About Banane
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Banane means banana in French and German. I tried to get banana.com, but it was taken. I’m now totally used to using banane. (I say buh-NAHN, others tend to pronounce it like “insane”.)
Banane.com originally hosted a “webisodic”- internet movie called Lava Lounge, circa ’99. It turned into a local color blog on living in North Beach and downtown. Now it’s a combination of various insights, my movie haiku obsession, and online murder mysteries (iMurder & Killerizr currently).
About Me
OK back to me: I grew up in Cupertino, California, tried once to live in Paris, co-lived in Seattle for a few years, and now reside for last 12 years in San Francisco, originally in the Mission, now in North Beach.
I’ve written five novels, and an ambitious screenplay about China invading San Francisco. Recently I’ve had a lot of fun writing serialized murder mysteries. Here’s the official, full skinny on my writing projects. I do some writing-for-a-living, for MarketingSherpa, MarketingProfs, my workblog, Michelin, and technical writing. Most of my bread & butter comes from being a CRM Consultant (marketing-tech kinda person).
I’m a Californian from a large, local family that I term kindly, “The mafia.” I am the youngest of 5 over-accomplished, beautiful, and talented siblings. They used up the gene pool, basically.
If you still want to know about me- I’m into local history, walking, open water swimming, tennis, travel, running, basketball, wine, beer, good local country-style regional and ethnic cuisine, playing arcade games with my 8, yes 8, nieces and nephews.
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