That’s it: I’m Going Back to New York As you know I miss New York terribly and I just have not been able to get used to this 70 degree weather. I miss the constant snow falls that the east coast has been getting hit with. I miss […]
The rewards of a sunny hike and a winter storm Last weekend I enjoyed a glorious “hike” through the city streets of San Francisco. I went up and down as if it were a walking rollercoaster. The thrill of such an urban hike is that as you get […]
The hills of San Francisco are made for biking I went for a great Saturday morning walk from one end of my city block to the other end in San Francisco. My walk was akin to a roller coaster where I went up and down numerous city-street hills. […]
Everybody’s working for the weekend: Not really anymore Adjustments are never easy. Especially ones of the mind or spine for that matter. These days my life is all one big adjustment. Adjusting to a furnished apartment in a neighborhood that has its sketchy ups and downs, adjusting to […]
It finally happened: I have a pink Taser and I know how to whistle Year upon year, I always put “pink taser” on my Christmas wish list. No one ever gets me one because they are afraid that I would indeed use it. Even more […]
Fear and Loathing in San Francisco Let me get two things out of the way right away. I am a die-hard New Yorker and this is my second time moving to the San Francisco Bay area. When I lived out here over ten years ago, I had […]
Walking the extra hill in San Francisco I like efficient shortcuts as a general rule of thumb. I think most people could agree with such a statement and point of view. “Work smarter” is the hot mantra these days in the workforce circles that is repeated […]
A quick rant on gentrification This morning I heard the local newscaster note that “housing prices are about where they should be and doesn’t expect them to go up much more.” I wanted to call them, rant and ask them if they truly believed that housing […]