Dear writers who call attention to their intentional or unintentional puns; please stop. When you end a statement with “(no pun intended)” you are either being lazy or dishonest.
If your pun was truly unintentional, instead of saying “(no pun intended)”, please re-word it so that there is no pun.
If your pun was intended, instead of saying “(pun [...]

Yuki and I went for a walk around San Francisco last weekend and came upon a bunch of public art, most of which was done by Shepard Fairey, famous for the André the Giant “Obey” art.

I really like the treatment on these pieces—with the ripped layers revealing gorgeous pattern work.

He is also know for the [...]

Bay Area heirloom tomatoes purchased at the ferry building farmers market in San Francisco this past Saturday. Yuki and I ate delicious caprese salad for three nights in a row! Other produce purchased included fresh basil which we used to make fresh pesto sauce, some strange onions with their heads still on, and in-season currants [...]

Someone has been tagging “Lotek” in the Mission recently.
Gv: 18th between mission and valencia?
AA: That’s the one! There’s also one on a mannequin on mission near 20th… on the neck!
We don’t think that it is anyone we know, just a coincidence.

I just finished watching an absolutely fascinating program on PBS called The Journey of Man. It was a summary of the research of Spencer Wells and company whose Y-DNA genetic genealogy research has lead to a compelling “story” of human migration. Among the freshest information for me was that the first exodus from Africa was [...]

I have finally joined the blogosphere! This is the first “real” post on this blog which I am considering live as of… (beat) …now!
I’m writing this post as a sort of mission statement and I’m going to try to give a brief outline of how I foresee the site developing from here.
For now the blog [...]