I think San Diego has the most beautiful stunning cocktail bars in the world (which is not the same as cocktail culture but still great).

Pretty yet devoid of culture

Theory: San Diego is the Charleston of the West Coast

Some photos from this weekend’s big earthquake anniversary tour.

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The washing machine has taken my clothes hostage, they’re disassembling it like a bomb squad to get them out.

I had an awesome day hope you did too

Inside a Water Tasting That Will Change How You See Water A visit to a San Francisco water tasting reveals how mineral content, texture, and sourcing shape everyday drinking water in surprising ways.

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an awesome thing is that my office is upstairs in my favorite place in San Francisco, the Mechanics Institute Library. The string quartet that is playing a show in the library tonight is warming up downstairs so I’m getting a free concert I can hear from my desk www.milibrary.org/events/24992

Lots of bottled water

Water class inventory day.

Fuck these guys

enraging, and this will never stop happening.

Winning Book Presentations with Amy Stewart | Jane Friedman In this 90-minute live webinar you'll learn how to craft a compelling book talk and fill your calendar with events.

This talk on giving/getting/logistics of non-fiction book talks by Drunken Botanist author Amy Stewart was so good. I plan to watch it a few times and take extensive notes (and I already give a lot of talks). You can rent the recording.

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oh you’re sending a follow up email to bring it to the top of my inbox? sorry but you just FAFO about my FIFO

Up since 3AM hardcore partying*

*unable to go back to sleep after a text message from turbotax woke me up

the only important beverage industry discourse is about the wine pour at the Courtyard Marriott in Westbury NY

she’s playing a free outdoor pre-Pride DJ set in SF in June btw

Janelle Monae is the millennial Lenny Kravitz

me in front of books

it’s called BOOKSMAXXING look it up

The reveal

These 2 books have something common…

sounds right to me. it’s across the street from Erick Castro’s cocktail dive bar

CH Projects We set out to create not restaurants and bars, but public gathering spaces that help cultivate our neighborhoods

It’s a Consortium project, so super ornate/grand as they all seem to be. ch-projects.com

Mothership super unique, small. Hit the renovated Lafayette yet?

There’s a Secret Ingredient to Making Luxury Ice at Home Nice ice is big business, but you can get perfectly clear cubes at home without freezing your assets.

I commented on ice.

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tour flyer for april 18th event

It’s a Barbary Coast blowout! I’ll be giving a history tour on April 18 that stops in to 3 bars for a brandy cocktail in each (plus: snacks) on the 120th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Good price, good drinks, good times.

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Spheretual healer

My friend had a good idea that I should become a grifter promoting the healing power of clear ice

I was supposed to go to a party at the library tonight! Well, at least I have very good ice to put on it

Its all fun and games until a scooter flies into your leg. I have a lump and a limp now