From the monthly archives:
What the what? Just when I thought Urban Outfitters had the monopoly on hideous, enter American Apparel. There are a few things amusing about their offerings, I won’t bore you with the spandexy details, but I think this outfit to the left (coming soon! reads their catalog) might rival the confusing khaki shorts Urban Outfitters [...]
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I’ve noticed more and more that commericals, especially ones advertising to harried mothers, are designed to make me feel inadequate. Take for example laundry detergent commercials. Women in them seem to have nothing better to do than make socks whiter. This is how you take care of your family. This is [...]
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Several months back I took my three kids to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. They enjoyed it but it many of the things to see were simply too high for them and the small, crowded, hands-on exhibit of tide pool inhabitants (their favorite) was just too busy. They ended up having the most fun by the [...]
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Redwood City Roller Rink: Let’s Roll
I used to go to a roller rink. My memory of it is fuzzy. The only thing I remember with any clarity is what must have been the rink’s theme song – a song they played with alarming frequency. Whether it just happened to be a popular song at [...]
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Safari West is like Africa in Santa Rosa. Actually it’s not like that at all. But it’s about the closest thing you’ll get to a Safari when you have three children and are terrified of taking them on a plane. They can see the world in college, for now they can see Santa Rosa.
We went [...]
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