mobile06/28/12 09:32 - ID#56573
Native Guide
I'm officially seeking collaborators for SF Native Guide (aka estripwest v2, haha). Seriously, I miss Alamedalink, and blogging platforms have come such a long way, even I can build a site now (almost). So I'm giving it a shot over my sabbatical. What do you think? It's about time I got back to the master plan. 
It would be an easy hop via Portland...
That Site was cool I liked it.... Somewhere I still have the shirt I won... And I still haven't seen Fried Peeps at the fair but I only go to one.... I was hoping someone would have used that idea :) ... I'm not a cook so.... I'll follow the link in a second... I know that there are a couple (e:peeps) on here who have visited San Francisco and I thought (e:ajay) lived out that way so maybe they can help :) .... Is Alamedalink still on line? Even if there aren't any recent posts?
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Category: birthdays
01/22/09 10:53 - 26ºF - ID#47494
Happy Birthday Paul!
For starters, my tenant gave notice and moved out last November. This was great news, but bad timing. It would have been crazy not to take advantage of the vacancy to pull out the wall-to-wall carpeting and refinish the floors, replace the kitchen cabinets, and tile the bathroom floor.
Only bad part is, I'm still deep in debt from my own renovation, and I already had plans to go "home" for Christmas before I knew about this. So naturally when the IKEA kitchen cabinet order turned out to lack certain key items the day before I flew east, it was hard to take care of everything before I left. But not taking care of it would have been worse, since the longer I'm paying for that unit without any income from it, the harder it is to pay off my old and new debts.
Anyway, I'm so sick of all this renovating now. It's like a second job, that apparently I'm not so good at. The scariest part was yesterday, when my contractor managed to leave two stove burners on (long story) while the floor guys were sanding and putting on the final coat of highly flammable finish. What are the odds? You can see my footprints on the floor finish since I had to get to the oven (9 hours later) to turn off the burners before the building exploded or we all passed out from the fumes.
Anyway! The good news is, now I'm planning to use the unit as a furnished vacation rental. So if anybody wants to visit me, they'll have their own, furnished apartment to stay in! This better be worth it . . .
Happy Birthday Paul! (And Happy Birthday to my brother Erik too!)
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: halloween
10/25/08 04:18 - 55ºF - ID#46323
Best of Halloween Video
Have a great Halloween, everyone!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
08/18/08 10:44 - 68ºF - ID#45364
Google Dance
at Googleplex world headquarters. You can bet your bottom-dollar my tushy will be the judge!I really didn't do anything to deserve this honor, other than register as a platinum (whatever that means) attendee to the Search Engine Strategies conference. Mostly I'm having major flashbacks to the last time I was in San Jose to drop (e:Paul) off at his conference. Not much has changed since then, I'm sorry to say.
I wish (e:Paul) and (e:Iriesara) could join me this time!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
07/06/08 11:49 - 83ºF - ID#44885
Catching up with the boys
I have approximately 3 dozen spots for cats. But suddenly Oscar believes the only place for him is exactly wherever Filippe is.
I finally pulled out my sewing machine. The cats really like to be helpful with creative projects.
Rare photos of all three cats together:
Oscar in a box and on a pup:
ps -- Looks like the rent arrived...
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: san francisco
06/03/08 11:01 - 66ºF - ID#44536
MapJack
Lombard Street (or anywhere in SF and beyond)!Nice drive-by shot of
City Hall. I wonder if I could recreate my bike ride to work every day? It's extra cool right now with all the rainbow flags flanking Market Street.They captured
my house the day the sidewalk was being repaired (April 12, 2007). I didn't get to see it in person because I was in Italy, right after (e:Paul), (e:Matthew) and (e:Hodown) visited. Hey Paul & Matt, maybe you can recreate your walk through Golden Gate Park to the Pacific Ocean. Who knows, you might even show up in some shots if they were grabbing images then. Plus, it's easier on the legs, haha.ps--Too bad I left my car in Alameda while I was gone or my estrip bumper sticker could've been captured in a digital time capsule!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: olympics
04/09/08 11:14 - 53ºF - ID#43968
Another Day, Another Protest
I was glad to see my regular parking spot was available, considering all the hoopla!
View from my office of the plaza where the torch was supposed to end up.
Crowd at the ferry terminal clock tower.
Close-up of protesters. They don't look that scary!
Yeah, I did get to see the torch. On streaming video.
ps--I did tell you all about the cats right? They're still here . . .
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: olympics
04/08/08 10:46 - 56ºF - ID#43957
torch song tragedy
Today I couldn't cut through Civic Center plaza like I usually do because of the
Freedom Torch. A small price to pay for freedom.Tomorrow we are being advised to work at home because the
Olympic Torch (and any incidental protests) are scheduled to get their 15 minutes of Pacific Coast fame mere yards from my office.Oh yeah. I'm really going to work from home then!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: movies
02/18/08 12:13 - 17ºF - ID#43377
Juno
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: biking
02/12/08 11:44 - 40ºF - ID#43308
10 things I love about biking
2. Easy, free parking.
3. Free, renewable fuel.
4. 0 emissions.
5. Good exercise.
6. No stereo to steal.
7. Cheap repairs.
8. 24/7 service with no schedules / transfers / waiting.
9. Puts me in direct contact with my environment instead of shielding me from it.
10. It's fun!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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