Korner Talk

Obligatory post to bid farewell to 2009 and the first decade of the 21st century. Hope everyone had a good Xmas holiday. Celebrate the arrival of 2010 safely. Tudalu!

I never really enjoyed coffee drinks other than regular coffee. Every now and then I would get a mocha frap from SBUX, but I would always feel swindled and gross afterwards. I also never took the time to figure out what the hell a latte, americano, or espresso really was. Give me a simple cup [...]

Hope all you peeps are enjoying the holiday and that Santa brought you a shiny new toy.

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’ve been reading this book called let my people go surfing by Yvon Chouinard, the owner and founder of Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company. I was initially attracted to this book because of the title. The title is actually a policy at Patagonia where employees of Patagonia can [...]

After pedaling around the streets of MDR and the boardwalk on Venice Beach for the past year, I needed to bike somewhere with a little more danger factor. Being so close to the Santa Monica Mountains, I looked up the easiest trail that I could find and came up with Westridge Fire Road up in [...]