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The rotunda at City Hall in San Francisco + a feather boa = fancy.

Happy birthday, Adolph Sutro! Engineering mastermind, savvy businessman, once-Mayor of San Francisco, builder of the Cliff House and the Sut...

It's raining again, and the commute was hellish. But I had beautiful music to get me through it, so I don't feel the need to fill m...

OK, so having TiVo means a couple of things: 1) I have never been happier in my entire life. 2) It might be a week or two after a show airs ...

Things change. As far as I can tell, this is the only constant in life. Maybe the San Francisco Giants and SBC Park have been hit pretty har...

Tonight I'm going to the Giants game at SBC Park (read: going out for garlic fries) with my dad. SBC Park really is a beautiful stadium,...

The following list is comprised of pairs of things that go together very well indeed. Why, you ask? Why not? Magnum, P.I. and Tropicana piz...

This little house lion may be just about the softest thing ever. Of course, referring to Miru as "little" is done only in comparis...

One of my favorite people in the world is pregnant. In fact, she's very pregnant. Like, 4 days past her due date, camping outside the ...

Ever . I swear. I have been known, at times, to exaggerate. This is not one of those times. Do I look like I'm kidding? Tomorrow night I...

If you had any doubt, here's proof that it is absolutely, totally Springtime: It's not that Ozzy only rolls in the grass when it...

Yes, I know it's Monday. Thanks. Max and the Oz were couch bound for the evening. This was in the old apartment, (dang, I miss that red ...

Anyone who reads Rhonda's weekly column (I know you all read Rhonda's weekly column) knows that baseball season has begun. I am no...

I'm an important person. I'm a busy professional with an active social life and many obligations, philanthropic and otherwise. I har...

Mmmmmm, art without trying. Happy birthday, Thomas Jefferson! The big two-six-two. I was going to get you a birthday present, but I couldn...

My dog talks in his sleep. This is nothing new. He has always barked and chased things in his sleep, the consequences of this action are two...

I commute to work. And when I say commute, I mean that my iPod and I are really good friends. I mean that I can sometimes finish Steve Inske...

Avondschemering in Dutch. Skymning in Swedish. Crepuscolo in Italian. Abenddämmerung in German. Erev in Hebrew. It's my favorite time of...

Congratulations, Patty! I thank you, Cecil B. Da Couch thanks you, and the OCD-inspired order of my home thanks you. You should be receiving...

This one goes out to M. who says: "I like songs with stomping and clapping in them."