Category Archives: Life

December 30

College Football Post: Harbaugh Comes Home to U of M, I go to the Stanford Bowl Game

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University of Michigan Typically I don’t post about football on my blog. And yes a gay boy who loves football? There are so many rules being broken. Today I know 2015 is going to rock. Jim Harbaugh is coming home to the University of Michigan as the 20th Head Coach of the Football Program. The […]

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December 29

24 Hours in Los Angeles

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Today I took a 24 hour road trip to Los Angeles. It was pretty liberating. My new car, my dog Max, and 12 hours of driving. I grabbed lunch with some friends in Santa Monica and then went back to San Francisco. Road tripping is an American cultural tradition and the I-5 is my favorite ribbon […]

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December 28

From Rockwell to Facebook, The Phenomenon of the Perfect American Family

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This morning I found myself reading the New York Times on “Facebook’s Last Taboo: The Unhappy Marriage.” It got me thinking. The concept of the perfect American marriage or perfect self isn’t a new phenomenon. The idealized life has been a mainstay of American life since the lumberjacks a century ago or portraits of Norman Rockwell. We aspired to […]

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December 25

Christmas at Starbucks

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I have two Christmas traditions. On Christmas Eve, my roommate throws a small party at my loft. We usually end up watching “Home Alone”, “Scrooged”, and some random movie – this year “Best in Show.” Max and Zoe watch the guests and hope for table scraps. My second tradition is on Christmas Day walking down to […]

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December 24

Introducing McQueen

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For decades, Steve McQueen was the “King of Cool” and the counter-culture anti-hero. Alexander McQueen was the chief designer at Givenchy and British fashion designer. Together the name McQueen is the pinnacle of fashion, culture, and style. In honor of Steve McQueen and Alexander McQueen, I name my BMW. McQueen is more than a purchase for me. […]

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December 19

The Incomparable Tom Ford

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I have a love / hate relationship with Tom Ford. His style is only surpassed by his ego. Ford epitomizes glamor, sophistication, sexual seduction to fashion. He was born Thomas Carlyle “Tom” Ford. He gained fame with the turnaround of Gucci and creation of Tom Ford label before directing the film, “A Single Man.” Tom Ford […]

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December 18

About Me: Food Edition

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This is about me: food edition. My favorite meal is breakfast. My favorite food is mac n’ cheese. There isn’t enough money in the world to get me to skip a great breakfast buffet. The best cuisine that I prepare is Italian. My perfect vacation would take place in the South Pacific and involve the […]

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December 17

Life on the Beach

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Life is better at the beach, isn’t it? I mean, we believe in the philosophy so much that we made it our motto. Days seem to pass so quickly. It is nice to stop. And watch the shadows change as the sun rises, hits its peak, and then sets. A drink at the beach – […]

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December 16

Vogue

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Madonna sang about it. Andrea “Andy” Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada took on the streets of New York listening to it. And Rolling Stone ranked it as #28 of the best music videos of all time. Vogue. This is the “Putting on the Ritz” of my generation. The song has inspired creative people to unleash their attitude and express themselves against […]

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December 14

The 20th Season of SantaCon

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And with that, SantaCon hit San Francisco starting in Union Square spreading to North Beach, The Mission, Polk Street, you name it. The annual national celebration across 300 US cities takes drunk revelers on bar crawls in public displays of disorderly celebration. How drunk are we talking about? ‘Tis the season for keep your kids at […]

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