Tag: San Francisco

  • Toronto Streetcars: Historic And Relevant?

    Toronto Streetcars: Historic And Relevant?

    I am sure that many of you will agree that the streetcars that rumbled through Toronto from 1800s until… let’s say 1990’s helped shape many neighborhood. They were the most effective way to connect Toronto’s core with its suburbs and greatly encouraged development of the communities as new grocery stores, restaurants, galleries, shops and banks…

  • Porsche Tower Condos Allows Owners To Take Cars Up In Elevator

    Porsche Tower Condos Allows Owners To Take Cars Up In Elevator

     New York City is home to over 70 of the world’s billionaires, but when they want to get away to decompress, many shed their suit and tie for a guayabera, white slacks and boat shoes and head to South Florida for the white sand beaches, fine dining, yachting and golfing. Some have been heading to…

  • Beautiful Minecraft Coffee Table Book Features Stunning In Game Built Art

    Beautiful Minecraft Coffee Table Book Features Stunning In Game Built Art

    Twelve years ago to the day,  back in the year 2009 – a Video game called #Minecraft was unassumingly released. The sandbox video game became the second best selling PC-based game in history and was bought by Microsoft for $2.5B usd in 2014.  In keeping with our look back celebration, let’s check out this wonderful…

  • Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    For as long as he could remember, Jay Platt wanted to be a  U.S. Marine, and for nearly 15 years, he lived that dream. But in 1998, a rare condition called von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL), attacked his eyes, brain, spine and kidneys, forcing his retirement from the service. “Before VHL I pretty much felt untouchable…

  • The Metapolitics of Burning Man- ‘Fighting the Lie of The Normal Art Economy’

    The Metapolitics of Burning Man- ‘Fighting the Lie of The Normal Art Economy’

    OCCUPY BLACK ROCK! THE METAPOLITICS OF BURNING MAN by MARK VAN PROYEN As annual journalistic rituals go, the annual Time Magazine  “Person of the Year” has been the most enduring barometer of the spirit of the moment of its announcement. For close to a century, the banner was “Man of the Year,” but after Corazon…