Everyone knows that the cornerstone of a good breakfast, what separates the just-okay ones with the amazing ones, are perfect hash browns.  Now, I am aware that there are differing schools of thought on what the perfect hash brown actually entails, but the consensus in my circle (which essentially entails

As a general rule of life, work-related holiday parties are un-fun. Whether it is your company, or the office of your friend/lover who has decided they secretly hate you and have brought you along for punishment, no one is truly stoked to be there. The opposite is true if you

Guess what?  There are — no kidding — only NINE days left until Christmas Day.  That’s a little over a week to search, scramble and scrounge for the perfect gifts you haven’t gotten yet.  I’ve heard tell of folks who finish all their holiday shopping months in advance, taking advantage

The other day, my good friend from the Azores asked me if I was proud to be an American. Of course, my initial reaction was “absolutely not” but then I got to thinking and that’s when I realized what being an American is really about: Getting drunk on a boat.

So if you’re a television watcher, you probably watch Family Guy.  It’s boundary-pushing, inappropriate, un-PC, crude and insensitive — basically all the qualities you want to cultivate in your own life.  I knew a douchebag a couple years ago who loved the show, which made me not want to watch

This sounds like a pretty awesome FREE event.  It’s almost too good to be true.  Luckily this is San Francisco, so magical things do happen on a daily basis.  Check out this press release.  Sorry I’m just cutting and pasting it but I’m swamped with work today: THE WORLD TREE

I was standing in line today behind two old ladies. I mean, really old ladies. I mean, so many wrinkles you can barely see their eyes old. And one of them said in her thick New York accent: ‘œI went to see Burlesque and that Christina Agoraphobia is such a

The El Farolito Bar advertised for like a month telling me that I could watch the Pacquiao vs Margarito fight there.  I’m a big boxing fan, and I love seeing Manny Pacquiao fight, so I was pretty excited.  On the night I arrived though, the  security guard informed me that somebody