GREEN LIVING

Spring Greening
The dirt on the East Bay's current crop of garden stores.
The Monthly, May 2010

Treespotting
In Detroit, a collective of artists, arborists and woodworkers transforms the ghetto palm into lumber.
Make: Magazine, August 2009

Farmsreach Pairs Farmers and Local Food Producers Online
Sustainable Industries, May 2009

Eco-Graffiti
Street artists ditch the spray paint for eco-friendly materials.
Common Ground, January 2009

Om at Home
Greening the Way You Live
Common Ground, September 2008

Grow Your Own Way
Urban Homesteaders Reinvent the Family Farm
Common Ground, July 2008

FOOD

Good Eats and Good Will at Mission Street Food
Common Ground, April 2009

A Moveable Feast
Underground Dining with Chef Leif Hedendal
Common Ground, March 2009

Sweet Spots
Organic Treats around Town
Common Ground, February 2009

Restaurant Eloise
Garden of Earthly Delights
Common Ground, January 2009

At Piccino, Small Is Beautiful
Common Ground, December 2008

Just Desserts at Mission Pie
Teaching city kids to bake (and farm) has its own sweet rewards.
Common Ground, October 2008

OPEN Restaurant
Two Chez Panisse chefs turn dining into theater.
Common Ground, May 2008

Ciao Bella
VinoRosso wine bar opens
Daily Candy, June 2006

Arts & Culture

A Life in Letters
An Oakland printer keeps the art of handset type alive.
Oakland Magazine, December 2009

Art and Commerce Collide
A new art walk premieres on Oakland's 40th Street Corridor.
Oakland Magazine, November 2009

Doing Da Vinci
A new series on the Discovery Channel puts the inventions of perhaps the greatest of all makers to the test.
Make: Magazine, August 2009

Board Games
Lifelong surfer Ashley Lloyd designs her own eco-friendly boards.
Venus Zine, June 2009

Art Delivered to Your Doorstep
Artist/entrepreneurs sell art by subscription.
The Monthly, May 2009

In the Living Library, Everyone's an Open Book
A new program fights stereotypes by talking about them.
Common Ground, January 2009

Comfort in Quilting
Caroline Hwang sews up heartbreak and humor.
Venus Zine, January 2009

Art Reviews

Contributing Arts Writer for Flavorpill

Art Critic for The Monthly

Allegories of Control
Jill Sylvia and Laura Paulini at Eleanor Harwood, San Francisco
Artweek, July/August 2009

Modality Room
Renee Gertler at Blankspace Gallery, Oakland
Artweek, June 2009

How I Learned To...
Weston Teruya & Michele Carlson at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
Shotgun Review, May 2008

Psymulation
Reenactments of the Present at Photo Epicenter, San Francisco
Shotgun Review, April 2008

TRAVEL

36 Hours: San Jose
The capitol of Silicon Valley isn't just about semiconductors anymore--San Jose has museums and restaurants to rival San Francisco.

Pulp Fiction
If you like your novels noir, check out these dive bookstores in San Francisco.

Audium: Things that Go Bump in the Dark
Open your ears, close your eyes and tune in to the sound sculptures at San Francisco's Audium.

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