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Haaken like a Bird!

For my birthday I leaped out of a really ghetto airplane, over ten times in two days.  Jumping at 14 thousand feet, I practiced my flips and big bails on the landing a couple of times. Flew right next to a cloud once going Mach 9 and felt like a bird...and yes I became a father two weeks a go.  His name is "Haaken",...like the bird.

Ewok Village in the Trees.

The kids at Kaleys middle school are lined up twelve deep each day to see who gets picked for todays "Play Date", Epic Spaces just completed a huge tree house, along with trap doors, zip lines, rope bridge, play netting, and another platform two levels up into the oak tree.

Don't worry, there is another 240 foot "Adult" zip line going in next week that goes over two ravines, twenty feet up in the air and reaches speeds up to 40MPH ending in a soft landing straight into a Bay tree..sounds soft huh?  Well there should be some entertainment for the adults, the kids can't have all the fun!

There is another tree house in the planning phase, over the hills in Mill Valley.  Of course we have to be innovative so we will continue to push the boundaries of how to scare the kids over there.  More to come!

Back in the news

HGTV's latest "Design Star" makes her series debut Sunday with the 7 p.m. sneak peek of "Myles of Style."

Kim Myles, the people's choice last year over co-finalist Todd Davis, the wacky, athletic and shirtless contestant from San Francisco, describes her personal style as "global urban elegance," and HGTV is showcasing her in a makeover show where she promises to do one project per week that viewers can try at home. The show's regular time slot will be 8:30 p.m. Thursdays.

As for Davis, the former extreme sports professional oozes excitement on his Web site for a recent Beverly Hills project in what probably should be his specialty: kids' rooms. There's one for twin boys themed "where the land meets the sea," and another for their sister, who is going to be living in heaven.

He's also redoing the entire Palm Springs estate of Elvis Presley and building a tree house.

Then there's his latest at-home project: That basketball court he built in what would otherwise have been the dining room of his and wife Gena's loft behind Ghirardelli Square has been replaced by a nursery.

"I built a wall, painted the court arctic blue, left the hoop up for dirty diaper dunking, created a new, 6-foot, 3-D art piece and made 15-foot-tall curtains to soften the wall," he e-mailed. The couple are expecting a boy any day now.

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