Troy Sandal

John’s wife, Emily, asked my if I’d like to cook for John’s birthday dinner.  I found this quite an honor so, in his honor, I went all out.  I don’t think I’m much of a cook so I enlisted the help of Toby Sanderson, chef extraordinaire.  Together we created an excellent Asian styled menu complete [...]

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Moving to San Francisco 18 months ago I found myself asking people what they called the fog.  Most people simply responded with “why do you have to call it something?”  I have to call it something because I like nick-names.  Yeah, me and George W., we both like giving nick names.  Names like Tobbie, Chav, [...]

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If you are a fan of exotic and terrifying ceramics then this is a show you don’t want to miss. Go see the latest work by artist Carol Gouthro at Pacini Lubel Gallery this coming May. The attached flyer below should tell you everything you need to know. I’m a huge fan of her work which is fearless and [...]

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Photos at Flickr 
Old friends are the best. Two great friends of ours, Sven and Destiny, came down from Seattle to spend the weekend with us in San Francisco. We greeted them at our Mission apartment with hugs, champagne, cheese and crackers. After touring all 900 square feet that our place has to [...]

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This weekend I was lucky enough to help out my wife’s company. What did I have to do? Dress up like a polar bear. The video says it all as do the photos.

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It’s been on my to-do list for a year now but finally I’ve done.  All of my old blog entries have been resurrected from my backups and are now available again in my blog.  In addition I’ve decided to delete my old site and start anew with Wordpress at the root of my site.  Yep, [...]

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I’ve finally got my pics from Sven and Destiny’s wedding Sayulita Mexico posted! Check them out!
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After many months of procrastination I’ve finally uploaded a ton of photos to my Flickr sets. You’ll find my photos from Burning Man 2007, our 4th of July road trip, our honeymoon in New Zealand and even John’s 40th Birthday photos. I promise I’ll be better in the future
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After a one year break I decided to return to the Cascade Cycling Seattle to Portland bike ride this year.  I rode with my trusted partner Richy Costleigh and the ox known as Allan Padgett.  By far it was my best STP yet, both in speed and stamina.  Our statistics for the ride were:
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I’m in Las Vegas for the Microsoft MIX07 conference. I’m too busy with sessions and trying out the platform to say much just yet but this is a very exciting technology release for Microsoft. What I’m seeing is much more than just an attempt at a Flash killer. What I’m seeing is [...]

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