Developed from English rugby, a primitive hybrid was played by the young men of Harvard on the Boston Common every Monday (known as “Bloody Monday”) gaining popularity within the college system by 1860. After the Civil War, colleges across the nation created teams with Princeton establishing a crude version of rules. In 1867 the football [...]
David Foster Wallace
I went to a very ‘Este-like’ seminar when I was twenty four years-old held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. At that time I worked as a teacher of after-school programs (soccer/hockey/cartooning/calligraphy) at Sonoma Country Day School and they paid for me to attend the seminar. As with many new experiences I thought, “what [...]
Today
I remember I woke about five minutes before my cell phone alarm. I was sleeping in the guest bedroom of my friend Ryan’s parent’s home in Wrightwood California, a tiny ski resort town in the San Bernadino mountains. As I stretched and yawned Ryan swung my door open. “Dude, they bombed the World Trade Center!”
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Portland City Grill
Portland is a haven for ‘foodies’. There is no economy other than restaurants, bars, and coffee houses. And I have eaten many incredible meals here. But I always feel the service is weak. True, the prices are slightly lower than San Fran or LA restaurants, but the Nosering taking my order is usually a little [...]