On the top floor of Paris’ famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore, playing to a cathedral of vintage books, Sabrina Chap sat on a tiny piano wedged between Napoleon and a chessboard. The room filled with her original music, jazz ballads and ragtime rolls, and many the entranced tourist, including me.
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 06:16AM The South doesn't move like this, smell like this, look like this, or feel like this. Sometimes when in a big city too long, a Southerner, no matter how enthusiastic about cosmopolitanism and urbanism, just wants some shrimp and grits, some land and some freedom from the hustle and bustle of big city living.
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 06:55PM 
This bookstore was a lucky find thanks to a last-minute tip from a friend. With four floors of mostly used books, Moe's Books is a Berkeley legend.
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 11:42AM 
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“Chappelle in SF!” The email almost lights up in my inbox as I’m struggling to focus in a long meeting. Stand up genius and controversial television star Dave Chappelle is going to be doing a show in the SF Bay area! My heart leaps with joy and anxiety- I have to see this show, but he’s notorious for selling out almost instantly. Swift fingers and frantic clicks ensure my success, and before long I’m racing out of my meeting toward the printer to pick up tickets. It was going to be the most amazing show, of ever (EVER, even).
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 01:04PM 
Christopher Jarosz is originally from Gaithersberg, Maryland, but after his freshman year in high school, he and his family moved to Dallas. This was where Chris officially started his technical training in dance and began to start exploring choreography. During his sophomore year in college, he auditioned for the prestigious Southern Methodist University dance program and got accepted with an almost half tuition dance scholarship. At SMU, Chris' main concentrations of dance were ballet, modern and jazz. While at SMU, he performed works by Twyla Tharp, Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor and many others. His choreography was accepted into many of the student choreography shows and was also featured in best of student choreography performances. After his second year at Southern Methodist University Chris decided to audition for the hit reality TV show “So You Think You Can Dance”. He made it to the top 20 of Season 4 and made it through three weeks until he was eliminated. He had the honor of working with Mia Micheals, Tyce Diorio, Wade Robson, and Shane Sparks. After the show, Chris decided to go back to college, where he graduated with a BFA in dance. Immediately after graduation, he booked a job with Cirque Du Soleil. He started the creation of a new show called Viva Elvis and has been performing in the show ever since. So far he has been chosen by Cirque Du Soleil to represent Viva Elvis on many television shows such as “So You Think You Can” Dance,” “Dancing with the Stars” and “The Bachelor”. He is so thankful for where his career has gone and cannot wait to see where dance and performing will take him.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 11:27PM 
When you get word that Eddie Izzard is making his way to a city near you, and you are as huge a fan as I, it's completely natural to (scream in the middle of your work cafeteria and booty clap like the girl in this parody ) make sure that you will be present for the show. Using the powerful combination of my bright-eyed crispy-crest smile, promise of upcoming favors, and a full recital of “Cake or Death,” I was able to score a few coveted seats at the Shoreline Ampitheatre , where Eddie (we’re best friends now … in my mind) would be playing.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 02:57PM