What is This? Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island are interesting places to explore. I wanted to bring people together and encourage that exploration, so I hosted a scavenger hunt of sorts last...

This post is part 4 of 4 posts detailing the process of suing my old landlord for illegally withholding my security deposit. I won. The Night Before As mentioned at the end of Part 3, some other...

This post is part 3 of a planned 4 detailing the process of suing my old landlord for illegally withholding my security deposit. I won. Unsatisfactory Negotiations Edited for privacy, including ...

This post is part 2 of a planned 4 detailing the process of suing my old landlord for illegally withholding my security deposit. I won. $166.96 In Part 1, I wrote about the apartment my roommate...

This post is part 1 of at least 3 detailing the process of suing my old landlord for illegally withholding my security deposit. I won. Searching and Living Finding housing is one of the worst thi...

What is the Job Corps? I had never heard of the Job Corps before I started following the Treasure Island development. In case you haven’t either, it’s a US Department of Labor program providing ed...

Treasure Island, San Francisco I first heard about the Treasure Island development during my undergrad at UC Berkeley. Somebody came to my class, or came to give an after-class lecture. Rememberin...

Los Angeles I lived in LA for about 6 years, mostly car-free, almost all of that in the Westside neighborhood of Palms. All things considered, Palms is a pretty great spot. About 60,000 people, al...

Editors note: In the interest of timeliness, this post was written before any reports from the prior month or so. I’ll get around to writing those eventually. Days 44 – 51, June 7 – 14, PCT miles ...

April 28 – May 4, PCT miles 436 – 518 I started my first day on the actual PCT with a leisurely breakfast on a picnic table looking out over the canyon I’d worked so hard to climb the day before. ...