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

Weekly digest #20: Vancouver, vegetable planters, Angels & Demons

This week was for the birds; Loni's little birds that is, that continue to build nests around our house. Now we have bird seed in the courtyard strategically positioned to keep our new guests comfortable. The 4 egg watch continues. And I'm sure it's one of the most riveting...

‘Spelling Bee’ musical: A tasty alphabet soup of zingers and tittups

Otherwise misfits, they find comfort in each others quirkiness and love for lexicon.

Vancouver, Canada: The eagles have landed

Each Bald Eagle is composed of fiberglass and stands just over seven feet tall.

How many dolphins in this pod?

Here's a twist on the number of jelly beans in the jar guessing game. This time try to guess the number of dolphins in this glorious pod of stunning, joyful dolphins dancing across the Sea of Cortez. It is a sight to behold! I only wish we had some better...

New Apple ad on CNET web site is shocking, good fun

By now, the 2 actors on Apple's Mac vs. PC television ads are quite famous. I, probably like a lot of you, get a kick out of "PC" trying to act hip, or accomplish impossible tasks while the younger, calmer "Apple" looks on. The campaign has caught on with its...

Is Twitter the real deal or just a huge, narcissistic, real-time spam engine?

Guy Kawasaki must be a really busy guy, right? A well known entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, of Garage Technology Ventures, and now as I'm continuously reminded on Twitter, a new web site called Alltop. Turns out it's pretty interesting. A news aggregation service that allows you to quickly view the...

Touring Vancouver: Granville Island

What an engaging time we've had in beautiful Vancouver. We carry our umbrellas everywhere and use them infrequently. The weather is coolish but perfect for what we want to do. On Tuesday we walked to the the ferry and took a wee little Seabus across False Creek to Granville Island,...

2006 Benziger Chardonnay, Sonoma County wine review (88 pts, $16)

Slightly off the beaten path in Sonoma County, Benziger is a scenic, wooded winery worth the visit. We visited a few years back and came back with plenty of good memories, not the least of which was the wine. The grapes for this vintage of  Chardonnay were sourced from Sonoma...

Classic Car Wash a SF Bay Area tradition

But what I really enjoy is the sense of tranquility I get when just hanging around the joint after paying for the wash.

Touring Vancouver: Real estate update from Coal Harbour

We walked for about ten minutes west of the Pan Pacific to the intersection of West Pender and Melville. The area near Coal Harbour seems quiet and very nice — just steps from many coffee shops and shopping along Robson Street. There were two units for sale and I picked up the...