Daily Archives: 03/11/2012

(Community Matters) Thomas Friedman: if you really want to know how a country is going to do in the 21st century, don’t count its oil reserves or gold mines, count its highly effective teachers, involved parents and committed students.

certainly doesn’t speak well to our funding priorities in Texas

(Community Matters)  Marfa—population 2,000—is a blink of a town. It’s also a mecca for big-city art pilgrims, a foodie haven, and one of the coolest surprises in America  by Tobin Levy

(Community Matters) Exquisite meal and perfect wines at Universal Cafe, between the Mission District and Potrero Hills, with two of our favorite people, Catherine & Taylor Keep.

Loved the long conversations about Catherine’s new jobs at Philz’ & their church, about Taylor’s successful startup, VITAL Environments, and about how they are helping rebuild the neighborhood in the Lower Bottoms of Oakland. Funny, they are both all about building community, whether through space, convening or hospitality. Really love these two.