Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Week in Wine: 100 pt. Cardinale, Toast of the Town, Taste of Medocino, Scarecrow unboxing

The tasting was one of four that winemaker Chris Carpenter held at Toast of the Town.

As the tech world turns: The Steve Jobs flash manifesto

The next biggest reality show might just come out of Silicon Valley. With all of the juicy stories hitting the Web in the last few weeks, it's hard to keep track. With the Jobs flash manifesto published today, has Apple now taken the role of Darth Vader from Microsoft? Then...

Canadian filmmaker Aaron Houston on making movies, Cinequest, NHL playoffs

Constant reminder: Sometimes we're not as clever as we think. In filmmaker Aaron Houston's short Two Theories, One Stone two intellectuals discover just that, over breakfast and from the most unlikely of sources. In some ways it's the perfect homage to Quentin Tarantino. Although you'll have to watch it to see...

Stark on the Sharks: San Jose to face Detroit in 2nd round

Watch out. Do not mess with an angry original six team in the NHL playoffs. The desert dogs have been tamed. And the Motor City is back in a big way. Tonight the Detroit Red Wings crushed the up-start Phoenix Coyotes 6-1 in a lopsided game 7. It was almost as if...

Ethics in New Media: Gizmodo iPhone flap raises serious concerns

It's quite possibly the biggest story in tech this year. And that's unfortunate. Apple's next generation iPhone that was lost in a Redwood City bar by an engineer is a mistake (granted, major) that could have ended quietly. But instead, because a tech blog allegedly purchased it for $5,000,...
Hippie Peanut photo by Rick Markovich

Theater Review: Big hats, big laughs at ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’

San Francisco! San Francisco! Just about everything gets spoofed with zealous energy, except, of course, our hometown which gets plenty of crowd pleasing, pride pumping pomp and circumstance. And why not? At Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon it's all about big hats and big laughs. It's a formula that works....

Sunday Espresso: Loni’s Secret Code, 101 billboards, Costco stories

I'm back. Sunday morning. It's been a few weeks since I've written here on Sunday Espresso. Do you ever get that black nothingness when trying to come up with an idea or creative spark? Nothing. Just the sound of your mind cycling fruitlessly, and maybe a low hum coming...

San Jose Sharks: No, we’re not going to talk about game 3 anymore

In a post game interview after tonight's 5-2 victory by the Sharks to close out the series against the Colorado Avalanche, Boyle sarcastically asked, "We're not going to talk about Game 3 are we?" No, we're not. The game 3 own goal is now a distant memory. And Boyle's goal in...

10th anniversary ‘Teatro ZinZanni’ a memorable evening of sexy cirque, cabaret

Fine dining with a twist. Yes, indeed, the brochure has it right. And what a twist... or twists would be more like it. Teatro ZinZanni is part cabaret, part circus, part improvisational comedy. All together, it's a wild evening of non-stop entertainment. When the four-hour evening came to a rousing...
San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau (12) scores past Colorado Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj (31), of Slovakia, in the third period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Thursday, April 22, 2010, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma - AP)

San Jose Sharks: Most complete game comes at perfect time

Just when they needed it most, the San Jose Sharks delivered their most complete game yet of these young 2010 NHL playoffs. Nabakov gets a shut-out. Marleau scored. Pavelski scored again. And secondary scoring continued to shine, this time from Logan Couture of Ottawa 67's pedigree. Yes, my hometown pride...