<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:59:26.738-07:00</updated><category term='Fun From the Couch'/><category term='Concerts'/><category term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category term='Pleasure News'/><category term='Restaurants'/><category term='Pirate Watch'/><category term='Cyber Indulgence'/><title type='text'>Hedonism Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>thoughts on the finer excesses of life</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-3998713214714517623</id><published>2009-02-11T15:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T19:52:04.449-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pleasure News'/><title type='text'>Heart -Breaking News: Bay to Breakers will No Longer Allow Alcohol OR Nudity</title><summary type='text'>Unforgivable.Let's face it folks, the B2B "race" has, over its 97 year history, become the expected home of serious madness. Drinking, old naked men flapping their nether-regions around for all to see, drinking, well toned athletes chained together running in solidarity.And oh yeah, drinking.According to the press release, the new measures will be "zero tolerance" policies. Now, I'm all for their</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3998713214714517623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/heart-breaking-news-bay-to-breakers.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/3998713214714517623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/3998713214714517623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/heart-breaking-news-bay-to-breakers.html' title='Heart -Breaking News: Bay to Breakers will No Longer Allow Alcohol OR Nudity'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-2422226797082412410</id><published>2008-12-29T15:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T15:59:14.976-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cyber Indulgence'/><title type='text'>New York Times "Proof: Alcohol and American Life"</title><summary type='text'>Check out the new NYT "Proof" Blog: http://proof.blogs.nytimes.com/Some great posts on alcohol in America - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2422226797082412410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-york-times-proof-alcohol-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/2422226797082412410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/2422226797082412410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-york-times-proof-alcohol-and.html' title='New York Times &quot;Proof: Alcohol and American Life&quot;'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-5976244978102858164</id><published>2008-12-29T15:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T15:54:41.676-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun From the Couch'/><title type='text'>Sleeping In</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5976244978102858164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/sleeping-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/5976244978102858164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/5976244978102858164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/sleeping-in.html' title='Sleeping In'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7_bc9BzFX7o/SVli4G3GiGI/AAAAAAAAACw/JgHfT6Ljags/s72-c/Bostonian-Sleeping-1000x1500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-7586787099919074843</id><published>2008-11-25T10:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T17:40:16.604-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pirate Watch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pleasure News'/><title type='text'>Pirate Watch</title><summary type='text'>Hello my lovely Hedophiles!I've been totally glued to the ongoing news about pirates in Somalia recently. It's really quite hysterically funny... if you leave out the desperation in Somalia, the crew members being held hostage, and the general brutality of the whole situation. But other than that, PIRATES! Is there really anything else to say?Yes, of course there is - there's new things to say </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7586787099919074843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/pirate-watch.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/7586787099919074843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/7586787099919074843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/pirate-watch.html' title='Pirate Watch'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7_bc9BzFX7o/SSyov6PQ7ZI/AAAAAAAAACo/hkfByr_sXWg/s72-c/somalia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-9068911449596596808</id><published>2008-11-25T10:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T10:43:43.893-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pleasure News'/><title type='text'>The Election</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                                     &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9068911449596596808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/election.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/9068911449596596808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/9068911449596596808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/election.html' title='The Election'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7_bc9BzFX7o/SSxHVfwjyVI/AAAAAAAAACg/gs1wc84mc7Q/s72-c/obamashoes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-6678415490873855542</id><published>2008-10-01T16:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T19:32:33.965-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun From the Couch'/><title type='text'>Thirsty Hedonists Drink Wine</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6678415490873855542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/thirsty-hedonists-drink-wine.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/6678415490873855542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/6678415490873855542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/thirsty-hedonists-drink-wine.html' title='Thirsty Hedonists Drink Wine'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-134648909066662281</id><published>2008-09-18T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T10:15:10.833-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><title type='text'>Dinner with Friends...</title><summary type='text'>Some would argue that the home-cooked meal is a dead art in America. I would strongly disagree, as I find myself on this fine morning still stuffed full of a delicious Gudjarati dinner which was prepared by the one-and-only, Rajen Shah.Let me tell you folks - I cannot believe how good that was. As far as hedonizing goes, I did you, fellow Heathens, proud. I indulged thoroughly in multiple plates </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/134648909066662281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/dinner-with-friends.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/134648909066662281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/134648909066662281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/dinner-with-friends.html' title='Dinner with Friends...'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-207889647180597761</id><published>2008-09-16T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T15:28:45.706-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Concerts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants'/><title type='text'>Yoshi's SF: James Carter Quartet</title><summary type='text'>I had the awesome opportunity to step into Yoshi's (relatively) new SF location over the weekend and let me say, high-class hedonism has found a home. While "Class" was definitely the name of the game, I drank enough sake to drown a dragon before wandering into the jazz club section for an absolutely astounding set by the James Carter Quartet.The interior of Yoshi's is beautiful. Long, hanging </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/207889647180597761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/yoshis-sf-james-carter-quartet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/207889647180597761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/207889647180597761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/yoshis-sf-james-carter-quartet.html' title='Yoshi&apos;s SF: James Carter Quartet'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7_bc9BzFX7o/SNAICCLhQyI/AAAAAAAAAB4/JO97BpfOFSo/s72-c/yoshiint.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-3469821272284822310</id><published>2008-09-12T11:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T12:10:46.059-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Concerts'/><title type='text'>Buy Your Tickets: Girl Talk</title><summary type='text'>If you don't know Girl Talk, just go download the new album. Or, listen on myspace.Greg Gillis will be coming to the Fillmore, October 27th and 28th. Awesome.Recently, some friends of mine took a trip up north and I informed them they should drop by the Girl Talk show in Portland. Evidently, they happened by the venue and described the scene as, "Full of people on drugs, out of control... like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3469821272284822310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/buy-your-tickets-girl-talk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/3469821272284822310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/3469821272284822310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/buy-your-tickets-girl-talk.html' title='Buy Your Tickets: Girl Talk'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-5137736781952402161</id><published>2008-09-11T17:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T16:12:20.519-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants'/><title type='text'>Gourmet Pleasure, in Your Underwear</title><summary type='text'>We all know the joys of dropping a little/too much extra dough on a delicious meal out. Wine poured for you (one of the most ancient hedonist indulgences), large quantities of delicious grub, hors d'oeuvres,  desert even when you're too full to handle it...But some nights, getting dressed up and dealing with reservations, wait lists and having to just DECIDE on where to eat can be a huge pain in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5137736781952402161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/gourmet-pleasure-in-your-underwear.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/5137736781952402161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/5137736781952402161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/gourmet-pleasure-in-your-underwear.html' title='Gourmet Pleasure, in Your Underwear'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7_bc9BzFX7o/SMqhNg3SJPI/AAAAAAAAABY/cb3El0pOPKQ/s72-c/restaurant-oak.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592630622947269784.post-900806445424403692</id><published>2008-09-10T13:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T13:17:39.947-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reasons to Get Off the Couch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cyber Indulgence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pleasure News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun From the Couch'/><title type='text'>Weclome to Mindful Self Indulgence</title><summary type='text'>Hello!Welcome to the Hedonism Blog - your new home (hopefully) for things to do at home, on the Web and out and about, which celebrate the best feeling of all - pleasure. I'm going to try and concentrate on the best locations for indulgence in the SF Bay Area, as well as events, concerts, movies, TV, videogames, snacks, news, internet silliness and whatever else comes into my Dionysian brain.The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/feeds/900806445424403692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/weclome-to-mindful-self-indulgence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/900806445424403692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3592630622947269784/posts/default/900806445424403692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hedonismblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/weclome-to-mindful-self-indulgence.html' title='Weclome to Mindful Self Indulgence'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07359516964970787216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
