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Sunday espresso

Sunday Espresso: On Showing Up and Wine Badges
Less Napoleonic
08.29.10

As much as I like anything that makes wine more fun, and approachable, I’m not so sure we’re going to see the 100-point system replaced anytime soon.

Sunday Espresso: Baby photos 2.0, X10 surprises, Gilt memoires
Typing into the Void
08.22.10

The latest game, though, involves… making money. Who doesn’t want to make money, right?

Sunday Espresso: Future of Media, Foodie-ville, Mickey Rourke
Life in a Tent
08.15.10

All of that with iPhone in one hand, a plate in the other, and, for some arguably less fashion-forward, a wine glass holder slung around their necks.

Sunday Espresso: Laughter, Magazines, Backgammon (blood)
Succinctness Counts
08.08.10

So when it comes to these uber-sexy iPad magazines, people get very excited at first. After the euphoria wears off, they launch Angry Birds.

Sunday Espresso: Ottawa, Gophers (still), Jett
Beautiful Thing
08.01.10

As I glance over into our yard while typing this, I envision a gopher, dancing and taunting me.

Sunday Espresso: Alan Frew, Twitter No-stars, Loni vs. Mantis
Confidential
07.25.10

Cupcake has been the central personality on so many of our SSC videos, yet the whole ordeal has tested my Canadian-born patience. Time for change.

Sunday Espresso: Yelp for Laughs, New Media Elvis, Theatre Tweets
Half as fun, Half as smart?
07.18.10

Hollywood Movie Star “very upset with StarkSilverCreek”

Sunday Espresso: MCL tear, TED addict, 11th hour
I must be Dreaming
07.11.10

I grimace, and limp to the fridge. I need a cold beer, and don’t have time to decode Loni’s arcane compassion.

Sunday Espresso: Father’s Day Playboy, World Cup, Joan Crawford tomatoes
Twitch and Roll
06.20.10

Stages across the Bay Area are full-on gay these days. And that, of course, is not …

Sunday Espresso: World Cup 98, 24, T2i
Run-n-gun
06.13.10

Within 20 minutes, one million people had poured into the streets. Dancing, celebrating. All next to the Arc de Triomphe at Place Charles de Gaulle.

Sunday Espresso: Glee, ThinkPad, Creative Thrashing
Editorial
06.06.10

She asked me, “would you watch Glee alone?” To which I gave her the typical male are-you-out-of-your-bleeping-shower-curtain-warped-ga-ga-mind?

Sunday Espresso: Branding, That Said, Black Box
Jiminy Cricket
05.30.10

For a while our house smelled like a giant mushroom, what with all of Loni’s urban …

Sunday Espresso: Stanford, Spark Plugs, Sharks
Honda vs. Audi
05.23.10

In the this new world of “performances,” every action can be seen as masterful illusion or …

Sunday Espresso: Vegetable mania, Sharks mania, Theater mania
Welcome to the Jungle
05.16.10

Let me tell you about typing on a ThinkPad keyboard. As Tom Cruise once said, “There …

Sunday Espresso: Life is a B&H, Bloody Wine, Non-professionals Only?
Liberace's Winery
05.02.10

As I said, some mornings my mind is blank. I sit here thinking about the NHL …