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08/05/201908/06/2019

Downtown Portland Murals, August 2019

Faith 47 and Rone murals in Portland, OR.

I spent last weekend in Oregon, first in Monmouth for my "little" (functionally giant) nephew's wedding, and then Portland for world-class sushi (and cauliflower!) at Bamboo (known for becoming the world's first certified sustainable sushi restaurant, and for being super tasty) before hopping a late flight back to The Bay. There's a mural that always …

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02/13/201308/06/2019

I Am The 1% – According to LinkedIn

I love LinkedIn's email marketing—they do such cool stuff with their available data. I got a kick out of this email from business social network yesterday. Apparently, some folks are looking at my profile. Of course, 1% of 200 million members is still a pretty damn big group—so not real exclusive, but this approach certainly …

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01/31/201308/06/2019

I Launched a Motorbike PSA Site

I'm a motorcycle nut—perhaps you've noticed. I commute on my trusty R1200R, so I ride every day, rain or shine and I do a lot of lane splitting in heavy traffic. Lane splitting, or lane sharing, has always been legal in California, but recently the CHP announced their official lane splitting guidelines. Because a lot …

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09/03/201208/06/2019

Family Style Run to Highway 36

THE SIGN on Highway 36, Northern California.

I've been letting this li'l blog languish for some time: too busy doing, not much time for documenting. Anyway, excuses aside... I'd been wanting to head up to ride the legendary Highway 36 and a few months back my pops happened to mention that he'd heard of a mythical road up in Northern California that …

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04/08/201208/06/2019

Photos: Easter Morning Pre-sunrise Ride Up Mount Tamalpais

The view from Mount Tamalpais at dawn on Easter 2012.

There's a long-standing tradition in the San Francisco Bay Area motorcycle community: the annual ride up Mount Tamalpais on Easter morning. The idea is to get to the top before sunrise to catch the view as the sun comes up. It's a pretty big deal: I'm not sure exactly how many bikes there was, but …

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01/18/201208/06/2019

SOPA Is Stupid. We All Know It.

And I'm not talking about soup. Seriously, if you're not well-informed on this issue, go here or here or here. Or just search on the Google, which is currently sporting a blacked out logo in protest. All that aside, as is often the case, there's some fun coming out of this. I saw lots of …

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12/21/201108/06/2019

Two Reasons California is the Best Motorcycle State in the USA

Motorbikes parked in San Francisco in December

I love California for many reasons, but speaking as a motorcyclist/biker/hooligan/whatever y'all call me, California is damn hard to beat. Here's why: Lane splitting. If you don't know what this means, get a motorcycle and come to California—you're basically immune to traffic. Commuting by moto is the only way to go! A couple of years …

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12/11/201108/06/2019

I Might Need a Heated Vest

Cow on the road on Del Puerto Canyon Road.

It was supposed to rain this afternoon, but I wanted to ride the Mount Hamilton>Del Puerto Canyon>Mines loop I rode last Sunday. I also just installed some Barkbuster S1 handguards and wanted to see how they worked at keeping my hands warm. Turns out it was a really good thing I installed those handguards: my …

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12/07/201108/06/2019

Brisk Winter Ride & A Sweet Photo of SF

Treasure Island view of San Francisco + BMW R1200R.

I headed out last Sunday for a quick loop over Mount Hamilton, across Del Puerto Canyon Road to Patterson, then back over to Mines and back to San Francisco. Check out my route and for extra points, the Yelp reviews for Del Puerto Canyon Road: "Why is there an option to review a friggen road?" Good …

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11/03/201108/06/2019

Dia de los Muertos San Francisco, 2011

Pretty sure that's Mr. The Box there on the left.

Angelica and I went out to The Mission last night for the Dia de los Muertos celebration. We didn't make it last year, but compared to 2009 it seemed like the procession was smaller, even if there were still about a bajillion people out in various states of costume and makeup, some of it very …

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