Category Archives: sex

gender, has to do with females of the species, generally but not pruriently except in rare cases; feminism sometimes.

Palo Alto Forwalk

Posted on January 24, 2015 by markweiss86

If, Elaine, Steve, Kate & Eric you are interested in walkability  per se and not just being useful to the devrlopers , shouldn’t you advocate a shoe factory, good for the tax base. And ignoring 456 as your group transverses … Continue reading →

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Eartha Kitt as Catwoman w. Rene Marie ‘Lift Every Voice’

Posted on January 23, 2015 by markweiss86

(Congrats to Rene Marie, aka Rene Marie Croan and Rene Marie Stevens for Grammy nomination for Motema Records. I met Rene Marie, with Pete Douglas and Reggie Marshall and a lovely pasta dinner in Half Moon Bay a few years … Continue reading →

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Terry and I at Cantor lecture imagining dinner

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markweiss86

(I will have to update this and despite how it looks –and the vagaries of my handheld — we liked Alyson Shotz and her presentation and did not day dream about dinner. And that is not Terry and I in … Continue reading →

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Tana, Franks and McCain confirmed for Palo Alto jazz panel

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markweiss86

And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in air inches below the ceiling and they kissed each other for a long, long timeK.V. Three jazz musicians with local ties headline a panel discussion for the … Continue reading →

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Jack Del Rio and Lisa M. Snyder

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Vic Tafur page 1 the Chron has a puff piece on former Hayward High great Jack Del Rio, 51, the new Raiders head coach. I distinctly recall asking my former The Dartmouth colleague Lisa M. Sndyer, a Hayward ’83 about … Continue reading →

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It’s a girl, or triplets

Posted on January 13, 2015 by markweiss86

1. Echo Brown: Not sure why I was being so PC (politically correct) or dorky to write my previous piece as if I was leaving room for this woman to be transgender, but upon further review, unlike Dez Bryant — … Continue reading →

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Hispanos Son El Futuro

Posted on January 10, 2015 by markweiss86

Nice chat with Patty Boyd the Demo button queen. to: Cascada de Flores free show at Mitchell Morgan center in PaloAlto today at 330 to 430 to: Labida Boyd, actually from Cairo, spinning Pasatono y Rupa y corey harris ayer. … Continue reading →

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Sleater-Kinney back in black

Posted on January 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Jon Pareles in Sunday The New York Times on Sleater-Kinney reunion: yeah!!!

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War on Drugs on Conan

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

I taped the other night The War on Drugs on Conan, actually from October, 2014. They play “Burning” track 8, from their latest release. It is six minutes on the album but closer to four here. 2. I interviewed two … Continue reading →

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Talking of Kiri te Kanawa

Posted on January 3, 2015 by markweiss86

1. I went into Starbucks not Peets because Terry’s brother Gary gave me a gift card of $10 for Channukah. There was $2 left on it, the coffee was $1.80 and I asked the young clerk if I could donate … Continue reading →

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