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The Quite Phenomenal Paul Zerdin

By Fred Hatman on November 3, 2010 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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Ag, shame. Poor Tracy. I think she’s still recovering from this. But his mug was begging for the full humiliation treatment from the quite phenomenal Paul Zerdin, don’t you think? I must say that I rather...

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BizTechDay San Francisco a Hit

By Renee Blodgett on November 3, 2010 in California, Events, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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BizTechDay was once again a success, with Edith Yeung managing to attract some of the brightest and most interesting entrepreneurs to her San Francisco event. This past weekend, hundreds gathered at the Metreon along Mission Street,...

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Life as a Human during Hurricane Richard

By Genny Ross-Barons on November 2, 2010 in Central America, Honduras, Photos

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I’ve been meeting some fantastic bloggers who I now call cyber friends. Some of them ask fellow bloggers to write stories for their websites. Life as a Human (what a great name) is one of...

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Modern Trattoria Cotogna Opens in San Francisco

By Marcia Gagliardi on November 2, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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~COTOGNA~, Michael and Lindsay Tusk’s casual offshoot to Quince, is in the home stretch and due to open the week of November 8th in San Francisco. The former Myth Café space has been totally transformed...

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Venetian’s Pinot Brasserie For a Little Oak, Duck, Foie Gras & Oysters

By Renee Blodgett on November 2, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, Photos, USA

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I was in the mood for an outside cafe (or at least the illusion of outside, i.e., the Las Vegas Venetian with its fake blue skies and clouds), a really delicious salad and an oaky...

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Notes of Randomness After Being on the Road for Longer Than 6 Months

By Jeff Lee on November 2, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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I’m in a safari tent in the Masai Mara in Kenya writing down some randomness: • Traveling for this length has caused a curious warping of time for me. It’s the never knowing the date or...

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Ensuring Food Security in Africa, Through Agricultural Research

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 2, 2010 in Africa, Nigeria, Photos

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In the 1970s the cassava mealybug first threatened to decimate cassava crops throughout sub-Saharan Africa, causing fear  of widespread famine. Although cassava (a perennial woody shrub with an edible root) originates from South America, it...

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GotPot Anyone?

By Kathy Drasky on November 1, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Voting can be fun! Especially when you live in California. This year, we voted on Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana for sale to the masses. Yes, instead of developing a reasonably convincing bum knee...

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