February 2011 ~ Date To Relate

Friday, February 25, 2011

Bruno Mars Soars To The Stars

By Grace Tzeng

Bruno Mars, the Hawaiian-born musician wooed the hearts of many with his Grammy Award-winning "Just the Way You Are." He won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the event this month.

Mars, born Peter Gene Hernandez, is of Puerto Rican and Filipino descent. When he was a toddler, he acquired his stage name when his father nicknamed him "Bruno" because of his resemblance to professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

The singer explained how he thought up his last name in a Rap-Up.com article by Georgette Cline: “The Mars came up just because I felt like I didn’t have no pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m out of this world, so I was like I guess I’m from Mars.” (The article mentioned his age as twenty-three ten months ago, but Wikipedia and another site say he's currently 25 years old.)

Coming from a musical family where everyone sings and plays instruments, Mars plays piano, guitar, bass, and congas. His brother Eric is a drummer in the band as well.

Not only are Bruno Mars and the model nice to look at in this video, but the concept with the cassette tape reel in the video is very creative. It was a wonderful idea by the video’s creator. Enjoy!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Coastal Trails

By Dawson Forrest

I remember the spring time fields by Drakes Bay

They were so green and vibrant with blooms of solitude

Pockmarked here and there with what the previous season had sown

With shades of lavender, blue and pink

The bleeding hearts and the occasional forget-me-nots

Danced ever so slightly in the gritty salted breeze to an unheard tune

Past Arch Rock, the Coast Trail, to Elephant Rock and the Tomales Trail

The blooms lingered in the silent echoes of that salted breeze

Abrasive with its parched kisses from the Farallons

The air flowed along the coastal orchards-caressing and coddling

All the while, raking away at what all the roots grasped

Eroding the remnants of a season long past

Photo by Dawson Forrest at Drakes Bay in Point Reyes

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

V-Day Is Not D-Day

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By Grace Tzeng

Since Valentine’s Day was yesterday, some of you without a sweetheart may have felt down about being single.

Or even if you do have a boyfriend or girlfriend or spouse, yesterday may not have been what you expected.

Believe me, I know how it feels. Many years ago a guy I dated -- not a boyfriend -- told me two or three days after Valentine's Day that he didn't want to see me anymore.

Welcome!

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Welcome to Date to Relate! We hope you all had a great Valentine's Day. We decided upon starting this love, dating, relationship blog on Valentine's Day because it was the perfect occasion to discuss and celebrate love.