I have some doubts that there will ever be another Peoples Bizarre concert, I feel very fortunate to have seen them play tears in the eyes of audiences including me.  It’s is just when six exceptional musicians come together and the project does not take off, it is tough to keep them together. Tomorrow morning Colin Stetson their reed player is flying …

I got a sausage today at Rosamunde’s sausage grill in the Lower Haight, highly recommended. I have not been in that corner of the city in a while, but Gonzales endorsement where there all over the place, which made me hopeful. Hopeful, until I talked to the doorman of the Hotel Utah later in the evening and he told me …

Wow, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle really delivered on the promise to be the best Orchestra in the World. First Aus einem Tagebuch from Goebbels with lots of percussions and I have never seen so much brass on stage at the Symphony, I love brass. Then Bart

Only realized last week, that the Berlin Philharmonic are coming through San Francisco. “Berlin Philharmonic SOLD OUT Please call 415-864-6000 for turnbacks. In any short list of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic is at the top. Don’t miss this rare, once-in-a-lifetime experience as the Berlin Philharmonic makes its Davies Symphony Hall debut under its new Music Director, Sir …

This morning I knew, that I would be busy throughout the day. One of the items on the list was grocery shopping. It was sunny but still pretty cold, nonetheless I took a backpack and for the first time in a long while my motorcycle. It was just after 9 o’clock, San Francisco mostly still sleeping and I was in the zone, chasing …

Love today’s Quote a day because it is about juggling.  “Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends, and spirit – and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will …

Susanna, my best friend from Austria didn’t say much when Arnie got elected. She just send me the following postcard. No, this is not Arnie on this postcard, this is the next badge of Austrian hunks preparing to take over the world.

Stumbled over this letter from John Perry Barlow on Lisa Rein’s Radar. He wrote it shortly after Arnie was elected Governator. He will start his term tomorrow, therefore although it is from last month, it is very timely. Sometimes you read something, where you think, never saw it from this perspective, but he is so right: “If someone like Karl Rove had wanted to …

As every year, Dia de los Muertos was very nice. There was no better day to christen the new wooden deck in the back of my little cottage. We grilled and started there already with some mulled wine.  Then we walked with candles over to the Mission district to join the parade. First we were only standing on the sidewalk every one of use …

We don’t get enough positive data points in our lives. This is why I subscribe to the “Quote A Day” from CharityFocus. Again a real jewel from one of the greatest man alive Nelson Mandela (A man who after 28 years in jail does not have an axe to grind has my deepest admiration.):  “In judging our progress as individuals …