From the monthly archives:

October 2011

Creative Play for All at the Children’s Creativity Museum

October 26, 2011

Zeum is a super cool, hands-on creativity haven for kids in the city, but not everyone knew that because the name Zeum didn’t quite convey what the place was all about. That’s changed as the name Zeum has been replaced by the new name: Children’s Creativity Museum. Don’t worry, the claymation room is still there, [...]

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Oakland’s 1st Annual Pedalfest

October 19, 2011

Grab your bike and get in gear for Oakland’s first-ever Pedalfest at Jack London Square on Saturday, October 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  A free event, Pedalfest will showcase what makes cycling such an entertaining activity for all ages and levels from dynamic cycling stunts to a vintage and handmade bike show.   “Pedalfest will [...]

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Hiking the Marin Headlands with NatureBridge

October 14, 2011

We’re not a big hiking family. We love hiking, especially me because hiking means my husband takes the kids out of the house for an hour or more, allowing me to work in peace, but taking the time to hike as a family is different. Recently we shook that up a little as we took [...]

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Support Guatemalan Children, Hang Out with Guy Kawasaki

October 10, 2011

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to go to a party at a home not so far from mine that made me miss my kids. The backyard at the Kawasaki’s home is kid heaven. That night, there was a swimming pool, a huge sandbox, stuff for roller hockey, air hockey, and probably so [...]

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Pay With Your Phone, Help Mountain View Schools

October 7, 2011

For the limited time, Pago, a new app allowing customers to pay via their smartphones, is partnering with Mountain View shops to donate between 5 to 20% of a transaction amount to the Mountain View Whisman School District. Until Oct. 23, any time a customer uses Pago to pay at select Mountain View merchants, a [...]

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More Than Innovator, Steve Jobs was a Dad

October 5, 2011

My first computer – our family computer – was a slightly used Apple IIe my dad bought, probably for too much, from a slick relative when I was about 12 years old. It had huge flippy disks that I used for basic word processing, card making, games, and making giant signs on the endless reams [...]

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Sad Day for Cupertino

October 5, 2011

They say that death comes in threes.  Today in Cupertino, it came with a surprise fourth. In the wee hours of the morning, a disgruntled employee opened fire at his place of employment killing 3 and wounding 7 others. Almost exactly 12 hours later, the news of Steve Jobs death was across the newswire.  Apple’s [...]

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First-World Country, Third-World Roads

October 3, 2011

On September 8th, President Obama threw down the gauntlet to Republicans, proposing a $400-plus billion package of measures — tax cuts, infrastructure spending, federal handouts — designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs.  Over the years, I’ve grown weary of Obama’s all-talk-no-action approach, but I can’t deny that his American Jobs Act makes a [...]

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