about them playing a lot of games up in Sacto. Oh, and Yallop will be back as coach- that's good news. He had a bum rap down in LA. Maybe he can get some of the Houston players to come back too. 07 Nov 14:42 | /futbol | 0 comment(s)
Mon, 05 Nov 2007
Los Schwartzmans are Traveling
My folks are leaving today for Argentina again. Except this time they're going just a bit further south than they normally do. Although I think they'll be spending a bit of time in BA (and I hope they go to La Cabrera again), they'll be traveling further on to check out the southlands and then the glaciers in the national park. Sounds fun. On this map, the top yellow arrow is BA, the bottom one is where my parents are.
05 Nov 11:53 | /travel/argentina | 1 comment(s)
Sat, 03 Nov 2007
Michael Clayton - ****
I went to the movie theater the other day. Yes, the real one. Yes it's been a while since I was last in a theater. I was on 'forced p.t.o.' and decided to use one of my free AMC movie passes from work.
The two nearest AMC theaters weren't showing much of anything of interest this week. The two quality movies had weird show times as well. I guess the theaters want to filter people in for that Tyler Perry and Saw IV crap. Anyway, since Eastern Promises was only going to be late in the day, I decided to go see Michael Clayton.... there's more to read here ...
03 Nov 15:30 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
