See the wave all the surfer dudes are talking about in this surfline video, which captures surfer Flea surviving a massive wipe-out at the annual Mavericks competition in foggy Montara, just down the coast from San Fran, on Dec. 4. Photos and story here.
Category: Fun-o-rama
If You’re Lucky, You Just Might…
call a cab and end up with Vera, a.k.a. the costume cabbie. View her swell get-ups here. Read all about her life as a taxi-gal in San Francisco on her blog, Day Cabbie. I met Vera last night at a book club meeting for The Year of Fog. This is the beginning of a new…Continue reading If You’re Lucky, You Just Might…
Visual Thesaurus
A few weeks ago, the folks over at Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus asked me for a list of my favorite reads for their Dog Eared column. You can see a sample of my picks by going to www.visualthesaurus.com and looking at the right-hand column. What’s Visual Thesaurus? It’s really cool website where language opens up in…Continue reading Visual Thesaurus
Ben Fong-Torres on Elvis
Ben Fong-Torres has a great piece commemorating the life of Elvis in Parade Magazine. On the pilgrimage to Graceland, Ben writes: I made my visit a few years ago, on a cold, rainy day in January, when we were among only a handful of visitors. We paid our respects in the Meditation Garden, and then…Continue reading Ben Fong-Torres on Elvis
Swimming the English Channel, 3D printing, and the Pursuit of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Susan MacTavish Best threw a swell surprise birthday party last night in San Francisco for her honey, Jim, and as is always the case with Susan’s soirees, party-goers were full of interesting stories. Julian Green is back in town taking a much needed rest after swimming the English Channel. It took about 10 1/2 hours.…Continue reading Swimming the English Channel, 3D printing, and the Pursuit of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker