California Pete
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Historical Geographer |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am an X-generation California-American, devoted husband and father, Cal (UC-Berkeley) alumnus, professional teaching geographer, and a road-cycling, beer-brewing, sports-watching lover of soccer, caffeinated beverages, and Mediterranean places and peoples. |
| Interests | historical geography, cities and urban planning, bicycling, soccer and other kinds of football, California, the Mediterranean, beer and brewing, coffee and tea, local-regional vernacular foods, Cal Golden Bears, Los Angeles Galaxy, Genoa CFC, FC Bayern München, San Francisco Giants |
| Favorite movies | Shawshank Redemption, Dr. Strangelove, Triplets of Belleville, Breaking Away, Cinema Paradiso, Moulin Rouge, The Usual Suspects, The Italian Job, Jackie Brown, Night on Earth, Bend it Like Beckham, Eat Drink Man Woman, Dogtown and Z-boys, Twelve Angry Men, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Star Wars, Office Space, Bull Durham, Dumbo, The Incredibles, Moonstruck |
| Favorite music | Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, The Police, REM, The Pixies, Giacomo Puccini |
| Favorite books | Babbitt, The Octopus, Grapes of Wrath, Adventures of Huck Finn, Fever Pitch |