Afternoon pizza

After I got back with the ferry this afternoon I snuck into Venice on Bridgeway for a pizza...

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Monday charm

Ken is in a particularly good mood today. Is it because it's Monday?

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Tales from the drought

The City is trying hard to teach us how to behave in this drought. There are ads all around the Bay Area with suggestions. "Short and steamy"? Sarah practically lives in the shower but she has adjusted herself pretty well after all. I clocked her at 12 minutes this morning. Got to be her personal best.

SOMA's rising

The residential highrises around the Rincon Hill complex are coming up nicely.

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At least the same muscle groups...

Just couldn't resist it... More on kindofnormal.com/wumo

Happy 4th of July!

Loving, laid back and Happy 4th of July greetings from Kirkwood Lake, CA.

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Gorgeous view

A breathtaking view over South Lake Tahoe.

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Hi there!

On our way to Lake Tahoe.

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Going on a short 4th of July vacation

4th of July is coming up. Sarah has taken Friday off and we're about to go to South Lake Tahoe over the weekend. Yay!

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Scorcher coming up

The second hot spell in a week is hitting the Bay Area today. Triple digits are expected inland and we're so lucky to be closer to the ocean in Sausalito :-)

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Friendship is our most precious thing

The community BBQ today was as nice as always. This is a damn fine neighborhood :-)

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A greeting from Nob Hill

I know, selfies are soooo 2013. But who can resist it when you are walking through your favorite SF neighborhood to visit one of your favorite restaurants? :-)

Goosebumps

Jake keeps on streaming gorgeous pics to me of our city taken from his drone. This one was taken just minutes ago with Jake himself standing right under the drone at the Battery Spencer lookout. Awesome.

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A Father in law Day Dinner

Sneaking up on Richard was one of the fun stuff we did before we had a Father's Day dinner yesterday. A bit awkward though as it was Richard (Sarah's dad and my father in law) who took us out for dinner - not the other way around. Isn't that kind of crummy?

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Monsters in your home

This is the second time this year we banish a Western Black Widow from our garage. Sarah named this one Priscilla. Priscilla the 2nd.

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All over The City

Rocksteady and WB are advertising pretty aggressively for their upcoming new Batman. They're all over the city, like in the Muni subway. I saw a young woman staring at it yesterday as if she had no clue what it was all about: What IS this, a new movie...?

It's all about games

Here's the Bethesda gamestudios' E3 2015 showcase with one of the most talented in the industry: Todd Howard. Enjoy!

It's all about food

While the ladies stayed at home Jason and I went to the North Beach festival. And it was packed. With food and people. So was Jason's stomach. God, that guy can EAT! Here he wants to sink his teeth into the Hawaiian BBQ.

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All these barbeques

Yesterday we had one of our impromptu bbqs with our Ubi friends. And as always I feel a little bit more human than the others when I look at the meat eaters grill...

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No water but still green

Despite the drought I think we manage to keep our backyard alive AND worthy our neighborhood. We intend to keep up with the regulations throughout this drought. That goes without saying.

Heat advisory

Boy it's gonna be hot tomorrow Monday. And we have to drive to Livermore to get some stuff from Sarah's rental. Triple digits are expected. Not cool. Literally.

Our hometown from above

Jake has been experimenting with his drone and took these great pics of our Sausalito. Isn't this the most beautiful place to live!

Fallout 4 announced

This morning I smiled all the way to the store. It's delivery day of our favorite breakfast bread. And Bethesda has just announced FALLOUT 4!

You simply have to cherish all those little things in life, right?

How brown is your lawn?

June is here and the mandatory water cut rule is in effect. Some of our neighbors seem not to have heard of this but this time it's serious folks. A $48 fine for overusing four times the average customer. We'll be watching you ;-)

Don't wanna "meat up" with a coyote

On my way to The Academy of Sciences in the GGP to meet up with Trevor I saw this sign. It's relatively often nowadays. There's probably a whole family pack of them roaming the park at night...

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Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day everyone! To celebrate we let you all gawk at this gorgeous pic of our Sausalito and San Francisco in the hazy distance.

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Drought. Garden. Work.

Besides fixing the roof we have to do something about the garden. The mandatory water cuts aren't troubling us as all plants are resilient but Sarah wants to rearrange them and I think I get the drift. Kinda.

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The best tenants ever!

Daryl and Lea who have rented the mid-section of our house since September checked out the other day. And they left the house in such a super clean condition that we are totally astonished. It's like it never has been occupied at all :-)

The Witcher 3 launch trailer

Everything is about The Witcher 3 now. Watch this launch cinematic and you will get a good grip of what The Witcher is all about. This is pure awesomeness.

A Masterpiece...

Praise for The Witcher 3. Click on the pic to read and watch.

Fallout 4 confirmed?

Are we stepping one step closer to Fallout 4? A CG artist listed a Fallout cinematic trailer on his LinkedIn profile. Does that say anything of real substance? It depends but this artist has been working on Far Cry 4 and Forza (also listed on the profile) so it can't be too far fetched to interpret this as legit info. We will probably know a lot more at this year's E3 in June. Bethesda is going to have its own conference, the first ever, and we are cautiously optimistic this time around.

Dead Island 2 delayed

The follow-up to Techlands Dead Island is pushed back into 2016. This means at least a 6-month delay. A lot of games are being delayed nowadays so it's not something strange. The reason behind this one? It's not stated but we can imagine after the success of Dying Light and after the mediocre reception of the gameplay footage from last year they need to ramp up the whole franchise in quite a few ways.

Read more HERE.

Silent Hills has gone down the hills

Silent Hills is canceled. Should we be surprised? Konami kicked Kojima and without Kojima why would del Toro still be lurking about in the studio? Anyways, it's a bummer. Silent Hill really needed a fresh new start and P.T. was incredible. Well, Konami hasn't made an official statement yet but both Norman Reedus and del Toro gave went to their disappointment yesterday. [Update] The game is now officially canceled.

The Witcher 3 has gone gold

Finally, The Witcher 3 has gone gold. And we're excited. The anticipation is sky high, the work that's been done by CD Projekt Red has been... well crunchy, to put it as accurate as possible. But I believe they are just as excited as we are. Bring it on, Geralt!

Happy Easter

The Easter bunny is around the corner, so Happy Easter folks!

Btw, what did the Easter egg say to the boiling water?

A hectic summer is around the corner

Daryl just sent me a picture of how bad things actually are with our south-looking roof. The rain season is gone so it's no grave danger but I already know too well what I need to do already in May. And guess if it's gonna occupy me for at least a month...

- Sarah, why do we own a house!

Kojima-san to leave Konami

MGS mastermind Hideo Kojima along with some of his core staff won't be associated with Konami anymore, at least not as employees. What you say? If it's a rumor or plain gossip or even true is up to be revealed. But Kojima Productions is no more.

Read and watch more HERE.

An open road wasteland

Whether we will see a new Fallout installment greeting the light of day any time soon or not is an open question. But Avalanche studios in Stockholm, Sweden have something in store for all of us with a sweet tooth for wasteland gameplay: Mad Max. Gameinformer has a nice coverage in their latest issue. There's also a video where the game director Frank Rooke speaks about how they have designed the intense gameplay of their upcoming multiplatform IP.

Feel at Home

One of my absolute RTS favorites and an overall PC game favorite of all time is the Homeworld franchise. 16 years after its original release Gearbox has put together an HD version of the first and third installment of the franchise (HW1 & HW2). The UI is overhauled and they have made a few other tweaks as well. The HW1 is now running on the HW2 engine and next to everything looks better, shinier and more at "home" than back in the day for a modern gamer with demands on graphics and physics. If you never picked this one up you really should give it a go. It's fun and has a lot of atmosphere, and it's totally 3D. You can manoeuvre from up, down and not just in an isometric kind of way. You'll find it on Steam.

Springtime

GGB and the Presidio is gorgeous this time of the year, green and lush. Sarah's friend Kathy took this pic the other day.

All Hearts' Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

In Sweden it's actually called "All Hearts' Day" which I find more appropriate and sweeter.

This is also the very day we sped up our wedding plans after Sarah's accident in Denver 3 years ago.

We're ready for a next-gen wasteland

For the first time ever Bethesda is going to hold a press conference at the E3 in Los Angeles in June. The first thought that surfaces in our heads is: Are they going to announce a new Fallout? It's certainly about time and we can at least hope for it...

The only place to be

A lot of famous people have said a lot of good things about our City. HERE are a few of them.

Run baby, run (?)

OK, so Dying Light is out. But because of the 24-hour window for the reviewers there aren't any real bulk of reviews out there as of yet. The metacritic is 79 for PC and 74 for PS4 as of January last. And for all gamers in Europe who like to get a physical copy there's still a few weeks wait. But I'll get back to you with my take on this one, which has a community taste range from poor to absolutely great. The PC version has had reports of poor optimization and the PS4 version has run smoothly, at least that is the impression one gets by tapping into the community forums.

Our icon's on a weekend hiatus

For the first time in 77 years the Golden Gate Bridge was closed off at midnight Friday for an entire weekend. They are going to install a meridian barrier, which Sarah has been anxious to see for years.

Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle

Happy New Year 2015!

Yet another year has been filed and a brand new is beckoning. How exciting! I wish all my friends all over the world a Happy New Year. Take care of each other and make this world a better place.

Photo: A shaky cellphone pic of last year's SF fireworks by my brother in arms Trevor.

Merry Xmas!

A very Merry Xmas everyone! Funny, Sarah and I have never celebrated Christmas together. Pity? Of course, but neither of us is especially fond of traditions in a celebrating sense. And we met up in Amsterdam last weekend so we have already exchanged presents (yes, presents is a nice tradition) :-) Anyways, she is now in Mexico - job related of course - and I'm in dark and cold Sweden. To be honest, if there's a time of the year I would like to be in Sweden it's around Christmas. Sweden is special in December.

Photo of Union Square, San Francisco: my Ubisoft ex-coworker and best friend Jason

A fat rain calls for a fat wallet

The roofer knows how to charge you beyond any wallet. When Daryl, who rents our house in Sausalito with his family let the guy climb up on the shingles it took only 10 minutes to determine the leak and take a pic. The cost? $2100. Kidding? No.

Water undermines - and relieves

The annual precipitation in San Francisco is low. And with the ongoing drought in mind it's even less than low. But the last couple days' storms have been the biggest in years. Sarah told me our house in Sausalito is leaking (!) and even sink holes (!) are showing up in Richmond. Well what do you know, sink holes in SF. World's upside-down.

Photo: The Chronicle

O crap!

San Francisco is a beautiful city. Actually one of the most beautiful cities in the world. No shit. But everyone who lives here or comes here to visit can't avoid the smelly downside of The City: the presence of human poop on the sidewalks. At HotPads you can check on a map where you will most likely encounter human feces while strolling down the street. Enjoy! ;-/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm working in Sweden, Sarah is working in Seattle and I'm going to relax with some video game exercise. Keep your eyes open btw. The Black Friday deals on Steam are going to be awesome! :-)

Wait! That's not a tree, it's a construction!

All over the world the commercial powers are gearing up for Xmas already in late October or early November. The Xmas tree in San Francisco's Union Square was erected already shortly after Halloween in sunshine and 70 degrees. My friend and former co-worker Steve took a pic.

Happy Halloweenie

Happy Halloween ya'll! Take care and behave out there. I'm going to meet up with Sarah in Amsterdam this weekend. She's been attending an international symposium on entrepreneurship and will have a few days off before she flies back home.

Is that Yennefer?

You´re a fan of The Witcher series, aren´t you? And you´re eagerly awaiting that magical month of February 2015 which is so packed with good releases, including the new installment of Geralt of Rivia´s adventures. Here´s the opening cinematic. Brutal, beautiful and... * fill in blank *