Change
I inherited the green beauty through the generosity of my brother Scott. I got a good three years out of it before being told that the car was good for local use only and since it sounded more like a creaking boat than a car1, it is going to be donated to charity that advertises [...]
Another year nearly behind us, a Twilight Zone marathon in front of us, and the last of the Starbucks holiday cups.
Being married to a hairstylist allows me to easily observe situations like this:
Out with the Old
I am proud to report that we have successfully relocated five miles down the road. We blew the cupboard doors open in our blasting off process. Goodbye misused space.
In with the new
In conclusion: moving is about transporting lots of boxes. [...]
Goodbye apartment we lived in from January 2006 to today: we had a good run. Sadly, it was a little cramped and the building was seventy-five years old, but it just seems like yesterday that we bought a new shower head.
I will miss a bunch about Berkeley, mainly how walkable we were to everything and [...]
San Francisco, like any tourist-heavy town, is filled with people who say things like “I’ve never gone to Alcatraz even though I’ve lived here my whole life” or “I’ve lived in the city for ten years but I’ve never ridden a cable car.” Now, I wasn’t born in this part of the country nor do [...]
I heard that Derek Bailey passed on a few days ago.
I really wanted to play like him when I was getting into the guitar. You really knew when you were listening to his guitar: it wheezed, plinked & plonked, skronked, wavered, scraped and often let out a little mew. It reminded me more of Don [...]
A particularly joyful moment as I planned to do something bold.