On Wednesday morning I awoke early to catch the train for San Francisco to partake in what knew would be an epic parade that I would one day tell my grandkids about. Two days earlier the Giants had won their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958, and mayor Gavin Newsome promised […]
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A month ago, the 49ers ran a promotion in the San Jose Mercury News that gave out free tickets to select training camp sessions. Not being a subscriber to the Mercury, I didn’t think I’d be able to go, but Chrystie’s coworker found a website to sign up for tickets, so Chrystie and I signed
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Yesterday I went to Vasona Lake Park, where the annual Silicon Valley Duck Race and festival was being held. The race, organized by Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley, is a charity race benefiting 16 local charities. The festival consisted of carnival games, bounce-houses, face painting, sponsor booths, a Home Depot clinic for kids to
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On Memorial Day weekend the Mission District in San Francisco hosted its annual Carnaval festival and parade – a two-day celebration of the rebirth of life in Spring as celebrated by many different Latin American cultures. Chrystie and I got up early on Sunday to get to the city and catch the parade. The three-hour
Last weekend, Chrystie and I went to Napa for one day of wine tasting and one day of volunteering at the Tour de Cure in Yountville. The Tour is a benefit race held by the American Diabetes Association and raises money for diabetes research. We went last year and enjoyed ourselves so much, we decided
(Continued from WonderCon 2010 (part 1)) Chrystie and I then made our way to get in line for a panel of forensic psychiatrists discussing the mental disorders that plague the inmates of Arkham Asylum. Unfortunately the amount of people in line to get into the room was enough to fill the room at least three
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Last weekend San Francisco played host to WonderCon 2010 – Northern California’s version of Comic-Con. The three-day event featured celebrity signings, exclusive sneak previews, panel discussions, educational classes, demos, artist meet and greets, and boxes upon boxes of old comics for sale. The highlight of the event is the Saturday evening masquerade – a costume
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Last night Chrystie and I went to see the Sharks host the Dallas Stars. Not only did the Sharks breeze by the Stars, but we also got to witness several milestones: Nabokov’s brilliant netminding earned him his 50th career shutout, landing him at #21 all-time. The Sharks earned their 100th point of the season, making
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Last Saturday Chrystie and I made our way to the SF Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason. With “Chocolatefest” growing in popularity, the event was moved to a slightly larger pavilion. Many eager tasters crowded round each booth jostling in position to get within arms grasp for a sample of the vendor’s chocolately creation. Most guests
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San Fransisco hosted its annual St Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade last Saturday. Chrystie and I arrived a couple hours before the parade rolled through to check out the festival. To my delight, this festival proved to be more festive than the Italian festival last year. There was authentic Irish food being served in booths,
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