World Cupture and Breakfast

Go ahead and cry, Argentina! Shoulda beat Germany today, but home field advantage and a noticeable collapse of energy led to a sad defeat on penalty kicks. Soccer at its best and worst”¦ great play, concluded by the stupidest way imaginable of ending a game, penalty kicks. Sheesh. Then Italy looked better than any previous […]

Ghost towns of the Bay Area

Some friends invited me to join them on a “hobo” bike ride this past Sunday. We got on BART at 16th St. at 2:30 and rode an hour to the end of the line at Pittsburg. There we rode on a multi-use path along the outer reaches of Bay Area suburbs until we reached Somersville […]

Out and About

Critical Mass was its typical experience here last Friday. Maybe 1,500 riders or so, went straight up Market all the way to McAllister, then out McAllister, jog to Turk, west to Divisadero before turning left and heading into the Haight. Clearly whoever found themselves in front knew little about how to steer CM for maximum […]