Tomorrow, September 30, there will be an official opening for a group show at the Diego Rivera Gallery where Anna will present several of her newest drawings. It will take place from 5 to 7 pm. Prior to that, there will be an Artist Talk at 4:30 ( Read more... )

I received this via StR's geeky joke e-mail list a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to post it. My regards to fellow Illini janya, _tsvetkov_ and saw:


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"I close my eyes only for a moment and the moment's gone
all my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity
dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind"
-- Dust in the Wind by a band called Kansas, 1977A few years back, late in the evening I was driving home to Burlington, Vermont from Montreal, Quebec on the wide open Canadian ( Read more... )

Under the influence of all the vegetarians whom I've encountered here in San Francisco, I was finally compelled to try the lifestyle for myself. I've subsisted on a mostly vegetarian diet once before while I lived in India for a couple of months, so I knew that I could probably do it for a short period of time. However, it now seems rather ( Read more... )

On Monday Anna and I quietly marked six years since we started dating. This summer, we went to Reno to celebrate the three year anniversary of our Las Vegas wedding. Ever since then, being married has been one of the few largely positive experiences for me, in spite of some rough patches I've had in other areas of my life. Oddly enough, you hear ( Read more... )

Year after year, a friend of mine talked about the great transformative nature of going to Burning Man and kept encouraging me to give it a try. However, it wasn't until last year shortly after I moved to San Francisco that I finally had a chance to join him and to experience the event for myself. Now, after my second pilgrimage to the Black Rock ( Read more... )

"I never said I was frightened of dying." -- Richard Wright in The Great Gig in the Sky

Yesterday Richard William Wright of Pink Floyd fame died at the age of 65. I saw him in concert with David Gilmour in April, 2006 and both of them delivered a memorable performance. Three days ago, while talking about my own Bucket List, I wrote that "Pink ( Read more... )

If you are interested in joining us for either or both of these shows, please kindly let me know before Monday:

• Земфира (Zemfira) on Sunday, October 12 at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City. General admission tickets are $45.
  
• Тимур Шаов (Timur Shaov) on Saturday, October 25 at the San Francisco JCC with a brand new program.

While I was still living in Vermont, I came up with my own personal Bucket List. When I looked at it a few days ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how much progress I've made in just over four years. In particular:

• I now believe that I found my home in San Francisco even though it's too early to tell whether we'll actually stay here. (Lifetime ( Read more... )

After the turbulent 13 months in San Francisco -- chronicled in my longest LJ entry to date -- and following the rejuvenating Burning Man experience, it's time for a fresh start with a brand new schedule. Note the time stamp on this posting!

Weekend of...DatesLocation(s)ActivitiesVia...August2323-1Reno, Black Rock City, NVMy second Burning Man. ( Read more... )