Last night was my friend’s birthday.  Or rather, the whole day was her birthday, but we celebrated it that night.  There were about ten of us, all graduated the same year at Berkeley High and all in very - Read more

Over the past few years, I’ve spent much of my free time in The People’s Republic of Davis at the homes of friends whom all happen to live along B Street between 3rd & 4th Streets, directly across - Read more

Our new City Council has been duly inaugurated, seated, and feted.  Now, time for them to get down to work.  Although they’ll be taking the customary August break, this Council (under the organizational - Read more

Hello Davis!  Now this is what blogging is really about. Our esteemed regular socialite, Lucy, is unable to be with us this glorious Friday… so, I’ve been called in at the last minute to feed - Read more

In August of 2009, I shared with you my odd dreams of machinery digging into the streets around my home in downtown Davis. Yesterday morning, I awoke to what I was convinced was some big-toothed behemoth of a - Read more

The City of Davis is currently studying the concept of allowing the development of a sports park on the old landfill. With the combination of excess methane, unattractive aesthetics, and the overall smell a - Read more

On June 30, 2010 the Board of Education of the Davis Joint Unified School District adopted a budget for the 2010-11 school year.  This is a legal obligation, despite the fact that there is no budget in sight - Read more

Living in a college town, even if you’re not affiliated with the local institution of higher learning, means that your sense of a yearly calendar is somewhat different.  With the academic summer upon us - Read more

Hey Davis! How’s it going? Good?  Great! I must admit to having not much to talk about right now. I started that huge work-out craze called p90x with a friend.  I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but - Read more

I woke up early this morning and drove to an internet cafe – The Lyric Bistro in Clayton, NY housed in an old opera house – ostensibly to catch up on the e-mail I have been ignoring for more than a - Read more