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Is it so hard to try good parking-karma? 2008-09-26 16:48:00 I say it every now and then. It never hurts to say it again.So let's stand up and raise our voices. Loud and clear:COMPACT does not mean:SUV, please be careful when squeezing in to this very narrow parking space.No, it means:Dear SUV/Tacoma Truck/People-carrier etc etc, please be so kind no leave this effing parking space to a smaller and more eco-friendly car.Nuff said. No explanations needed. Read more:karma
I have all the time in the world for these kinds of phonecalls and will gladly take more of them since I have nothing better to do 2008-09-25 22:46:00 (Lesson in Life, Pt 20: No cleaning of the hamster cage moments before you have to leave for Back to School night with a very, very, very tired 11 month old sucking draining the last of you energy by whining and crying. You'll be too late to find a parking space by the school and end up driving around forever. It's a vicious knock-on effect and you might as well just give up.) It is 5.30pm and I a Read more:better
What the **** is a hockey-mom anyway?? 2008-09-25 13:05:00 It's not that I am slow getting on the band-wagon. I too have a sense of humor, albeit Swedish, and therefor considered a tad dry...But I'd like to share with you the joke of the day.Here goes:Sarah Palin.(Cue Laughter)Sarah. Palin.Isn't that a great joke?I mean, we have to laugh. If we were not trying to see the funny side to this thing, this entity, that is a hockey
-mom from Alaska that potentia
No, no, no 2008-09-24 17:36:00 I left my Grazia by mistake, on the table in a cafe on Filmore and Washington. As I was paying my bill, a woman started talking to me about babies, and whether her 28-year old niece should get one, and did I think it was a good idea. I got distracted by the sheer responsibility I had been given by being trusted by taking part in this decision, and after making a quick excuse (I am hardly an expert
No longer brick wall 2008-09-24 12:18:00 I never used to respond to comments made on my blog posts. Not sure why. There are no good reasons for this. Maybe I felt that, once the post was made, I moved on. I honestly have no idea.I have changed my mind. I will become a Responder!A lot of it has to do with the fact that I think people deserve recognition when they take their time to not only read, but also comment, on what I write. And bec
Criminality in Forrest Hill 2008-09-23 20:48:00 I can prove to you that Swedes are not the most law-abiding, nor the most eco-friendly citizens in the world. Honest, I can.A Swedish mother did an illegal turn, stopping a long row of traffic behind her while waiting to finish her maneuver, whilst chatting on her cellphone. She then proceeded to pull up in front of the school, and leave the engine running for almost ten minutes while finishing th
Potrero Hill 2008-09-22 12:20:00 I don't usually write happy stuff, but I'll make an exception for the Slow Club on Mariposa and Hampshire, just because they serve the best steak since Florio's, the best Mojito since Farmer Brown's and apparently also do a mean hamburger according to reliable sources.Afterwards, you can always go down to the dive bar on Potrero and drink vodka, argue over the jukebox with the pool-playing biker d
Dating games 2008-09-21 20:36:00 My single English friend from London, who moved to the city in the beginning of the year, is struggling to come to terms with the west coast mentality of granola and healthy living when it comes to dating. Basically, she's finding it hard to even find any men to date since, at weekends, they all seem to be out surfing, climbing and generally do sporty things. In London, people meet while drinking Read more:Dating
vs Haight Street 2008-09-17 21:00:00 ... meanwhile, in a far more realistic reality, I have thrown myself on to the newest trend and have gone into saving mode and found incredible dresses from Marc by Marc Jacobs and cute wraps in the thrift stores on Haight Street
for next to nothing. If I really didn't need them to start with, does it still count as saving?(Don't answer that.)
Pac Heights 2008-09-17 21:00:00 The young and beautiful people of Pacific Heights
all hang out on the sidewalks on Fillmore, drinking Large Macchiatos and reading Real Estate News.This is one place that does not seem affected by the dark clouds from 9/15. San Francisco is a bubble, detached from the rest of the world.
It's a stress 2008-09-17 21:00:00 For some reason the phone has not stopped ringing all day. In between everything and everything else, I manage to get 15 minutes to myself and I quickly bunker up on the sofa, book, water, apple, silence.After two minutes, the phone rings again. It's a woman from the window company we are expecting a quote from.- I'm just calling to say that I will be sending you an email very soon.- Oh...OK?- Jus Read more:stress
I need Beppe Wolgers! 2008-09-16 16:06:00 Since sleep - or rather, lack of it, plays such a big part of my life right now I am inviting you all to partake in a game where you all kindly give me your best tips on how I can get as much sleep as possible. Top ten Cat-Nap Tips basically.And you don't need to tell me that things to not do in order to have a good night's sleep is to go to the Tricky concert and drink beer and wine and finish of
Sunday afternoon 2008-09-14 20:02:00 There is a San Franciscan who spends his weekends traveling around with a big sound-system tied to the back of his blue bike. He goes from Fisherman's Wharf along Jefferson, through Aquatic Park with Michael Jackson's Rock with you blasting out of the speakers. If you're sitting on the beach watching the freshwater swimmers do laps in the water you can still hear the music as he's going up to Fort Read more:Sunday
Downtown San Francisco 2008-10-17 00:05:00 "Will take abuse for change", reads the cardboard sign that the homeless man outside Bloomingdales hold up to shoppers and lunchers.Tongue in cheek, indeed, as it's meant to catch your eye with it's wit, but a very sad plead, and we all keep walking. Read more:Downtown
, Francisco
An aspect of motherhood as it is, as there are so many, and one is enough for one day 2008-10-15 20:53:00 .."our society remains almost fiendishly baby-unfriendly." writes Susan Maushart in her book The Mask of Motherhood, a must-read for any mother who has even remotely had an incling that motherhood might not be all that the baby-books promised it would be.One year in to young baby-motherhood in this country has convinced me of one thing: American society does everything in it's power to refrain mot
By the way, as if this is important to anyone else but me and my friend currently in LA 2008-10-14 20:54:00 It's day 13 of detox. My energy-levels are astoundingly high and my ability to concentrate are on top. I feel like signing up for my PhD. Or take a crash-course in micro-biology, or something.Would be a shame to waste this opportunity to get the Nobel Prize, it might never occur again. Read more:friend
Mine. Mine. Mine. 2008-10-14 20:45:00 An old man has just entered Safeway in Castro and ignoring the long line of carts next to him walks up to an empty cart by the oranges and wheels it away.- Hang on, man, that's my cart, says an equally old man and goes after him, bag of oranges in one hand, a box of strawberries in the other.The old man gets angry.- Well, have it then. Be my guest.He looks around him and decides to take my, equall
'tis another season for love, peace and understanding 2008-10-12 12:23:00 A SF group called A Good Idea has started to spread "positivity" and good karma to people by handing out hugs, sunflowers and pb&j sandwiches around the city, whilst wearing T-shirts with positive messages to re-enforce unselfish kindness and happiness.Where they come from?Haigh-Asbury, of course.
I'd like to think I do my bit but sometimes I seem to fail. 2008-10-10 14:21:00 Making a statement by buying Trader Joe's organic green tea, be it for the environment or because of your own personal dietary preferences, leaves you feeling confused and somewhat cheated as each separate tea-bag are individually wrapped in plastic, which doesn't make any sense what so ever.(And also makes it really, really hard to get to the little buggers, too.) Read more:think
I listened to the debate as I drove up to San Rafael last night, and this is what I heard. 2008-10-08 10:56:00 Listening to the debate last night, I shuddered as McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one".It felt as if "boy" was only seconds away.Shame on you, McCain, for not being able to at least try to hide what you really think.Some things are just better off being kept to yourself. Read more:drove
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Well, I just love the customer service minded attitude in this place, it's plain brilliant! 2008-10-07 12:15:00 After much toeing and throwing my landlord still haven't got all the information he needs in order to give the go-ahead for the work we have to do to the windows and doors at the back of our house. For some reason, documents get stuck in cyber-net, or, more likely, are not being sent at all. And when they finally do hit the comfort of my landlords Inbox, it's never with the information he really n Read more:attitude
Fog is not my thing, for sure. 2008-10-07 12:08:00 So what is this? A very slow start to what was supposed to be a scorching day. In my garden, not a hint of sunshine, only fog, and cold air seeping through my slightly broken French doors.My motivation is not on top when I don't have sun in my life.I definitely moved to the wrong city.Maybe I should pack up and go to LA?
Day 6 of detox and counting. Subtitle: Is it OK to eat the Kamelia leaves in the garden? 2008-10-06 15:31:00 My observation for today is:right now it seems to be all about green smoothies,flat bread, fibre supplements, organic vegetables, quinoa and the next episode of True Blood.Not much else.As energetic as I undoubtedly feel (the urge to run a marathon rather than my usual 4-5 laps around the polo-field took me to a whole new level of exercise this morning) on this day 6 of detox, my brain seem to hav Read more:Subtitle
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Love Parade 2008-10-04 21:52:00 Market was closed off today because of the Love Parade
. As we were watching the train and listening to the thumping beats coming out of the sound systems, Holly was shocked to learn that her parents too have once been jumping up and down on the back of extravagantly decorated trucks in silly clothes stacking boxes and serving pizzas with animated hand gestures.- Really? she asked in bewilderment.- Read more:Love Parade
Day three of detox 2008-10-03 09:24:00 My aversion to the green smoothie reaches LA, where my is working for a few weeks, and she calls me up immediately to make sure it's going OK. I don't think she wants me to give up. After all, I have a mere three weeks to go, with the option of drinking one or two glasses of organic wine a week, she had to do it for four weeks solid, no wine, no chocolate. I guess she'd like to see me suffer, if o
Stuart Little is a small boy with very many words 2008-10-02 22:34:00 I ask Holly how she's getting on with Stuart
Little, the book she's currently reading. She thinks it's a bit difficult to get through it. Too many words on every page.I suggest she'll take a break. reading is for funsies, not a chore, but she's shaking her head.- If I don't read it now, I'll never get through it. Then I'll be a grown-up still reading kids books.It's easy to detect the sheer desper
So, three weeks from now I will be a different person, I guess. 2008-10-01 20:09:00 I have started a three (!!!!) week long detox to cleanse my body of all the nasty toxins I carry around and to rebuild my system.This is day one. Apart from bread, white pasta and wine everything I can eat is no different
from what I usually eat (in fact, the woman helping me with this admitted that my normal diet was pretty good and that it shouldn't be too difficult for me to readjust).But the s Read more:person
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