Still Room At Some Inns Wishing you'd jumped on the inauguration train Nov. 5? You can still find a place to stay if you will consider staying in Philadelphia. ...more

January 11, 2009

Lissette Corsa ducks left and weaves right. Her opponent kicks over her head, and she spins and grabs him from behind. He arches his back as he moves downward. He slips out of her grasp, spinning to face her. Corsa is a student of Capoeira, a 500-year-old Brazilian martial art gaining popularity in the Bay area. The studio Corsa attends, Tampa Capoeira on East Bearss Avenue, is one of several schools in the area injecting rhythmic flow into exercise and self-defense. ...more

December 5, 2008

All too often, in this life, we get what we don't deserve. I don't deserve: - To see and hear, walk and talk, think and laugh, and thus, enjoy the world around me. But I get to anyway. ...more

November 18, 2007