Friday, May 06, 2016

1986 Soviet breakdancers dancing today

I love this. In 1986, there was a breakdance competition in Moscow. One of the participants tracked down the dancers, who are in their 40s and 50s now, and filmed them dancing.

Thursday, May 05, 2016

Blog roundtable/happy hour at Classic Cars West/Hella Vegan Eats

Oakland's industrial zone is in transition. A former Porsche repair shop is now half classic car consignment shop/half vegan beer garden.



I got a ride to the venue in House of Cadillac's W12 Phaeton. The five of us quaffed decent beers, consumed weird vegan fare, and talked about...cars. We should definitely do this again, and if you'd like to be in the email loop, just let me know.

Oregon Trail inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame

I played this game on an Apple computer in junior high school around 1987.


Other inductees this year include The Legend of Zelda, The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog, Space Invaders, and Minecraft.

New Zealand cops dancing

1. Look at those wagons!

2. Are all of those officers ethnically Maori?


3. INOJ!

This is a Mazda 929?!

Spotted by Ramon in Chile.


Trump loves Hispanics

What is wrong with this guy?

Readers who live outside of America: What does your country think of a potential President Trump?


Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Sunday, May 01, 2016

First FedEx van


Alfa and VW buses


Cooper and I spotted this Alfa Romeo in front of the market today. It looks brand new. Have you locals seen this around?

On the way back from breakfast, I showed my wife the new studio where I work out with my trainer. We drove by from the opposite direction and it was then that I realized the studio is two doors down from Buslab!


Eating the Globe: Eritrea


Number 40 is Eritrea.

I thought that by now, I would run out of restaurants. But my research shows there are probably another 20 to 30 restaurants within an hour's drive of home. I found an Algerian place, a Cypriot place,....

Oakland has a large Eritrean community. Every parking lot attendant in town is Eritrean. We went to Cafe Dejena for breakfast. 

This is a shahan ful: It's fava beans topped with green onions, feta cheese, tomatoes, green peppers, and red onions. All of this is topped with olive oil and cumin. It comes with two big, freshly baked, bread rolls. The dish is popular in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and the Sudan.

The coffee was tasty too.

Countries tried so far:
Africa: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Africa
Asia: Afghanistan, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, 
Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe: Bosnia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuainia, Sweden
North America: Canada, El Savador, Mexico, USA
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela
Oceania: Tonga