Tahd Frentzel

  • The Pogo Picnic

    In June, a former colleague of mine reached out and invited me to lunch. While dining at a newish Thai place on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, we caught up, chatting a bit on what was going on currently, with our… Continue reading

    The Pogo Picnic

  • The Oakland Nobody Talks About

    I grew up about 20 miles east of Oakland in what was once the small town of Walnut Creek. Growing up there we children heard the horrors of Oakland – crime, poverty, dilapidated buildings, etc… and I, like most of… Continue reading

    The Oakland Nobody Talks About

  • Change of Plans

    My son and I drove past an old phone booth a few weeks ago, and I very old-man commented: “I can’t even remember the last time I used one of those… probably over 20 years ago! Or maybe only 15.… Continue reading

    Change of Plans

  • Pogo Says “No No…”

    One of my favorite/not-so-favorite stories from my pogo.com days is when we worked out a charity benefit with Rosie O’Donnell’s For All Kids Foundation. It was pretty simple – players would play Tumble Bees during a week in May of… Continue reading

    Pogo Says “No No…”