Damn Punks!

WANTED: Three caucasian males in their late teens/early twenties for loitering and suspicious activities. The three were wearing black pants with black shirts probably depicting the devil music they listen to these days. Their obvious ringleader was wearing a leather bracelet (fairy!) with faux metal spikes. His dirty blonde hair was also [...]

Two-for-one

Stop the Presses! Genuine Midnight Movies playing in San Jose?

The past few years worth of Midnite Movie offerings at the Camera Theaters in San Jose have been nothing short of laughable. Sixteen Candles and Super Troopers? Please. If I can see the film on weekend mid morning cable, it’s assuredly not Midnight Movie fare. Thankfully the Camera Cinemas have shaken the know-nothing-hipster KSCU organizers [...]

Southbay Cherry Blossom Festivals

After a disappointing run earlier in the month at the San Francisco Sakura Matsuri or Cherry Blossom Festival, we were expecting more from this weekend’s events in Cupertino and San Jose and had fun perusing the craft booths and exhibits, listening to koto players and enka singers.
SJ and SF Nihon Machi (Japantowns) are two of [...]

Beard Papa Cream Puffs — munchies review

Sometimes I ponder the oddities of life. Okay I ponder about them a lot. Like why would people in Hawai’i stand in line all day for a cream puff? Well, that’s what happened when Beard Papa first opened up shop. Well, at first they kinda piggybacked on Shirokiya, a local Japanese [...]

San Francisco International Film Fest ‘06

The San Francisco International Film Fest is starting this weekend. Many cool films, including Seijun Suzuki’s Princess Raccoon. I’l admit, some of the films shown can be purchased down on Clement for cheaper than the price of two tickets, but it’s still nice to see these on the big screen.
Check out the lineup here.

The Hills Have …. color?

That’s right, our shitty brown hills have turned a luscious shade of green thanks to this wonderful weather! I know, most Californians go running for cover at even the slightest hint of the mist which constitutes this state’s “rain”, but the past few weeks of said misting have allowed plants and grass to actually grow! [...]

Former Masonic Temple Houses Artsy Circus

Masons used to roll their rituals at the Regency Center in San Francisco, but this Saturday they must have been rolling in their graves when it was converted into a carnaval complete with crazy acrobatics, trapeze artists, experimental DJs, clowns grooving P-Funkster stylee, cabaret stripteases… aka: SF Spectra Ball 2006.
Chris and I [...]

Freaky Forecast: Snow and Hail hit Hawai’i

Here in the Bay Area we were recently “treated” to some unconventional hail and frost and ice and with it, slippery car accidents and many many cellphone photos. But what if I told you that just last week the same thing happened in an even more unconventional area: Hawai’i! Yes, it happened on [...]

Californians hate trees

What exactly is it with Californians cutting down trees? It seems every time I turn around there’s another tree in the neighborhood wrapped in caution tape, a notice of pending removal tacked to its trunk. These people get annoyed with their trees in the springtime because the foliage tends to block their views of the [...]

Heidi’s Pies — restaurant review — California

I passed by this place on El Camino while attempting to avoid the 101S semi-traffic sludge between SFO and San Mateo and mistook it for that other pie place out of Berkeley I believe (sorry, can’t remember atm) that makes killer spinach calzone-type “pies” which are large and in charge. But anyways, this place [...]

Falun Gong practitioners barred from performing in San Francisco Chinese New Years Parade

Falun Gong, a group promoting wellfullness of the Mind, Body, and Spirit through a series of meditations and exercises based on Taichi and Quigong practices, has been barred from performing in San Francisco’s Chinese New Years festivities by the organization in charge of the event. Falun Gong members have performed, and won multiple awards, in [...]

Palo Alto Creamery — restaurant review — California

The charming tin ceiling tiles, the padded diner-style booths in odd teal and purple stripes, the menus that list items such as “breakfust[sic] quesadillas” and “asian burritos” (egg rolls).. but the best thing about the Palo Alto Creamery are its pies. Seasonal switches daily, they have chocolate chip pecan, mile-high apple, chocolate ganache tortes [...]

Channel 104.9 is Gone

I noticed we’ve been getting quite a few searches for radio station 104.9 these past few days, 104.9 being a Clear Channel operated “alternative” rock station in San Jose, which I ragged on in a musings article a while back. So, on my way to work I decided to take a listen and see [...]

Ouch my eyes!

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