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I made it mama I’m on top of the world

Posted on May 25, 2018 by markweiss86

  My lucky streak continues: there is the counter restaurant next to my accountant on my mom’s accountant and the Giants are on but Terry went to see Maggie

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Hey, San Francisco dick building, Detroit has a skyline too!!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by markweiss86

bluf: all things are connected, salesforce tower and proposed -and-passed New Guild Theatre in Menlo Park. Thosed who don’t know what’s passed are condemned to read staff report, so to speak. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mpsOcNti_KU I’m not the only one. It looks tiny … Continue reading →

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‘Keys’ w. Keats

Posted on April 29, 2018 by markweiss86

At minute 56 of “Passing Strange” at the musical crescendo and climax of “Keys” — this is a solo by Stew (Narrator) after Youth and cast sing “Amsterdam” — and this is the Spike Lee version concert movie meaning a … Continue reading →

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Go Mama w. Night of the Hunter

Posted on April 27, 2018 by markweiss86

Go Mama is a recently deassessioned public art work by Marta Thoma. In Night of the Hunter, Pearl carries a beloved rag doll. Here Terry and I pose with Go Mama, on California and Ash, in December, 2017. Last night … Continue reading →

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The Last Californian

Posted on August 25, 2016 by markweiss86

more to come      

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What role did super-model play in Palo Alto council approval of flawed redevelopment plan, 1050 Page Mill?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by markweiss86

  You heard of, if you are at all literary or cultured, “the face that launched a thousand ships”*, but what about the super-model goddess archetype that may or may not explain Palo Alto subsidizing developers to the tune of … Continue reading →

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‘Ch-changes’ v. ch-ching

Posted on January 2, 2016 by markweiss86

I posted a couple hours earlier today –oh, by the way, Happy New Year 2016 to all you loyal Plastic Altoids — to a wordpress blog, a post from a couple years ago, about Bowie Bonds, the asset-backed security from … Continue reading →

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Clay wheels

Posted on December 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Palo Alto has a new bike shop, Shinola on Hamilton 261, although new is a relative term since the whole concept is retro. Sky the bike guru (who came to the company four years ago, she says, after ten years … Continue reading →

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Marissa Mayer is too legit 2 quit

Posted on December 22, 2015 by markweiss86

I did read thru the 90 page Spring Owl report on Yahoo and am not a shareholder (although I do have 50,000 messages saved in their mail if that is skin in the game) and think she should stay the … Continue reading →

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Marc Cohn to headline JCC Palo Alto benefit event in February

Posted on December 21, 2015 by markweiss86

Marc Cohn, whose “Walking In Memphis” from 1992 is twenty years later still a staple at KFOG and other adult contemporary stations, headlines a benefit event at and for the Oshman Jewish Community Center, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Tickets are … Continue reading →

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