Projects, past and present
- March 27, 2014
A friend of mine sent me a proposal for a restaurant. He wants me to look over it and give him my opinion. I won’t go into detail on the project, because it hasn’t been pitched yet. However, the prospect of looking it over brings to mind all manner of tasks I’ve been presented in the past. When I first moved to San Francisco I was asked to put together an art lounge bar called Madrone. I spent countless hours…
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When a foot of snow crippled the government…
- March 21, 2014
Not too long ago, I was in Washington DC when a foot of snow crippled the government.
read moreThey declared a snow emergency, which meant that cabs could charge an extra $15 per ride, causing a 2-mile cab ride to end up at $35. Despite snowy obstacles, I arrived up at the Capitol precisely when I was supposed to. There were two…