Like, oh my god.
Jury duty on Wednesday was my third experience with this country’s court system in four months. By this point, I had grown incredibly weary of the whole idea and was quite certain that I was in for little more than several hours of sitting around waiting for something to happen that never would. I could [...]
There’s a guy outside my house who yells “oy” a lot at the top of his lungs. I first noticed it about a week ago, but it’s been almost every day since. Sometimes he yells it repeatedly for a few minutes at a time. Sometimes he just yells it once. Maybe The Wire has had [...]
Just like when I had to go to the Embassy, I admit to being curious about court. And just like my time spent at the Embassy, curiosity turned to boredom long before I was allowed to leave.
I got to court at 9am, just like my subpoena instructed. Far from the dignified chambers I had expected, [...]
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 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 [...]
The day after I left for Tel Aviv, a new food cart opened in the Mission. Started by a cook at Bar Tartine, he was going to serve cheap(ish) sandwiches every Thursday from 21st & Mission. His intent was for it to grow slowly and organically, but before it even opened, a few blogs had [...]