Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Fashion Phone from Yves Behar
Fashion Phone from Yves BeharIt is quite natural to ask when you find out about the cost of this unit, which is 10 000 dollars (in the version with stainless steel housing) - what it is? The answer - two-inch screen, 200 entries in the calendar function and send sms. That's all. Version in a gold package costs $ 58,700.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Apple to unveil iPad 2 on March 2
If the latest chatter is true, we may finally get our first glimpse at the next iPad in a little more than a week.Kara Swisher over at All Things Digital says she has "multiple" sources who claim that Apple will hold a media event in San Francisco on March 2.Apple has yet to officially confirm an event next week, but according to Swisher, the company "seems poised" to take the wraps off the
Friday, February 27, 2009
Lusty, Lusty, Lusty ...
So, Kay over at “Perhaps We Learned Something” has invented a little meme that is going to last exactly seven weeks. Being the joiner I am, I’ve decided to play along.
Basically the idea is that she’s going to post one of the Seven Deadly Sins each week, and then we are supposed to write about it. Or do a photo blog about it. Or a vlog. Or whatever. I guess a vlog would be okay, right Kay? You didn’t mention vlogs, but that might be fun.
Anyhoodle, this is week one of the Seven Deadly Sins Meme. And for week one is the sin is …
LUST!
Yeah, baby!
My first thought when I saw that this week’s word was “STRIPPER STORIES!!!” But, then I saw that she asked up keep it PG-13. So, stripper stories are out.
So, instead I will tell a couple of stories from back in the day. The first one takes place in San Francisco, CA.
It was the first time I had ever been there. My brother in law was stationed at Mather Air Force Base in Sacrament and my mother and I went out there to visit. On our visit we made a day trip to San Francisco. Needless to say, it was clear right from the beginning that we weren’t in Arkansas any more.
Anyway, it was our intention to make our way to the Fisherman’s Warf, but we got lost. I’m sure anyone from there, or near there, probably thinks that there is no way to get lost looking for something that EVERYBODY goes to. But, we did.
I’ve never been concerned with getting lost. I just figure it’s part of the sight-seeing trip. So I rather enjoyed driving through different areas of the city. Then we made a turn down some street and found ourselves in a rather interesting neighborhood. To our right was the Lusty Lady Theater …
Needless to say I was the only one in the Jeep Cherokee who thought stopping and going inside would be a good idea. So, we drove on past. But, I did make a note of the place. Just in case I ever made it back.
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Next I will tell the story about the very first thing that popped into my head when I saw that this week’s word was “Lust.” I have no idea why I thought of this.
When I was a freshman at the University of Arkansas, the town of Fayetteville and the school were both still pretty funky. It would be about five years still before the liberal corporate elitists would take control of the town from the hippies and yuppify the place, thus ruining it.
Also, the 1st Amendment was still intact, and people could set themselves up on the plaza in front of the student union and do some sort of one man protest. Sometimes they would try to get people to save the whales, sometimes it was the rainforests and sometimes they were preaching the gospel. Now of course, you have pay for permit and then go to the designated “fee speech zone.” Don’t get me started.
Anyway, very late in the spring semester, a middle aged man showed up one Monday, carrying a microphone and amp set. He then began to preach the word of God to everyone as we wandered by on our way to and from class or whatever important things we were doing. As the week went on the crowds began to grow and people began to go down there to debate him. It got to be quite the entertaining show. The debates were, for the most part, very respectful and at times very deep and philosophical.
With one exception. Anytime a coed wearing a short dress or shorts would walk past, or come up to him, the man would stop whatever he was talking about, point at her, and yell “LUSTY, LUSTY, LUSTY!” Needless to say, the crowd started joining in with him each time. This made the whole thing even more entertaining.
But, best of all was the fact that by the end of the week, many girls had decided that they too wanted to be called “lusty” by this guy. So, the plaza became a parade of young, fit coeds strutting around in mini-skirts and short-shorts.
It was a beautiful sight. Girls wearing skimpy outfits walking around, and large crowds of both men and women, led by Mr. Preacherman, shouting “LUSTY, LUSTY, LUSTY” at them.
In fact, it was so much fun that on Friday my buddies and I filled some big 64 ounce plastic cups from the 7-11 (you know the kind with the tight-fitting lid and plastic straw) with beer or a mixture of Bacardi 151 and Gatorade and headed down to watch the show. For most of the afternoon we sat there, drinking alcohol and eating pizza from Jim’s Razorback Pizza in the Union and watched the lusty little ladies strut their stuff.
Next to that party at the Sig Ep house, where those four girls got up on the tables and danced naked, the preacher man was probably the most entertaining thing that happened that semester.
Basically the idea is that she’s going to post one of the Seven Deadly Sins each week, and then we are supposed to write about it. Or do a photo blog about it. Or a vlog. Or whatever. I guess a vlog would be okay, right Kay? You didn’t mention vlogs, but that might be fun.
Anyhoodle, this is week one of the Seven Deadly Sins Meme. And for week one is the sin is …
LUST!
Yeah, baby!
My first thought when I saw that this week’s word was “STRIPPER STORIES!!!” But, then I saw that she asked up keep it PG-13. So, stripper stories are out.
So, instead I will tell a couple of stories from back in the day. The first one takes place in San Francisco, CA.
It was the first time I had ever been there. My brother in law was stationed at Mather Air Force Base in Sacrament and my mother and I went out there to visit. On our visit we made a day trip to San Francisco. Needless to say, it was clear right from the beginning that we weren’t in Arkansas any more.
Anyway, it was our intention to make our way to the Fisherman’s Warf, but we got lost. I’m sure anyone from there, or near there, probably thinks that there is no way to get lost looking for something that EVERYBODY goes to. But, we did.
I’ve never been concerned with getting lost. I just figure it’s part of the sight-seeing trip. So I rather enjoyed driving through different areas of the city. Then we made a turn down some street and found ourselves in a rather interesting neighborhood. To our right was the Lusty Lady Theater …
Needless to say I was the only one in the Jeep Cherokee who thought stopping and going inside would be a good idea. So, we drove on past. But, I did make a note of the place. Just in case I ever made it back.
--
Next I will tell the story about the very first thing that popped into my head when I saw that this week’s word was “Lust.” I have no idea why I thought of this.
When I was a freshman at the University of Arkansas, the town of Fayetteville and the school were both still pretty funky. It would be about five years still before the liberal corporate elitists would take control of the town from the hippies and yuppify the place, thus ruining it.
Also, the 1st Amendment was still intact, and people could set themselves up on the plaza in front of the student union and do some sort of one man protest. Sometimes they would try to get people to save the whales, sometimes it was the rainforests and sometimes they were preaching the gospel. Now of course, you have pay for permit and then go to the designated “fee speech zone.” Don’t get me started.
Anyway, very late in the spring semester, a middle aged man showed up one Monday, carrying a microphone and amp set. He then began to preach the word of God to everyone as we wandered by on our way to and from class or whatever important things we were doing. As the week went on the crowds began to grow and people began to go down there to debate him. It got to be quite the entertaining show. The debates were, for the most part, very respectful and at times very deep and philosophical.
With one exception. Anytime a coed wearing a short dress or shorts would walk past, or come up to him, the man would stop whatever he was talking about, point at her, and yell “LUSTY, LUSTY, LUSTY!” Needless to say, the crowd started joining in with him each time. This made the whole thing even more entertaining.
But, best of all was the fact that by the end of the week, many girls had decided that they too wanted to be called “lusty” by this guy. So, the plaza became a parade of young, fit coeds strutting around in mini-skirts and short-shorts.
It was a beautiful sight. Girls wearing skimpy outfits walking around, and large crowds of both men and women, led by Mr. Preacherman, shouting “LUSTY, LUSTY, LUSTY” at them.
In fact, it was so much fun that on Friday my buddies and I filled some big 64 ounce plastic cups from the 7-11 (you know the kind with the tight-fitting lid and plastic straw) with beer or a mixture of Bacardi 151 and Gatorade and headed down to watch the show. For most of the afternoon we sat there, drinking alcohol and eating pizza from Jim’s Razorback Pizza in the Union and watched the lusty little ladies strut their stuff.
Next to that party at the Sig Ep house, where those four girls got up on the tables and danced naked, the preacher man was probably the most entertaining thing that happened that semester.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
All American Cities ....
Well, New York won the poll asking which world city you would just up and move to. But, the votes were spread out pretty good with London, Sydney and Paris all doing pretty well too.
I totally could see myself moving to NY. It’s a completely different kind of life, but one that I think would be lots and fun and very exciting. I would be sure to find a great pub pretty close to where I lived first thing so there would be a drinking establishment within walking distance. Then I would move on to all the other stuff.
And I’m already a Knicks fan (although they are my #2 team after the Spurs) and I also root for the Jets (although the Seahawks are my#1 NFL team and the Steelers are actually my #2 team, but that’s okay) and I’m a Rangers fan (and they really are my #1 hockey team). And I already pretty much hate all the Bahston teams, so I’m pretty sure I’d fit right in!
Anyway, congrats to the Big Apple for it’s big win!
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So, I had a number of jingoistic patriotic people ask me if I was going to do a US cities poll next. Hell yes I am! But, I’m going do something that will undoubtedly piss a couple of people off cause that’s just the kind of guy I am. I’m not going to put New York on the list. HA!
Well, if New York already won the “world cities” poll, doesn’t it stand to reason that it would win the US Cities poll too? Umm... actually no it doesn’t. But, I’m thinking it would win big anyway, so I’m leaving it off the list. I’m going to assume that New York is *ALWAYS* #1!!
So, which US City would you up and move to?
1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. San Francisco
4. Seattle
5. Las Vegas
6. Miami
7. Washington D.C.
8. Boston
9. Atlanta
10. Austin
Yeah, I left some pretty nice towns off the list. But, I always want to keep the list to 10 or fewer so there you go. If your dream is to move to Beaverlick, Kentucky or Boring, Maryland, then sorry about that. They didn’t quite make the list.
I totally could see myself moving to NY. It’s a completely different kind of life, but one that I think would be lots and fun and very exciting. I would be sure to find a great pub pretty close to where I lived first thing so there would be a drinking establishment within walking distance. Then I would move on to all the other stuff.
And I’m already a Knicks fan (although they are my #2 team after the Spurs) and I also root for the Jets (although the Seahawks are my#1 NFL team and the Steelers are actually my #2 team, but that’s okay) and I’m a Rangers fan (and they really are my #1 hockey team). And I already pretty much hate all the Bahston teams, so I’m pretty sure I’d fit right in!
Anyway, congrats to the Big Apple for it’s big win!
--
So, I had a number of jingoistic patriotic people ask me if I was going to do a US cities poll next. Hell yes I am! But, I’m going do something that will undoubtedly piss a couple of people off cause that’s just the kind of guy I am. I’m not going to put New York on the list. HA!
Well, if New York already won the “world cities” poll, doesn’t it stand to reason that it would win the US Cities poll too? Umm... actually no it doesn’t. But, I’m thinking it would win big anyway, so I’m leaving it off the list. I’m going to assume that New York is *ALWAYS* #1!!
So, which US City would you up and move to?
1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. San Francisco
4. Seattle
5. Las Vegas
6. Miami
7. Washington D.C.
8. Boston
9. Atlanta
10. Austin
Yeah, I left some pretty nice towns off the list. But, I always want to keep the list to 10 or fewer so there you go. If your dream is to move to Beaverlick, Kentucky or Boring, Maryland, then sorry about that. They didn’t quite make the list.
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