This is the man who defeated the most powerful empire in history, all through the power of non-violence and non-cooperation, freeing India from 200 years of British rule and oppression. Today is the 138th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. In addition to being one of India’s 3 national holidays the...

Last night Kristen, Alan and I got some yummy Vietnamese food for dinner then headed on to the Great American Music Hall for some rock and roll. Side note: Opening act Stellar Moments (featuring the singer and drummer from L7) were awesome. The Donnas got a lot of love from the San Francisco...

This is a true account of what occurred the night of August 29th. Some names have been changed, but the events are true! It was an awesome night as most wednesday nights tend to be at the Encore. Mellow, full of the usual suspects of regulars. It’s like a little party and I get paid to host...

60 years ago today at the stroke of midnight, the jewel of the British empire gained its freedom. Anyone who knows me knows how fiercely proud I am of my heritage. This anniversary of Indepence seems to be a special one to me, as modern India is the same age as my parents. I’m excited...

We celebrated our anniversary yesterday. March 22, 1991 – we went out on our first date March 22, 2000 – we got married My life is good. Mostly because of my wife =) Anyway, Kristen and I celebrated by trying out a new restaurant. Thankfully in San Francisco we have no end of dining...

When you work at a bar you also find yourself hanging out there occasionally on your nights off. There’s good reason for it, too. The staff are your buddies and you’re treated like royalty. Yep, that also means drinks are probably free. And when regular customers see you they are often...

Check it out, me and some coworkers ended up in an article in the Bay Area Reporter: You can read the article here. So like I was saying before, working in a bar has been very interesting. Here are some random thoughts on the subject: I’m getting pretty good at figuring out who is going...

Saturday night Kristen and I hooked up with Alan and hit the Red Devil Lounge. One of our favorite bands Los Straitjackets were on tour and passing through San Francisco. Now I’ve written about these guys before but if you’re new around here, this should set you straight: 4 dudes from...

That’s right it’s my wife’s birthday today. check out this card I got her:

Last week I took my mom to a free screening of Mira Nair’s latest film, The Namesake – which is based off of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri’s book of the same name. While waiting in line for the film, we were chatting with an elderly caucasian couple. It was a bizarre...