Stern And Bow

An absolute pleasure to be in a shell with my son who has the aquatic spirit. It is truly humbling being with him out on the waves for two+ hours, an incredible spiritual experience. The energy, the love, the mission. Watching him learn, soaking it in, and appreciating life.

Male Of The Species

Sometimes i wish i could freeze time. Children grow up so darn fast. Even the times when being a father happens in slow motion it's too fast, but somewhere within this speed cycle we get moments that stick where we can breathe in the wonderment of just being with your kid. Being amazed at their potential, the person they are, the closeness, the connection, and the overwhelming love.

Win In Your Mind And You’ll Win In Reality

Your mind is your superpower. At this year's 165th celebration of the Boat Race, 46-years young Olympian, James Cracknell returns to the Cambridge men's squad to pull at full pressure–proof that championship oarsmen never age. Well rowed all crews.

Into Monet's Garden At De Young San Francisco

Throughout Claude Monet's career, he remained dedicated to the close observation of nature and his elaborate garden. He spent great energy and expense studying horticulture, consulting with specialists, and commiserating with fellow plant enthusiasts. In his early days at the Pressoir, Monet tended the garden with his children; as his designs became more ambitious, he went on to employ eight gardeners. 

Monet's water-lily pond was the most important feature of his garden. Ensuring the crystalline quality of the water and the vibrancy of the lilies required one gardener to skim the pond's surface on a daily basis and dunk the lilies to remove the dust generated by the nearby road. Monet even went as far as to fund the paving of the surrounding roads to prevent dust from accumulating. The pond offered an ever changing reflective surface that captured the color of the lilies, the foliage of the adjacent weeping willows, and the changing effects of the clouds.

In 1914, after his self-imposed two-year break from painting following the death of his second wife, Monet embarked on a new series of water-lily paintings. Marked by gestural brushwork and increasingly larger formats, these works are a bold departure. Many of these compositions lack horizon lines, resulting in often spatially disoriented views. On this same impressive scale, Monet also painted irises, dallies, and agapanthuses growing at the water's edge. All are viewable at the De Young in San Francisco till May 27th.

Addicted To Sweating

Go for it. Take a shot at the big time. If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you will never have a negative thought again. The invisible forces that drive every thought you think and emotion you feel are the habitual patterns of action that shape your life. Can we change habits? Yes, with INTENTION and ENERGY. We can train ourselves to generate energy it takes to create a new set of actions–and with repetition, like building a quadricep, these emotions become your new, consciously designed habits that produce the results you're after. When we create the right set of habits we become more efficient so that we have more energy for all the things that matter.  

Goldie Turns Eight

An amazing vibrant boy filled with exuberance, positivity, curiosity, compassion, a sense for fairness, and high-energy. As he heads towards eleven, i will at some point start looking for an elite prep school for him including Ridley College, Upper Canada College, Brentwood College School, and a few in the USA. I am so proud of him.

Celebrate Chills, Thrills And Hills In New York

A cold you don't mind catching.