Like, oh my god.
Yesterday I went to an urban planning talk at UC Berkz. Apparently it was the 60th birthday of their urban planning school. I guess that was exciting for most of the people there, but for me all it meant was that before the talk started, I got to sit through a long series of people [...]
I was on the phone with Carissa, staring out my bay window (as per usual) when I saw something strange. Across the street from me is a bus stop and the glamorous E&E Electrical Supply, a view I often make fun of but actually really enjoy for all the people-watching opportunities. While one or both [...]
I got two pictures published on two of my favorite blogs on the same day. First I was on The Ampersand blog. And then I was on SFist. I’m pretty sure this means I’m officially a journalist.
Update: and, hey! They picked up the SFist story on Mission Mission, another of my favorite blogs (where a [...]
I was reading this month’s issue of The Atlantic and in amongst an unrelated but interesting psychology article about the science of self were these quotes which relate to a debate I’ve been in increasingly over the past few months.
First, from the introduction:
[I]f you ask people about their greatest happiness in life, more than a [...]
One of the amazing things about San Francisco is how almost every part of the city is iconic of the whole. New York, to pick an example, has a billion well-known buildings and monuments, but if you saw a picture of an average street, you’d be hard pressed to specifically identify from which large east [...]
While I was in Israel, I plowed through an astounding amount of reading material. I’m not sure I’ve had a more productive reading month since I left high school. In addition reading the paper every day, I also plowed through four New Yorkers (that had piled up from my previous trips to Minneapolis and Portland) [...]