March 25, 2011
MUSICAL LINE-UP (Update Tues. 3/29, 11:50am PST) Tommy Guerrero Gadget (Function 8 ) TophOne (RedWine DJs) DJ Orb Gabuã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ (Amoeba Records) +++ The night of March 10, here in Oakland California, was like any other night. I finished my shift early, was home by 10pm, slipped into my pjs and grabbed a beer from the […]
March 24, 2011
For a few days after the quake hit in Sendai, public television networks in Japan refrained from running advertising due to the instability of the whole situation. I remember a similar commercial-less time period immediately after 9/11. To fill up time in between news reports, Japanese networks ran a series of public service announcements by […]
March 22, 2011
Photos by Travis LoDolce. The history of chocolate-making in the Bay Area runs deep. Ghiradelli, Scharffen Berger, and Guittard are some of the big names in chocolate that started here, and the community of smaller, more artisinal chocolatiers continues to grow. Clearly, San Francisco is a place for chocolate-lovers; and for the die-hards, a thriving […]
March 21, 2011
PREFACE Martha, You Want Me Last week was intense. News reports on the Sendai Quake was getting worse by the hour and the number of victims had already exceeded that of the Kobe quake in 1995. It is still increasing. Radiation has been detected in spinach and milk. The Japanese government is slow in communicating […]
March 17, 2011
These photos my friends in Tokyo sent me gave me a glimpse of what is going on there. The images have also reshaped my idea of what to include in my pathetic earthquake kit consisting of some nonperishable food and 4 gallons of water. (Note to self: buy sweet things and dried foods). Most of […]
March 15, 2011
UPDATED (Wed. 3/16, 2:37pm EDT): We just confirmed an anonymous donor who will match Friday’s gift, up to $10,000! So please drop by. We have a form you can fill out credit card information as well. Thanks, and hope to see you! +++ As you know, Japan is suffering tremendously from last Friday’s earthquake and […]
For the rest of March, the Umamimart Shop will donate 10% of every purchase to support the 2011 Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami relief efforts. Buy a mug. Support Japan.