Monthly Archives: November 2014

MARK WEISS 2014 My vote for Palo Alto City Council

mark got a parking ticket most likely because he was chatting up a citizen or potential voter, he is like that. he listens to all comers and takes them at face value. yes, i will pay the ticket, duh, sometimes before it go DBW Continue reading

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Kismet Kate

Steve Levy and Eric Rosenblum have appealed to me ex parte that I am under-estimating Kiss Me Kate. Duly noted. What I actually said, in my own blog post, which started merely as a back-up to the points I raised … Continue reading

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Newsvendor be livelier (1973/2014)

Newsvendor, be livelier! The lady with the dog, faster! More activity around the subway! Now the white car! Alphonse, get ready! Come out of … Continue reading

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I got 2,115 votes and have posted 23 times since the election but forgot to publish the photo of Mark Weiss at the polls

At midnight on the following Wednesday>Thursday, I have 2,115 votes (and counting?) and Cory Wolbach looks like he will hang on to the fifth seat, behind Karen Holman, Greg Scharff, Tom Dubois and Eric Filseth, all of whom I am … Continue reading

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I dreamt I saw Sara Choy play tennis

Terry and I split a sandwich from Refuge in Menlo Park. She likes Russian dressing, I prefer yellow mustard. I saved the receipt. Then I dropped her at my apartment, at Oak Creek and rushed out. She said she was … Continue reading

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There’s an article in New Yorker about Wayne Thiebaud and Lady M cakes, expensive and him playing tennis at 93, that’s all I got time for

Marty Ivener the founder of Marty’s Restaurant in San Jose and Annette Ivener’s ex-husband — Annette Sunshine? — not bad for AARP-age speaking of delicacies and sweets — said that at his house they eat desert first. This makes me … Continue reading

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Help me identify 109 shots of “Happy Dartmouth” video

Kudos to the young filmmakers who parodied the Pharell monster hit “Happy” as a type of ex parte Dartmouth recruiting film. I am actually trying to suss out the film they showed in 2011 at my 25 that featured a … Continue reading

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Iz Kyu-Young 2 young 2 ARB?

OR, HOW BIG IZ THE BABY? I argued in my application for the ARB that architects per se were over-represented on the board and engage in a lot of log-rolling. I guess they listened to me and appointed someone is … Continue reading

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Mom & I at Pomelo on Judah, February, 2009

I had Manila and she had Lanzhou. Dad was having C3-C6 surgery from a “Dr. M” just “Dr. M” at UCSF and we walked down the street to have some noodles in a big abundant bowl, at Pomelo, which I … Continue reading

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This is not taking a knee like Chris Ryan

Hi Ron Greene: I follow your blog because you once wrote about Downtown Streets team of San Rafael and I was tracking that here in Palo Alto; oddly I stole a page from your play book in that I have … Continue reading

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