February 24, 2005
Flexing my car's muscles
Did you happen to catch ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings last week? You might have seen correspondent Brian Rooney interviewing yours truly for a story about Flexcar, the pioneering car-sharing program I belong to. Four-person crew--reporter, producer, cameraman, soundman--came to my place, followed me around on errands, got me to expound on the virtures of no longer having to own a car.
In addition to a link to the video, there's a text version of the piece online. Why me? Flexcar's PR guy John Williams set it up through his company, Scoville PR.
UPDATE March 1, 2005: The hits just keep coming. Similar story on the KOMO TV website, on a site about commuter news, and another about transportation technology. Finally, even TIME Magazine has caught on to the notion of sharing cars.
February 21, 2005
San Francisco Treat
Glide effortlessly from SeaTac into Oakland, onto BART, emerge at Embarcadero station in downtown San Francisco ... now I'm off to find a spot of lunch and discover an alley full of cafes called Belden Place. Take a seat at the sunny and very French Cafe Bastille, order a crab salad and a glass of wine and feel like I've never left Paris.
