The moon right now.

Mt. Whitney

BIKE YOUR WALK!

We saw the movie Companion last night. Can recommend. The first 45 minutes are terrific.

Oakland mayors are less powerful than you think. oaklandside.org/2025/02/11/o...

We're back home now from trekking in Torres del Paine, and it's everything they say it is, just one super superlative after another. A few photos:

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u... via @NYTimes Same is true for Oakland. Someone should write an article about it.

TIL: Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad ("Chip off the old block"). Skip is for a guy named after their granddad ("skipped" a generation). Trip(p) is for a third in line with the same name as his dad and granddad ("triple").

If you were wondering why so many fires.

I won’t For the rest of my life Forget the winter That we rode bicycles Through the orange groves in Portugal. The sun shined bright On the white houses in the villages And on the turquoise sea And on the two of us And we were happy again.

There’s a new star in the night sky to guide our way.

Pretty Porto

Gatekeeper at St. Peter’s just now getting over his confusion after some dude showed up and said “Rickey has arrived!” RIP King! You were the greatest lead off hitter of all time!

This is a very important and thoughtful piece for Oakland residents to read. It's written by former acting City Administrator Steve Falk. The problem is not just the people elected, it's also an unusual government structure that lacks logical lines of authority. The result: No one is in charge.

San Francisco Bay under fog this morning.

Words Only Go So Far Acrylic and Oil on Birch Board www.stevenbradleyfalk.com

I guess we don’t exist. @spellingbee

Little bit of #JonathanRichman playing at the Ivy Room last night.

The correct temperature for a thermostat is 69 degrees.

Perfect late autumn day with old friends at Briones Reservoir.

Half dozen people have now asked me what’s the deal with the city manager who got fed up and ran for mayor. 👀 www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

This is the guy who won the Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest.

Me cracking an egg into a bowl of Krusteaz waffle mix.

Post you from a different era.

‘Charter’ cities are gaining popularity in California, but voters are worried about new taxes www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

[Insert raised eyebrows emoji here] oaklandside.org/2024/11/19/o...

Psychedelic Furs > Sex Pistols. Don’t @ me.

I’ve been to all of these places. While I might rank them differently, I won’t disagree that Idyllwild is #1. I went to summer camp there as a kid and have such good memories of that artsy mountain town. www.travelandleisure.com/best-mountai...

Is it just me or are office chairs getting out of hand?

Ionaerik Www.stevenbradleyfalk.com

This is that one article that made me famous for fifteen minutes: www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/b...

These are my paintings: www.stevenbradleyfalk.com

Here’s my book: a.co/d/gL5FdZm

Hi bluesky. I’m here.