I spent most of this day at MakerFaire hanging out at the Game of Drones encampment, but got the chance to wander around the main show area again. I left early in the morning, arriving from my place in Palo Alto around 8:15 AM, and quickly learned one useful MakerFaire trick: the Franklin Templeton Investments […]
Tag: California
Korean Food at Myung Dong Tofu Cabin – San Mateo, California
Myung Dong Tofu Cabin 2968 S Norfolk St, San Mateo, CA 94403 (650) 525-1484 Website I love California strip malls. Well, allow me modify that: strip malls of a particular variety and tone. The sort I’m talking about aren’t populated with dollar stores and sporting goods marts. The sort of strip mall I like functions […]
Huong Lan Sandwich – San Jose, California
Huong Lan Sandwich 1655 Tully Road San Jose, California It’s hard not to love banh mi, as any Californian with sense will inform you. I tend to subsist almost exclusively on these sandwiches when actually in Vietnam, enjoying both the comically low price point and the delightfully variable flavor — every small stand manned by […]
Pancho Villa Taqueria – San Francisco
Pancho Villa Taqueria 3071 16th St, San Francisco (415) 864-8840 Website Whenever someone comes to visit me in the Bay Area, I am duty-bound to drag them to a taqeuria at least once. Decent tacos are one of the birth-rights of the Bay, up there with eery white Google buses, microclimates, and people who want […]
Why Paintball is Awesome
Last weekend, I shot little balls full of multi-colored goo at people I don’t personally know. There was lots of screaming, and shouting, and ducking behind obstacles and convenient hiding places. In other words, I was playing paintball, a practice more commonly associated with twelve year old boys and emotionally frustrated rednecks than with young […]
I Drive to Half Moon Bay A Lot
I drive to Half Moon Bay a lot, and I take pictures of landscapes. My one complaint is that it’s still too damned cold this time of year. Otherwise? Perfect. I don’t know these people, but they’re cute. Weathered rocks, which are always appealing to me. Wistful. Paddle boarders and using vignetting to compensate for […]
Over the Hill
It’s easy to forget at Stanford that Half Moon Bay, and by proxy, all this nonsense, is literally a little jaunt over the hill. Like forty minutes in Sunday traffic. These are all from the very scenic Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, which is known for tidepools and beautiful stands of cedar trees planted by a now-defunct […]
The Space Shuttle Flew Over My Head, It Was Pretty Sweet
I wrote this GlobalPost piece about the space shuttle flying over my head. I knew it was happening on Friday morning, but I can’t say I thought too much of it – figured I’d stand outside in the backyard and hope I got lucky, or something. My mom and I concluded about 10 minutes […]