Enter your address into: www.crimemapping.com

It shows all the reported crimes around your address. Cool stuff. Prepare to be frightened a bit.

Yes, I'm doing a story on it right now. And yes, there's a lot of disturbing the peaces in North Beach. I think it's mostly my downstairs neighbors.

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After scanning Craig's List for comparable North Beach property, I am taking the 1BR apartment (all me own)I was offered in the Mission. It's a really awesome place with a monster kitchen, and a mini-deck which will fit the grill, and enough room to host folks for dinner (and now enough room to cook them a good one ( Read more... )

...often has some great pictures. In the middle of a story on K9 unit training, I ran across this image:


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If your Thursday night is free, I can't recommend enough going to:

http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1517

Kenneth Anger: Restored PrintsPhyllis Wattis Theater ( Read more... )

I was feeling a bit down today, a little bit the weather, and a little bit the stress of trying to figure out my move.

Then...this came on my iPod and all was right with the world. If your day is tough, prepare to be liberated:

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The office ( Read more... )

It's december, but i just love this poem, and it seems to capture my feeling about exactly right now. "Through the parables/ Of sunlight/ And the legends of the green chapels" - beautiful ( Read more... )

Ouch. Meds and vino do NOT mix. Thanksgiving was awesome - headed to Martinez and enjoyed many kids and captain underpants and spirited political discussion and another Raiders loss. Over 8 hours, though, I had 5 glasses of wine - and still have one of the worst hangovers I've ever had. Seriously, I am on the wagon, until body up to speed ( Read more... )