I took Friday off to attend my great-uncle’s funeral in Seaside yesterday. What an honorable man. It’s so strange to grow up with someone and not realize how accomplished he is until his death. First of all, the 93-year-old man…
World Series in San Francisco!
I really didn’t think we were going to stomp on the Rangers the way we did last night. Incroyable! It’s Giants madness all over Northern California. I’m so locked into watching these games that my productivity has gone out the…
Baseball and Religion
By the time we finished my caesar salad and Dean’s seafood linguini for a very late lunch borderline dinner, it was already 4:30pm—first pitch for Game 6 of the NLCS. We’d gotten carried away wine tasting and I hadn’t allotted…
Dress Up
I think San Francisco is the #1 city for getting dolled up on more occasions than any other place. There are all the Halloween parties. There’s the Bay to Breakers–should you choose to be clothed. There’s the Castro on any…
Charming Carmel Valley
Let me emphasize that Carmel Valley is NOT Carmel. They’re adjacent towns, but separate and completely different in character. Carmel is overrun with tourists. It’s the kind of place that has a ton of galleries selling shitty, exorbitantly-priced artwork. I…
Headed South for the Winter
While working the previous weekend and late nights last week, I had one thing to lift my spirits–vacation. Even though they’re small trips, we still consider them vacation. As soon as we came home from work on Friday, we packed…
San Francisco Icon
We were driving back into the city today after a weekend away and I thought, what makes San Francisco unique? Is it the foggy weather? Or that bedazzled Coca-Cola sign along the highway that’s been there forever? Is it an…
Be Our Guest
We finally had people over to our place last night for the very first time. Yes, unbelievable. I went through my list of friends (I keep an Excel document which I really should move into Google docs) and invited everyone…
The Great ShakeOut
Did any of you participate in the earthquake drill that seemed to take place all over the Bay Area? Local employees in my company ducked and covered at precisely 10:21am on Thursday 10/21. I thought it was just for my…
The Bestest
I’m so proud that my company generated a record-setting $50 million toward this year’s community support campaign. Every bit counts. Some stats: • $8.6 million in donations in the Bay Area ($7.1 million in 2009) – new record! • $50…