Monthly Archives: March 2015

Tastes like ckicken!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add, three weeks later: This post was done via handheld and in real time as I watched via that magic box the former boob tube the Golden State Warriors impressively 114-95 to be exact defeat the East’s winningest … Continue reading →

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Nosh pit

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

My gunn, Terman and Fremont Hills classmate. The record setting holding track and field athlete mother of two, of Garden Court Jill Crisler Weyers:

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Unfamiliar grounds

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

Don’t get me wrong,I am so excited about the private opening today at HANAhaus at the beloved and historic Varsity Theater, 456 University Avenue, even if I put about 500 hours into trying to wrest the lease from Chop Keenan … Continue reading →

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Burning Bates with Corey Harris

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

It’s so good to be back at Bates [applause], and I want to congratulate all you graduates. I know what it’s like to struggle for something you really want, to start out and be in a sea of people. You … Continue reading →

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Searching for Kumiko

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

I am reading the New York Times on a computer and wondering where to see an American movie about a Japanese woman who freezes to death in Minnesota looking for treasure lost in the movie Fargo. The other night I … Continue reading →

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Savoys bon tempin’ Sunday Down Home 2 to 3 prompt

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

My favorite clan of musical Cajuns and wanna-be, write a book about, marry and divorce Cajuns the Savoys are coming to Down Home this Sunday, March 22, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m prompt. I started stalking the Savoys only … Continue reading →

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Genius grant laureate Ned Kahn is stumping for our new bridge, but I still think it is a pork barrel project

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Not that guy, this guy: and I: Ned Kahn was MacFound class of 2003 along with visual artist Karen Tze, future president of Dartmouth Kim Jim and composer Oscar Golijov. This team is also responsible for the Mary Avenue / … Continue reading →

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Two seconds of Led Zep in honor of Palo Alto’s Bridge debate, at tonight’s meeting

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I played two seconds of “The Crunge” from “Houses of the Holy” because of the tossed off line “where’s the confounded bridge?”. The song they say is a James Brown homage. Phyllis Wasserman a former commissioner turned around and I … Continue reading →

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Will Bernard for money

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

(For some reason, I post things to my blog that I don’t actually follow up on in real life. I was going to write to Will Bernard, then thought better. If any friends of fans of Will read this, tell … Continue reading →

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Foreigner to ride the Atherton pony May 16

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

In 1920 the first event at what is now known as Menlo Circus Club of Atherton was a pony ride that raised $500 for The Convalescent Center, the forerunner to Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. A century later — and countless … Continue reading →

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