holidays
Diego, Rock, the guys and I went to Russell's ugly sweater party Friday night. We did a little pre-partying at Rock's place and showed up a little late. By the time we got there, the party had been mostly cleared out of single ladies, and as
overheard in cafes
I was working there Thursday and I wanted a little snack to power through, so I bought this honey oat cake. God, was it awful. I could barely swallow the first bite, but I took another one just to make sure. Yup, pre-chewed cardboard would taste better. So, I was
writing
Last week was actually kind of shitty, for no particular reason other than I have this big editing assignment that I massively do not want to do. That, and not hearing back from the cute girl in the tight dress from last Saturday, put me in a nasty mood most
drinking
Got a text from Rocco right after I got on the 5 headed home today: Nick's for taco Tuesday? Leaving now, can give you ride. I've lived in SF for over a year and had never done Taco Tuesday, so I got right off the bus
religion
It's Advent, and in 16 months of living in San Francisco, I'd never gone to church. So on Sunday morning, I tagged along with St. Frances. She goes to the 11 o'clock service at Grace Cathedral pretty regularly, taking the 24 to the 1,
overheard in cafes
Cafe Abir was crowded today when I went to try and squeeze out an article on airport redevelopment. I sat down in the corner next to a middle-aged man with a goatee and and a woman in her thirties. They were both clacking away at their laptops and I booted
food
I mentioned that I went to Writers With Drinks on Saturday; I didn't mention that my parents stopped in the City to visit that afternoon. They were driving up from San Jose to Davis to see my bro and spent most of the day here. When the folks
living in SF
When we started dating, Joan accused me of being a "bro." I didn't realize it at the time, but that's a low blow in SF. I'm a self-employed writer, a sci-fi nerd, I hang out in cafes, my favorite t-shirt references both
living in SF
Tonight was the quarterly Divisadero Art Walk. All the bars, cafes, shops and salons up and down our stretch of Divis open their doors extra late, offer drink and food specials and most feature the work of local artists. Ash and St. Frances were at the San Francisco Gay Men&
drinking
One of the things I really loved in DC was pub trivia (DC has a lot of Irish bars) and when I discoverd that there were just as many options, on just as many nights of the week, to do trivia in San Francisco, I quickly made it my thing.
banality
You know that outpouring of emotion and public tributes we saw after Steve Jobs died? I think there would be even more of that if we lost Ira Glass. I mean, so many of us make it through week only by hearing the soothing, practiced humility of his voice. I
Monday Movie Review
Feeling Monday dragging on us, St. Frances and I watched a movie from Redbox tonight. Friends With Benefits. Here's my review: Outwardly, FWB tries to undermine the romantic comedy formula, getting you on its side with the knowing wink that we-know-you've-all-seen-this-before, but really it marches in