Next time when you learn their name say you had a pet dog called that same name once.

Have you ever had vinho verde before? It's lightly carbonated. It's a slightly lower ABV than other wines and its green-ness made for a decent replacement for botanical spirits, so I thought it was actually a great ingredient for shim cocktails. Our whole European vacation last year was initially pr...

The most recent thing that trips my memory is Boardwalk Empire. He had a very prolific career.

I don't even like baseball and I had a great time there; we walked to one of the games from our apartment. Cable cars are a surprisingly useful things. And yes, the main east-west route is California St, and the Powell St line takes you over the hill from Market to the Wharf. Pro tip: Don't get on a...

Imo the food and wine culture of Spain is unmatched for the symbiotic diversity of flavors and styles. So if you have access to a store that has a Spain section, shop there. That's probably the easiest suggestion.

A dry bubbly is a fantastically diverse pairing option. The closest to real O-negative wines (universal pairing) I could suggest would be a Riesling in an Old World style (e.g. not sugary sweet) or a Pinot Noir. It's hard to make suggestions at the level of a grape variety, but that's a usually soli...

Well done and good on ya

No one wants to have a meeting with us. What I do and where, if you're meeting with us it's like 50-50 you did something wrong.

I think in the context 'a' physicist is probably too much amount of renown.

Unless you’re a Stern fan, I don’t know why anybody would pay for radio instead of one of the many streaming services where you can actually listen to whatever you want to on demand. It's a function of data rates. How do you pull the streaming content out of the sky? If you have an unlimited plan*,...

Meanwhile................... Tom Brady roast fallout: Former QB says Netflix skewering 'affected my kids,' Nikki Glaser thinks he knew 'exactly what he was getting into' On Wednesday’s Today With Hoda & Jenna, Glaser — the comedian who drilled Brady during the roast and included a dig at him for lea...

This was kind of a bananas start to the day

Pursuit ends with suspect slamming head-on into cars on 405 Freeway

Also: Lombard Street is a Mecca for car break-ins. If you want to walk the hill, take an Uber/Lyft.

I'm not familiar with undoubtedly robust and evenhanded enforcement of this 1953 statute in North Carolina, but sub 5 reads: Any of the following are exempted from the provisions of [this mishigas]: ...[a]ny person or persons, as members or members elect of a society, order or organization, engaged ...

Our bathroom renovation is complete and we have passed inspection. Hooray.

I've been seeing it for a week now that Se2 was in the works, but everyone kept citing to the same Deadspin story that just said Sanada-san has signed a new deal. The Variety reporting makes a lot more sense.

Please no. Let it stand on its (substantial) merits of 10 absolutely perfect hours of television.

(that 'se' at the end is a real bugger)

Only when they're on their phone at work and can't be arsed to type it out.

Is it like seatbelt laws when they first went into effect? You couldn't be pulled over just for not having your belt on, but if you got pulled over for (say) speeding they could tack on a fine for the belt.

Lots of SF has simply not recovered from the pandemic, many shuttered businesses. So bear that in mind. Japantown is near Hayes Valley and Civic Center. If we were younger and dogless and interested in apartment renting we probably would've wanted to live near there. So many excellent restaurants. P...

Fun story, I just learned a couple months ago that the original plan was to build the new stadium in the shadow of Candlestick, but the city was being difficult. So they took their stadium plan - including the physical design that was meant to offer curated views of downtown SF - and moved it to rec...

Japantown, as in the city proper of SF?

Yes, that dates to the Jim Crow era.

Ooh, one more that I'd add: PF Chang's. I actually like that one.