Shake, rattle, and roll, baby. Welcome to San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Milpitas area has been rattled by a series of more than fifteen earthquakes yesterday and today, beginning with a 3.0 magnitude quake at 11:09pm local time last night. The quakes are all occurring around the same area, near the Calaveras Reservoir, about five … Continue reading
And what does it say about us? Yesterday I watched “Surrogates”, a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for a long time. It stars one of my favorites, Bruce Willis (who, by the way, is still kicking ass and yippie-ki-yaying at almost 55. Go him.) If you’re not familiar with the plot of the movie, here … Continue reading
Since last Tuesday, October 27, our beautiful Bay Bridge has been closed to traffic. I happened to be heading back to Berkeley from San Francisco on Tuesday and was forced, like many commuters, to go all the way up to Marin and over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. I feel very fortunate that I don’t need … Continue reading
You smell like patchouli, you say things like “gnarly” and you go surfing. Sure, you may have been born in Indiana or Iowa or Michigan, but let’s face it, you’re a Californian now. Continue reading
Seldom do stars rise–so gallantly–from such astonishing personal and career lows. But then, seldom are there stars like Whitney Houston. Continue reading
