My old friend Patty was one of the lucky audience members on Oprah’s Favorite Things show during which Ms. O gives away a ton of great stuff to folks who have made a positive difference in the world.  Patty’s cause is our local Muttville Senior Dog Rescue and virtually all the cool things Oprah showered upon her are now up for auction on the Muttville website.  Check out Patty’s amazing experience here!

Mighty Ms. O

SF Opera is looking for a few good men to show off their strength and overall fitness  in a production at the Opera House this Fall.  The call has gone out for 10 men who are particularly good at push-ups and chin-ups.  I can’t wait to find out what opera this is for!

Is this you?

All things old are new again.  If you’re like me, you have stacks of vinyl records lying around the house.   A young colleague here at KDFC warned me last week not to throw them out.  “People will pay good money for them!”   I guess the SF Symphony agrees.  They are offering their multiple-grammy-award-winning Mahler cycle  as a deluxe box set on vinyl! Remember when we called them LPs?  Here’s a link to the symphony’s website where you can learn all about this historic release and pre-order your copy.

Mahler on Vinyl

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal talks about how those bicycle-riding Dutch refuse to wear helmets.  Only 0.1% of Dutch riders wear helmets as opposed to Americans at 38%.  Some Dutch health advocates are pushing to get kids to wear the protective head-gear, at the very least, but it’s still seen as “not cool”.  Read the article.

Look Hans, No Helmets!