[Update 3/16/2012: “The Story of Trixie” has come full circle, as the blog where we got her inspiration has posted about her 🙂 See the epilogue after you read this post.] Trixie in her natural habitat, the ‘Deepistan National Parklet (& in front of our temporary construction mural by Adrian … Continue reading
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Goodbye, Maximum Leader
[Ed. Note.: Yeesh.  I haven’t blogged in about a year!  I have so many things to tell you about (Parklet! Rickshaws! China!) & will be getting to it ASAP. But this broke the log jam & I plan to be writing more soon. Sorry  for the delay dear readers (assuming … Continue reading
Sainthood!
Last weekend at FlashDance 29, Sister Viva L’Amour and Sister Selma Soul showed up & asked for the microphone & I of course, said “yes” immediately out of respect. They then proceeded to Saint me!! I’ve been Sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence! Courtesy of Adele Burnes This means … Continue reading
Heroes, Villains & Cultural FAIL: Thoughts on Michael Jackson
What follows are some ideas I banged out late the other night while writing  the invite to my 2nd Annual MJ Memorial Flashdance (tonight! y’all should come).  It isn’t particularly well-written (it was 3am!) but I’ll post it anyway, because the thoughts are important to me & I don’t have … Continue reading
How To Lose A Best Friend Without Even Knowing It
Update 5/21/10: Bob’s Friends’ Memorial 5/23 Info Hiking with Bob, Mokelumne Wilderness, July 2003 (courtesy of Eric Arons) I have developed a few life rules over the years & I have added one more over the past few days: Rule #1: Avoid Death New–> Rule #2: Make Yourself Known (Intimately) … Continue reading
Swaran Jawa’s Mattar Paneer Recipe
Note: If you want to skip the hype-splanation, and cut straight to the recipe, click here or go down to the “Click HERE for more” below…. Also note that I’ve included a plain text and a plain HTML version as well. I recommend checking back to this page before attempting … Continue reading
Trikeasaurus 1.0 R.I.P.
Trikeasaurus 1.0 is dead. The trailblazing tricycle of my affections can cart sound systems no more. She will be sadly missed. A moment of silence for the beast that sparked many a FlashDance and brought many many smiles to San Francisco (& me!) (photo courtesy of KayVee.INC on Flickr) Being … Continue reading
Big Wheels, Drag Queens, and a mini FD: Easter Sunday in SF
After FlashDance 20 (& dancing at Bootie afterwards) Saturday night, I was too much of a sluggolith to make it to the early parts of the always awesome Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Easter Bonnet Contest & Hunky Jesus Contest. Though I did fly by for a brief dose of Easter … Continue reading
Get THEE on Facebook!
(or “The One SIMPLE REASON You Need to Be On Facebook”) I’ve been thinking a lot about Facebook lately, and why it is so great. Not iPhone-great, but almost Wikipedia-great: it has changed the way I use the web, and my life in the real world is richer because of … Continue reading
Color + Indians + Fun = Holi
So… there are many fun Indian traditions and holidays…. and I’ve gotten to do none of them. Zilch. None. Never. Until yesterday 🙂 For some reason, as a child we skipped all the fun Indian activities and holidays. It was probably for a lot of reasons, but fundamentally maybe there … Continue reading