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: I Got Invisalign and I’m Going to Tell You About It I had braces when I was a kid, but nearly 40 years later, my teeth have moved enough that they’re causing problems, so I started doing Invisalign to …
: Vegetables Ranked From Best to Worst Avocado Peas (fresh) Beets (fresh, roasted) Asparagus Celery root Tomatoes Corn Sweet potatoes Red/yellow/orange bell peppers Lion’s Mane mushrooms …
: Things to do in San Francisco After living in the Bay Area for 33 years, I’ve entertained a lot of guests, so I thought it would be helpful to make a list of ideas for …
: My June 2025 Trip to NYC This was a work trip, as I was here for Chime’s IPO, but I decided to stay through the weekend so I could have Friday and Saturday free to be a …
: CHYM: The End of an 11-Year Road, and an Exciting New Beginning Yesterday, I was at the Nasdaq for the first day of trading for my company, Chime Financial. It was truly a surreal moment. After a hectic day of …
: Distance Running I’m currently training for my 6th half-marathon, the San Francisco Second Half, in July. I usually only do them every couple of years, to make sure I …
: Vegan Ice Cream Experiment #4 I made another attempt at a vegan ice cream, this time adapted from this Underbelly recipe. The ingredients I used are: 773g cashew milk 120g sugar …
: Photo Gallery from Carnaval in the Mission The Carnaval Grand Parade in the Mission is a super fun event to photograph (and to attend). Most parades are boring, but not this one! So much color, …
: Vegan Ice Cream Experiment #3 Unfortunately, I learned that I can only buy Califia non-dairy Heavy Whip at Rainbow Grocery, which is a pain to get to, so I decided to improvise. …
: The 10-Year Odyssey of the Mystery Citrus For friends who have been following the nearly 10-year odyssey of my MYSTERY CITRUS* tree, I’m excited to report that there are a few tiny, nascent, …
: Vegan Ice Cream Experiment #2 For this attempt, a mixed berry batch, I used my normal base recipe, but substituted all vegan ingredients: 340g Forage brand cashew milk (left over …
: How to Discover New Music in Your 50s A lot of these posts end up being responses to questions I get asked often, so I think I’m writing them to memorialize the answers somewhere, so that …
: Vegan Ice Cream Experiment #1 After almost 400 batches, I have perfected my homemade ice cream base. As a new challenge, I decided to try and develop a good vegan base. The main …
: The Big Salad and Avocado Achievements Every night, Adam and I have a “Big Salad” for dinner. It varies based on what add-ins we cooked over the weekend or got at the farmers’ market, but …
: The Last Social Media Standing: Instagram It came to my attention recently that some people still use Facebook. I was a very early adopter of Facebook (as I am for most things), but stopped …
: Knitting: “Love Note Sweater” from Tin Can Knits I recently started knitting sweaters again, which I hadn’t done in about 20 years (I’ve still been knitting a bit, but I’ve stuck to baby blankets, …
: The Lost Kingdom of Bike Messengers Back in the Before Times — and this time I’m talking about back before the turn of the millennium — we used to have bike messengers downtown (San …
: Lovely Article on Tony Corten’s Public Memorial In case this one also gets paywalled, I am reproducing it here: www.coastsidenews.com/community… Coastside News: ‘Rest well, my dear friend’ …
: A Beautiful Memorial for Tony Corten Yesterday, the Pacifica schools community pulled together, with the help of Kelley and all of our friends, to hold the public memorial for our good …
: What I Learned During My First Year of E-Bike Commuting I got an e-bike and started commuting to work about a year ago, and I’m sharing what I learned along the way, in case it’s of use to someone …
: A Requiem for South by Southwest For a decade, Adam and I went to South by Southwest for music every year. It was where we did most of our music discovery for the year. For those who …
: Rules for Bicyclists that Apparently Need to be Articulated Go with the walk signal. It’s the law in California that bikes can go with the pedestrian “walk” signal. Don’t just sit there until the green light …
: How to Make Perfect Homemade Ice Cream During the beginning of COVID lockdown, I started making homemade ice cream. But, like most homemade ice cream, it wasn’t that great! I LOVE ice …
: How I Learned to Manage my Lifelong Insomnia NOTE: I published this elsewhere 10 years ago, on a platform that is now mostly defunct, so thought I would share it again here. I’ve updated it a …
: What We Talk About When We Talk About Perimenopause I never learned about perimenopause. I knew that women experienced symptoms when they went through menopause, which I thought of us as being a time in …
: Lemon Tree Versus the Rats I learned recently that San Francisco is becoming overrun with rats. This SFGate piece was literally titled “Infinity of Rats." Here is a story on San …
: Coastside News Article on Tony Corten The local Pacifica news outlet ran a very nice piece on my good friend Tony Corten, who recently passed away very unexpectedly. I’m told that it has …
: Stopping to Smell the Flowers and Memento Mori I like to take pictures of flowers. It’s easy: They don’t move, they look pretty, and the macro setting on the iPhone is almost as good as the real …
: A New Home for the CCSF Olmec Head The Olmec were an ancient civilization in Mexico that thrived from around 1200-400 BCE. They were one of the first major civilizations in the region, …
: Hummingbird Nest Update! This is them a week or so ago: And this is them today: They are turning into real live adult hummingbirds! I expect them to leave the nest in the next …
: How I Chose My E-Bike I’ve been asked this many times over the past year or so, so I thought I’d write it all out here so I can just send the link to people. The first …
: This Could Be Valencia Street But You Playin’ I bike to work on my fantastic Gazelle Arroyo C5 ebike, which I love, and my commute involves riding the length of Valencia Street. Unlike a lot of …
: So You've Decided You Want Bangs If you decide that you want bangs for the first time in probably 30 years, the first thing you should do is go to a professional hairstylist. What you …
: How to Successfully Run a Book Club My book club started in 2007, and when I talk to people about it, they often say something like “I had a book club but we just stopped meeting,” etc., …
: My First (Accidental) Greyhound I’ve had whippets all of my adult life. My primary goal, when I was younger, was to save up enough money to buy a house so that I could have a dog. I …
: Hummingbird Nest I learned a lot about hummingbirds a couple years ago, when we had a nest in the yard that was very easy to look into. I was so excited to see the …
: Hello, World. Goodbye, Tony. For a long time now, I’ve wished I had a user-friendly way to write mostly-text blog posts, given that most platforms of that type disappeared years …