When You Think Entrepreneur and Bay Area, Do You Only Think of Tech?

If you only think of tech guys when you think of the San Francisco bay area and entrepreneurs, then maybe you should think of this too:

Marin County Farmer’s Market

There are numerous food entrepreneurs in the bay area also!

I visited the Marin Farmer’s Market last Sunday – despite being incensed by [Read more...]

Stalking Me Mr Hawk?

Stalking Me Mr Hawk?

Mr Hawk (I think that’s a hawk or is it another scavenger? help?):

On a run and I see this guy on the road: [Read more...]

Makes You Want to Be a Trader

Saw this little ETF return graphic today on The Growth Stock Wire (sorry it copied over rather bad):

Symbol Price Change 52-Wk
USA (SPY) 137.05 -0.07% +5.98%
Japan (EWJ) 9.74 +0.21% -0.87%
S. Africa (EZA) 65.70 +0.35% -5.85%
Singapore (EWS) 12.74 -0.08% -5.97%
S. Korea (EWY) 58.92 -0.19% -9.06%
Taiwan (EWT) 13.03 -0.61% -9.79%
Lat.America (ILF) 45.68 -0.52% -11.47%
Canada (EWC) 27.41 -0.11% -15.49%
China (FXI) 37.08 -0.91% -17.49%
Israel (ISL) 13.54 -0.44% -18.16%
India (IFN) 21.58 -0.37% -30.52%
Russia (TRF) 15.97 -0.25% -30.78%

Considering how “exciting” the market has been [Read more...]

Ward’s Gifts to the Rescue Again

You have to love when you have a gem of a store right near you, even though you never appreciated it until recently.

That describes me and Ward’s Gifts in Medford.

Whenever I need something nice, I go there. They are especially good for silver, porcelain, and other collectible type things. But also they stock cool eclectic toys and more recently, added Papyrus cards to the store:

Look at how they wrapped these gifts for me:

I bought some gifts, walked to the post office, had lunch, and when I got back, the awesome woman who helped me had all of my gifts wrapped. If you need some cards and gift ideas, check out Ward’s.