We celebrated BK turning 28 on Saturday with Bronte, Danielle and Jane down in the city. Ben got put onto an awesome little bar called […]
Chronology
50,000,000 Dollar Note
Poor ol’ Zimbabwe, today marked the third time in three months that the Zimbabwean Central Bank has printed a higher denomination note. The one today: […]
Morning Golden Gate Bridge
Big Air Time
There were some crazy moves being pulled at Sugarbowl last weekend…
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Luke took us to the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour last night, what an awesome event! We were awed by a series of short […]
Castle Peak
Luke and I have been throwing around the idea of getting hold of some randonee skis for a while now, so with the nice weather […]
Is Airbus in the Euro Business?
All over the news today: the Pentagon chooses Airbus to revamp it’s super-tanker fleet, awarding an up to $100 billion (USD) contract to the French […]
Stop Talking About Commodities!
I sit here every day listening to the talking heads on CNBC, watching the headlines flash by on my screens, and seeing the newspaper finance […]
Number 29
A birthday that had it all: good friends, good food, an amazing cake (thanks Andi) and cupcakes (and Katrina), good music, me killing it at […]
Packer’s Lunch
Packer’s Lunch, Neil Chenoweth Mum gave me Packer’s Lunch as a Christmas present last year, what an eye-opener! Although I’m sure it exists here as […]
New Providence and Staniel Cay
With all the wet weather we’ve been having, we decided it was time for a bit of sun during winter so we ventured southeast to […]
Marching Powder
Marching Powder, Rusty Young I didn’t just read this, I read it years ago when a friend of mine put me onto it. But, I wanted […]
Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis I don’t think this would be the type of book I’d usually pick up in the book store, but I must […]
Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb Just finished this one, pretty good read, reminded me a lot of my Behavioral Finance class at Cal. If […]
Taos Winter Wine Festival
The winemaker of the family was asked to represent Kendall-Jackson at the Taos Winter Wine Festival this last weekend in Taos, New Mexico. Somehow I […]
Jim’s 30th in San Luis Obispo
We took a trip down memory lane in San Luis Obispo on the weekend to celebrate Jim’s 30th birthday. The gig was at Downtown Brew […]
Work Schedule
I found a pretty good proxy for my work schedule craziness this morning: The JP Morgan G7 Currency Volatility Index. Anything above an 8.0 is […]
Michaela’s Birthday
Had an awesome dinner at Della Fattoria downtown last night for Michaela’s birthday with Annie, Kevin, Brian and Juana. Food was amazing, slow cooked beef […]
Winter Storm Hits Northern California
We spent this last weekend at the cabin with Andi and her boyfriend Jeffrey, battling our way up to the mountains on Friday night on […]
San Francisco Restaurants
On Bob Anderson’s recommendation: Tres Agaves Bix Farralon Aqua Michael Mina Fleur de Lys Gary Danko