If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, then cooking about music is like … (?)
From today’s Chronicle, an article about the playlists in the kitchens of top Bay Area restaurants. Yum.

Posted on May 28th, 2009 under California, food, music, movies, books, theater. Comments: 1

Yes indeed. One year ago today, I was at the halfway point of the trail, eating a half gallon of Hershey’s Peanut Butter Cup in one sitting. Also there: Tourist, who finished his half gallon in 17 minutes, Cricket, who wasn’t even going to do the challenge, then proceeded to eat the half gallon and [...]

Posted on May 28th, 2009 under California, OYAT. Comments: 1

On Friday, I’m going to France for the first time in 15 years. The last time I was there, they were still using francs. I’m going with my family (my parents, my brother and his wife). We’re renting a house in Normandy – just outside of Caen, where I used to live – and visiting [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 under France. Comments: None

It was one year ago today that I got to hike 5.3 miles with my mom, in Shenandoah National Park. We met my dad at the wayside, where my mom proceeded to wolf down three cheeseburgers, two orders of fries and 2 1/2 blackberry milkshakes. Just kidding. But she really did embrace the hiker spirit, [...]

Posted on May 19th, 2009 under OYAT. Comments: 1

I just got my May-June issue of AT Journeys, which included the annual 2000-miler report. A lot of friends on that list. Congrats to you all.

Posted on May 15th, 2009 under OYAT. Comments: 1

That’s Californian for “It’s warm.” It is. But it is – in fact – earthquakes that I have on my mind. I thought this article was interesting; it kinda captures what happens here. I was in the supermarket, and I felt it. Just barely, but I felt that unmistakable it. I looked around, and not [...]

Posted on May 13th, 2009 under California. Comments: None

There was a taco truck parked on my block (there’s construction crews all around the lake), and I just got a burrito. It was so good. Why was it so good? Why is it always so good? What is so alchemical about a tortilla filled with stuff that comes from a moving vehicle?

Posted on May 8th, 2009 under California, food. Comments: None

Okay, we Oaklanders have a chip on our shoulder about citysnobism. Think Brooklyn v. Manhattan. We loves us some Oakland. We enjoy going to the city for fun, but we also enjoy fuming at of our SF friends who go months or years without setting foot on the sunny side of the bay. The SF [...]

Posted on May 8th, 2009 under California, food. Comments: 1

One Year Ago Today, I was atop McAfee Knob, one of the iconic photo ops on the trail. As I was standing there trying to figure out how to take my own picture, I hear a very low-pitched, but familiar “Loafy?!” It is none other than Shutterbug – just the man for the job. I [...]

Posted on May 4th, 2009 under OYAT. Comments: None