I Love the Bay Area

On his blog, Daniel Hernandez notes that there have been a couple really neat proposals for a proper subway system for LA. The first one, designed by Numan Parada, would put a subway stop at 26th and Wilshire, about 2 blocks from my parents’ house. It would take two transfers to get there from LAX, which would be freakin’ sweet. The second one would put a stop at 23rd and Santa Monica Blvd., about 6-7 blocks from my parents’ house,…

Two Years Before the Mast, 1869: Late in the afternoon, as there were vespers at the Roman Catholic churches, I went to that of Notre Dame des Victoires. The congregation was French, and a sermon in French was preached by an Abbé; the music was excellent, all things airy and tasteful, and making one feel as if in one of the chapels in Paris. The Cathedral of St. Mary, which I afterwards visited, where the Irish attend, was a contrast…

Josh Quittner, the editor-in-chief at Business 2.0 magazine (where I was an intern a mere three years ago), wants to be the next dean at the North Gate Graduate School of Journalism? Also, why didn’t anyone tell me that Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are playing a $15 show at Stanford this Sunday night? I’m so there, dude.

So today I was digging around the interwebs for some info about burritos. Three items stick out: 1) I found this 85 burrito odyssey in the Chronicle from last September. 2) I found a possible reference to myself in UrbanDictionary.com, under the entry “california burrito”. Guacamole may be substituted for sour cream, though this not a true Cali burrito, just an imposter (known as a Cyrus Burrito). This is strange, because I almost always order my burritos without sour cream,…

Rich: well, didn’t you hear, speaker pelosi is going to infect congress with her SAN FRANCISCO VALUES David: awesome. pretty soon everyone in america will eat tacos and not hate gay people.

Here’s the full list, via Daily Kos. Yes, and Mr. Seven-term Pombo (R-CA) from the 11th Congressional District of California lost! And the Macaca race is still up in the air, but Webb is barely ahead for now. And finally, in the most meaningless ballot measure of the night: San Francisco was one of two Bay Area cities in which voters could call for Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to be impeached. Neither San Francisco voters nor their counterparts…

When I lived in New York, I was invited to get cheap drinks and attend some great live music once a week at The Underground Lounge by my good buddy and Columbia cohort Jennifer Weiss. She had a regular gig rockin’ the back room on piano and killer vocals. Jen and I also shared a radio class together at Columbia, and after having been exposed to various musical performances at the Underground, and in dire need of a subject for…

Best part of the game: within two minutes of the final out, the folks in the right field bleachers (where my brother and I were sitting) started chanting: Yankees suck! Yankees suck! I can’t wait for the ALCS.

Xeni at Boing Boing brightened my day with a link to TacoTrucks.net a site devoted to Oakland taco trucks, one of my favorite places to get a cheap and amazingly delicious meal. I’ve known about Burritoeater.com and Burritophile.com, which are dissapointing because the former is exclusively focused on San Francisco, and the latter’s reviews are too spotty. I was just at El Ojo de Agua #3 (pictured above) last night, and seriously, I don’t think you can get a better…

Yay! Oakland is on its way to getting a citywide network! [via MuniWireless]