Manor Coffee Shop, San Francisco

I'm very late in posting this video footage that I took in December. I was invited to a friend's birthday party, and he hosted it in a really cool, vintage coffee shop in the West Portal district of San Francisco called Manor Coffee Shop.

It was pure kitsch. I loved the space and the theme decorations (it was during the holiday season, in this case -- which explains the Santa stuff). Apparently they have several different themes throughout the year. In addition, they made custom french fries with an assortment of unique flavors and had pretty good omelettes and other basic "American style" breakfast food.

I'll put some photos here, too, because the video compression came out weird.

If you're in San Francisco, I highly recommend that you visit Manor Coffee Shop. Oh, BTW, they're closed on Sundays.

someone else's podcast

I felt like embedding a podcast here...not mine, surprisingly (though I just uploaded my latest chill episode-- #72--  here if you want to hear it).

This is Secret Archives of the Vatican episode 43: No More War.
Have a listen.

No More War - Secret Archives Of The Vatican Podcast 43 by Secret Archives Of The Vatican on Mixcloud

great little short film with a message

A friend from Germany alerted me to this short film. The German version has very clear HD quality -- and you can understand the story line even if you don't speak German. But here's another version with English subtitles.

I think the message applies to many cultures that manifest intolerance or ignore its consequences. Watch it through till the end!

last day, for awhile

I spent my last couple of days in Paris cramming in as much as I could... I met another musician near Nation and interviewed him for my podcast, I ran around buying last-minute things and snapping photos, and I had to clean the apartment and do the laundry before I left.

I met Pascale for dinner and we ended up around Canal St. Martin, first having coffee at l'Atmosphere, then dinner at a place that we didn't know...it had nouvelle cuisine, but with a surprisingly bland taste.

Here are a few parting snapshots from this séjour:

day-to-day stuff

Here are a few things that I can buy in a supermarket in Paris very cheaply that are done so much better than at home: packaged soup that's actually quite good, milk (which can often sit on the shelf for months before you open it), ham, mustard. I'll miss these when I go home.

Historic Paris metro video (1950s)

Don't blame me for the cheesy music!



And here is a video I took this week at the Bastille metro station.

A day of art

Yesterday I met Pearl, Patsy, and Carol at the Pompidou Centre and we saw the Nancy Spero exhibit, then hopped on the metro to see the André Kertész exhibit at Jeu de Paum. Following that, we had tea with some of their friends (artists who live in Paris) at one of their ateliers, which was a very cool, funky, spacious spot-- a former storefront --tucked into the middle of an urban neighborhood. It was the perfect thing to do on a cold and rainy day.