Tagged With: Bay Area
Moltar! Twenty!
This weekend seven of us went to Angel Island to celebrate the lump of birthdays that occur in October and early November (Erica, Jacob, me, Jason). As if I had not grown up in the Bay Area or had not lived in San Francisco for nearly a decade, I chose to wear only a tank … Continue reading
The worst great play I’ve ever seen
You guys, a local theater is showing a play that the critics are absolutely loving. It’s about a young prince who wanders around in this cool gloomy castle and interacts with a bunch of fascinating, strange characters. There’s love and singing and a play within a play, and the writing is amazing. Doesn’t that sound … Continue reading
To See or Not To See
Gene and I saw Hamlet at Cal Shakes last night. I give it a solid sideways thumb. Obviously, nothing was going to live up to the last production of Hamlet that I saw, so I’m trying to add grains of salt to my review, but here are some issues I had: Claudius delivered all his … Continue reading
Fore!
I’ve now failed to attend two large book sales and my page-turning finger is kind of starting to itch. I was thinking I might check out the Berkeley Library sale next month; they’re selling 4,500 books, which sounds like SO MANY…until I realize that’s only four times the size of my current collection. Maybe I … Continue reading
An informative post
Michele has alerted me to the fact that the SF Library is having one of their ninja spring sales this weekend. Every year they have the giant book sale in September, but every few years they randomly have an equally giant sale in the spring and it sneaks up on you like a ninja. This … Continue reading
Europe Fail
Since I cannot go to Paris at present, yesterday I decided to go to San Francisco and pretend I was somewhere else. (Excuse my photo effects, please. I’m experimenting with an Android app called Vignette and possibly going a little overboard with it. But it’s so fun!) I got up early (for me) and took … Continue reading
We can’t even think of a word that rhymes.
I set off to do some Christmas shopping yesterday with a heavy heart, dreading the Christmas carols that every store would be playing. I love the carols, but they do tend to stick in your brain teeth; putting those songs in your head is like giving peanut butter to a dog. (Side note: have you … Continue reading
Housing interlude
We looked at another house in Alameda and fell in love all over again. My initial objection to this little island paradise — that it isn’t San Francisco, basically — kind of evaporated on our trip when I spent time in quiet idylls such as sleepy Bend, OR; storm-silenced Boise, ID; and the bath-water-warm midnight … Continue reading
Ride in style this weekend
Berg Injury Lawyers is offering free cab rides around the Bay (but not across the Bay — they’re lawyers, not wizards), starting at 10 p.m. tonight and lasting until 4 a.m. on Sunday, in an effort to prevent all the morons who like to drive drunk from killing themselves and others. For your free cab … Continue reading
Missing
Some events happening on Saturday: -The Mobster’s Ball -The Streets perform at the Treasure Island Music Festival -The Litquake pub crawl -The Trapeze Arts student show featuring everyone’s favorite flying redhead, Tracy This year I will be busy turning 30 elsewhere, but next year I am thinking I’ll have a nice Chicken & Stovetop birthday … Continue reading