Recently at work, my friend and I were drooling over the new “it” designer for our twenty-something age bracket. Charlotte Ronson, sister to the popular musicians Mark and Samantha Ronson,... Read more >>

Berkeley, California is known for the free speech movement, hippies, and the incredible culinary artist, Alice Waters. But fashion? Most of the time you can’t decipher who is homeless or who... Read more >>

The author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan, and Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey, inspired and entertained audiences at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall last night with a casual... Read more >>

If you live in the Bay Area, you have a very big backyard. Sometimes, it is easy to forget this. The usual home-work-gym-grocery store route does not often include a stop in your big backyard, but... Read more >>

I never expected, or wanted, to see a penis on my afternoon run. But one day I did and it’s a day I’ll never forget. I started this run in the late afternoon, with the skies... Read more >>

“Before we make bombs, before we make walls, we make ideas. What goes on in colleges and universities is fundamental. It is the origination of ideas and values.”—Bill Jersey... Read more >>

A girlfriend of mine won free tickets to go see Michael McKean at Zellerbach Hall on the Berkeley campus last Sunday night. She told me that I was her "back up" in case someone else didn't... Read more >>

Paul Hawken was brought to my attention purely by accident. While I was broke and homeless after a two-year stint in Asia and was bouncing around as a house sitter on different houseboats in... Read more >>