About Banane


Banane means banana in French and German. It means something crass in Turkish. Banane.com originally hosted a webisodic called Lava Lounge, then my reviews of Dot Com parties (scrounging.org) with a friend (hey there Pockets Le Roy). Then, banane.com evolved into a local blog on living in North Beach and downtown.

It also hosts some of my murder mysteries:
iMurder & Killerizr.

I’ve written a few novels, and a few screenplays- one of my favorites Jiu Jin Shan, about China invading San Francisco. If you’re interested- check out my writing projects. I’ve done professional writing for MarketingSherpa, MarketingProfs, my top marketing blog “Adventures in Email Marketing,” food writing for Michelin, and years of (my life lost doing) technical writing.

I’m a geek- I’ve made some apps. Yep. Check out the mobile projects.

I’m raising a son in SF now and continuing my passions: local history, karaoke and pointless Internet arguments.

8 responses to “About Banane”

  1. Various insights on Anna from Mark:
    Anna buys really cool clothes for our 5 year old daughter!
    Thanks to Anna (or should I say no thanks), Megs now thinks she is a teenager!
    If only she would teach me more chinese.
    Being married to the top part of the Billstrom gene pool is great.
    I wish Anna would visit us more often and do some house work. Once Anna came over and totally worked in the garden for many hours. Now she is more lazy.
    If you get a really cool bike for Anna, make sure she gets a really cool lock (no SF is not a safe city).
    It is time to get a new car ANNA!

  2. Hi Anna, I just read your comment/gripe on our packaging issue and I’m rather surprised because our policy has always been that you are able to buy either one or as many flavours of your choice, or the standard assortment in one box. The only thing we wouldn’t do is separate the flavours in different boxes unless you’re buying each flavour in increments of 20’s.
    I hope you’ll visit us again but if you encounter this problem, please feel free to call me @ 510.339.9969.
    See you soon ~
    Casimira
    Owner, XOX Truffles

  3. On the valleywag SF vs. SV video you left this comment: ‘ “twatter” – I like that. I want Portland in an ad.’

    I didn’t get the Portland reference?