fiction addiction

by Geezer on June 17, 2013

Bay seniors who are reconsidering their decision to spend the summer reading Dostoevsky, might opt instead for a terrific living American author. Carl Hiasson is a Florida writer of wickedly funny, often ecologically themed, mysteries – at least a dozen of them, each short enough to finish in a summer weekend. Reading him has been known to become a fixation. Hiasson will be speaking this Saturday at Book Passage in Marin at 7 and Sunday at 777 Valencia Street.

 

Posted from Albany, California, United States.

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dotage dodgeball

by Geezer on June 17, 2013

 Bay seniors who resist being classified as mature might want to consider joining an adult dodgeball game. On the last two Thursdays this June from 7 -9 at Claremont Middle School in Oakland you can replay the harmlessly aggressive game you last mastered 50 years ago. Two hours for $5.

Posted from Albany, California, United States.

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drunk on words

by Geezer on June 15, 2013

Bay seniors too proud and confident to use spellcheck might enjoy the challenge of a spelling bee for adults. It starts Sunday June 23 at 6 at the Café Royale on Post Street.Yes, it’s a bar. If you misspell a word you are required to take a drink. Get the word right and you move on to the next round. The winner receives free drinks.  Sounds totally gelastic.

 

Posted from Albany, California, United States.

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pt.reyes movable feast

June 15, 2013

Bay seniors know that when summer starts to heat up they can find cool comfort in paradisical West Marin. You should hurry though, before the foodies arrive en masse and it becomes the coastal equivalent of Yountville. Savor the moment, the oysters, the cheeses, the wines on West Marin Farm and Food Tours. They include [...]

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new leaf

June 12, 2013

Bay seniors who are becoming fed up with kale’s current ubiquity on local menus might reverse themselves after trying this terrific recipe for the overly popular roughage. It’s a vegetarian burrito with the tortilla wrap replaced by a large leaf of kale courtesy of my favorite interior designer. Grind 2 cups of walnuts Combine with [...]

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think quick

June 10, 2013

Bay seniors who like to keep their brain synapses firing on all cylinders should check out TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conferences where, instead of hours of  oratory, speeches are kept to an 18 minute limit. The ideas are arresting and, for the main conferences, so are the prices -$900 and up.  This Sunday however, you [...]

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fake a shake

June 10, 2013

Bay seniors who need reminding what a 7.7 jolt feels like should hie themselves to the The Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley and try to not fall off the Shake Platform as it simulates severe earthquakes for several uncomfortable minutes. Photos of your toppling over are available. If this doesn’t motivate you to [...]

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june crooner

June 9, 2013

Bay seniors whose romantic past clicks alive at the two words – Boz Scaggs- will be happy to know this urbane  bluesman, now of course a Napa vintner,  will be kicking off the 2013 summer festival in Stern Grove this Sunday along with Grammy-laden singer Michael McDonald. Starts at 2 but come early if you [...]

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codgertations

June 4, 2013

Will someone please ask AARP to use their lobbying clout to do something about the ridiculous cost of dental insurance? You would think some smart insurer out there would see that we are spending more money on our teeth than we have since we had orthodontia 50 years ago. And while I’m on the subject [...]

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paths of glory

May 28, 2013

Bay seniors, the winner for the #1 hike in the Bay Area (according to me) is the Matt Davis Trail. It zigzags gently for 3 miles down the western slopes of Mount Tamalpais along meadows which turn to gold in the summer, through shady groves, across streams, with heart-stopping views of the Pacific around every [...]

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