French Kicks

Saw the French Kicks last night at the Mercury Lounge, my latest in whiny boy bands. Was surprised to see so many girls out. My friend's explanation was that it's a band of 5 guys, what can you expect?! I guess guys are not fans of hearing other guys sing about their whiny lives when they have their own whiny lives to live. And if they didn't have whiny lives, the music wouldn't be as good (ahem, post-Paltrow Coldplay). And for all you fans out there (who might seriously be reading this?), please don't take "whiny" as a criticism - this is merely an unschooled description of what the kids these days call Emo.


As for the music, it was damn good.

The scene at Hot Chip on Saturday was quite the opposite. Also a group of 5 nerdish guys (nothing whiny about them!) playing to a packed house at Terminal 5. Most people seemed to be in their 20s and the guy checking my ID didn't look old enough to even check IDs! The show was great although a bit too short. Got our dance on afterwards at Studio B with Gui Boratto.

Safe seafood

When I was first handed this seafood watch card at the Monterey Bay Aquarium a few years ago it read more like a menu than guidelines for what-not-to-eat. What with all the environmental issues around sustainability, global warming, and other scaryisms I saw this again recently and am now thinking, hmm, maybe it's worth a look again. Unfortunately many yummy creatures are on the "avoid" list but then again, the "best choices" will should keep us all full and happy for quite some time.

Snowboarding

Just got back from a trip to Whistler where the snow lives on. Great snowboarding over there especially the Blackcomb national park glacier. Sadly, global warming has hit Whistler and melted a very cool blue ice cave that used to be on the glacier. If you haven't been, go now before it melts away!

Getting there isn't the easiest from the east coast as my 22 hour journey will show. No, it's not 22 hours of fly time, just a whole lot of waiting & sleeping at airports. If only I could realize my bi-coastal dream and keep a hub in San Francisco.