“Richard Bakare”

Week by Week – W24Y2017

7 Jun , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Technology

I doubt I can ever come to understand the propensity for senseless violence. Two days after an attack in England by terrorist, we have a shooting in Orlando which may have no ideological basis. Violence is never acceptable and doesn’t bring others to your side. I can only imagine that our growing inability to communicate across social, political, and economic divides. Talking doesn’t cure all ills, but it sure as heel can help calm people down if both sides are forced to listen before speaking.

"Richard Bakare", Blog, Minimalist, Streets Alive, Violence

Week by Week – W23Y2017

4 Jun , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Reviews

Yoga is life and life is yoga. Flowing through your day with every breath, finding intention, being present, exercising patience. I learned this mantra from our instructor this past week. I hope to make it a real part of my everyday life. Breathing in every element of a situation, embracing the discomfort, relishing the blissful release, and learning to balance on the equilibrium between both sensations. I just have to find a Yoga facility I am willing yo pay more for now that I don’t have ClassPass or maybe realizing the dream of building a yoga studio in our backyard one day.

"Richard Bakare", Americanah, Blog, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ClassPass, Covfefe, Nigeria, Yoga

Week by Week – W22Y2017

27 May , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Travel

If you are in NYC this summer, make sure you get tickets to see the Public Theater’s performance of Julius Ceaser at the Delacort Theater for Shakespeare in the Park. The performance has been updated with an homage to you know who and our current social dilemmas. The principal questions I was left asking is whether to stick with the devil you know or take on the unknown? Along with, does the struggle for change matter if the message doesn’t register. I think that the external forces we feel have so much control over our lives aren’t as powerful as we make them. If we become the change we want to see, it doesn’t matter who is in charge.

"Richard Bakare", Aerial Yoga, Age Of Empires, Apple AirPods, Birthday, Blog, Central Park, Circus Sideshow, Grimaces and Misery, Homo Deus, iPhone, Irving Pen, Julius Caesar, Met Kawakubo, NYC, One If By Land, Seurat's Sideshow, Shakespeare, The Aisles Have Eyes, The Met, The Strong Man, Woman In Chicken Hat

Week by Week – W21Y2017

15 May , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Travel

The start of a long stretch in NYC. I decided to try something different and stay longer on the road than just 4 days at a time. What I found in previous weeks was that the hours spent at the airport was a real time suck. I’m really missing my “home time” but will have to make the most of it and discover more of NYC. Most of all by catching up with family and friends while I here.

"Richard Bakare", Blog, ClassPass, Feastly, New York, Nina Simone, Nomad List, NormaTec

Apple AirPods Review

15 May , 2017 Reviews,Sports,Technology

This is one of the more personally gratifying products I will get to review. Full disclosure: a high school friend of mine is a co-patent holder on these. So, I am very proud to own and review a pair. Like most of the early adopters, it took a while to get mine. Over a month from purchase to delivery. Once you get your hands on a pair and feel the quality of the build you will see why they take a while to manufacture and are worth the wait.

"Richard Bakare", AirPods, Apple, EarPods, Logitech, Product Review, Sennheiser

Week by Week – W20Y2017

14 May , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Sports

This past weekend we celebrated Mother’s Day. One of the things I have come to understand in life is that none of us come with an instruction manual at birth. So, the how of raising us is a learning lesson for our parents. The stakes for this live classroom lesson amount to life and death. It’s therefore understandable why our parents can be so conservative and interventionist in our own lives as we grow up. Though, you may have not have agreed with all of their decisions, you have to be glad that you are here with even a modicum of opportunity to chase your dreams. So, take a second and say thanks to your Mom and maybe take a moment to listen to the personal tributes in Story Corps Podcast #500 about Moms.

"Richard Bakare", Blog, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mother's Day, Social Media

Spain – A Travel Guide

14 May , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Reviews,Travel

This post is a recap of a recent trip to Spain that I took with my wife. I’ve tried to put together a scrapbook and guide that catalogs and combines my own research before going, experiences during our stay, and recommendations from friends who’ve also visited Spain. I hope this list of places to stay, see, and dine at comes in handy to you if you are considering a trip to the Iberian peninsula. I am only going to cover the more popular areas of the country. I hope to make a return trip in the future to explore the Basque region, Canary Islands, and more. I would also love to come back and watch the Running of the Bulls in mid-summer.

"Richard Bakare", Barcelona, Blog, Ibiza, Madrid, Ryanair, Seville, Spain, Travel, Vueling

Week by Week – W19Y2017

30 Apr , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Sports,Travel

What a week we had in Barcelona, Europe’s Modernista architecural marvel. Followed by a train ride to and a few days in Madrid. The US really needs to embrace the low cost air carrier, regional airport, and train transportation options that Europe has. So many of the fellow travelers we met, who were from Europe, were in Barcelona on some ridiculously low airfare trip from London, Germany, etc. We are almost intentionally limiting social mobility and economic development by not opening up our transportation options.

"Richard Bakare", Abandoned, Barcelona, Blog, Madrid, Malls, Minimalism, Ponce City Market, Rail, Renfe, Retail, Running, Seph Lawless, Sherman Cahal, Spain, Train, Travel

Week by Week – W18Y2017

30 Apr , 2017 Culture,Lifestyle,Travel

This week we embarked on our longest vacation as a couple. Two weeks traveling around Spain. It’s so hard to be away from home, our family and routines for so long. But no growth comes from being complacent or an unwillingness to step outside of your comfort zone. This trip I am trying a project where I take all the notes I put together before the trip, tips given to me, and experiences along the way into one long blog entry under that will be my travel guide on visiting Spain. It’s a great way of being really engaged in the trip, creating some great content and perhaps helping someone else put together a memorable trip. I will have it posted by the end of the first week in May.

"Richard Bakare", Blog, Divide, Ed Shereen, Feist, Gorillaz, Hanway, MTA, Seville, Spain, The Minimalist, Travel, Wall-E, Yoga

UPDATED: On CloudFlow Running Shoe Review

25 Apr , 2017 Lifestyle,Reviews,Sports

Recently I discovered the “On” brand of shoes after doing some research and reading reviews in various athletic magazines. On is a Swedish manufacturer and relative new comer to the shoe game. Their differentiator is the use of the Pocket cushioning system in the sole. This scientific approach creates a number of individualized air pockets across the bottom of the shoe. This system adapts to almost any foot strike pattern and running form. Moreover, it gives the shoe a very lightweight feel by not carrying so much cushion material in the sole. In this review, I will discuss and rate the Cloudflow model from On. This particular model is the most akin to the low profile, minimalist, and racer style of the Nike Free 3.0 Flyknit.

"Richard Bakare", New Balance Minimus, Nike Free 3.0, Nike Zoom Pegasus, On CloudFlow, Review, Running, Shoes

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