Yesterday I decided to pay a long overdue visit to the Exploratorium. Can you believe that the only time I'd been to the new incarnation of this museum was for a volunteer shift at SFIFF last April? I didn't get out of the map room and was working during that shift, obviously, but hello,
"Could you take a picture of me learning German on my phone?" I've wanted to learn a second language my entire life. I've always really struggled with it, though, for various reasons. To spare you the details, I've recently concluded that learning a language in the trad
When I was in high school, I used to see a lot of movies in general, but in particular, I used to see a lot of movies in the theater. Part of this was a natural byproduct of living in Los Angeles -- when you live in Los Angeles, you absorb a great deal more pop culture and knowledge about media tha
One of my fall 2014 goals has been to read five books between the first day of fall and the first day of winter. I achieved this goal (!) and I am really proud of myself. It's actually kind of sad, because when I was a kid I was a voracious reader. I was always reading a book. I got so lost insi
Putting together this list was a lot harder this year. I had a feeling this would be the case, as the year continued to develop and I just wasn't that excited about any new music. There were a couple of bright spots, but mostly I was underwhelmed by releases in 2014. It was a combination of thes
Tomorrow there's going to be Actual Weather here in the bay area, something we haven't seen in years and years and years. I'm pretty sure even I have forgotten what Actual Weather is like at this point, let alone the people who have moved here in the years we've had drought weather
I've been feeling guilty recently because I haven't been publicly discussing how much I still absolutely love my bicycle. I've been commuting by bike (well, and BART) for more than a year now, and I've really gotten into a comfortable groove with her (she does not have a name, t
