Sept 9th, 6:00pm-8:00pm: Happy Hour @ SOM Bar

There will be a drink special where the proceed go towards CFF.  There'll be a basketball hoop / arcade machine and the people who throw a certain amount of points within a time frame will have a round on Red Bull's tab!  

Sept 11th, 9:00am-1:00pm: Fit-Fair @ Lombardi Sports  

The day begins at 9:00am with a Run Club and continues with a 10:00am-1:00pm Lombardi's rooftop fitness day including some amazing classes including Yoga, Bootcamp and Kick Abs with live DJ sets.  There's also going to be a raffle with lots of gear & service prizes to be won!

Sept 11th, 8:00pm-late: Rock the Night @ Skimble  

It's Maria's Bday fundraiser and Rock the Steps' Fit-Fair after party.  Think music, video, cupcakes, cocktails, props, prizes & more!  We'll even have a special Portaledge Photobooth ;)

Sept 18th, 8:30am-12:00pm: Cystic Fibrosis Climb for Life @ One Sansome Skyscraper

Thanks!

Get hydrated, get carbo-loaded and get ready! The famous San Francisco Marathon and Half-Marathon is this Sunday, beginning and ending on the Embarcadero at the Ferry Building. This beautiful course goes over the Golden Gate Bridge, through the Marina and Fisherman's Wharf, and makes a loop through Golden Gate Park.

In addition to the full 26.2 mile course, runners can choose to complete either half of the course, or run a 5k. This one's a Boston qualifier that has beauty, history and years upon years of hard work behind it.

It's no easy jog, even for experienced marathoners. The hills and overall difficulty led the Wall Street Journal to call this "the race even marathoners fear." But this course offers a scenic run, shielded by fog from the heat that makes summer a season bereft of events for long-distance runners.

Lulemon is sponsoring an EMPOWER station at mile 23, so if you're not competing, come out and support your fellow athletes!

For those that don't know, Bay to Breakers is an annual SF tradition.  It's known to some as a 12K race and to many others a great excuse to walk/boogie with a costumed mob.

Yesterday the streets were filled with costumed participants and outrageous floats jumping to the beat of street DJs and solo musicians.  We've captured a bit of the fun along Oak St. and the SF Panhandle to Golden Gate Park in Skimble fluorescent style:

More B2B photos can be found on Maria's flickrstream.

As if that wasn't enough to get you psyched to be active, here's Sabreena Tanner of Urban Tool after she recently completed her first marathon, the Vienna Marathon:

Many San Franciscans made it out to The North Face after hours last night.  Upstairs we all gathered around to meet Daniel Mazur, an incredible mountaineer and guide!  Dan's best known for leading Greg Mortenson's K2 expedition in the novel, Three Cups of Tea, as well as rescuing Australian climber Lincoln Hall during a summit attempt up Mt. Everest.  When you meet him in person, you'll soon realize he's a humble yet lively man who simply explains that you may have to make hard (life & death) decisions up at 20,000+ ft elevation.  He's fortunate enough to have survived countless summits while enjoying nature and trying to leave no trace.

Dan shared many fun, funny and enlightening stories about his first and impromptu rescue expedition up Mt. Everest.  I won't spoil them here!  You'll just have to meet him at another talk.

Before the night ended, we all got to play with some mountaineering tools that have been to Everest and back!  Here's a fun pic of Dan, myself and the ice axe:

And at 29029 ft in elevation, you may just need some air:

No time to get lightheaded though.  The interactive talk supported the low-income mountain families of Nepal.  The Mountain Fund is currently building a 300-person school in the Nepalese mountain range where there is no government support.  They are also working to provide basic health care for the area.  Realizing that basic needs are not met in these remote areas, Dan and SummitClimb guides are helping to raise awareness and collect funds for the cause.

With that in mind, the SF people opened up their checkbooks and some even did a little swiping.

Randy Reddig from Square was on site to swipe credit cards through their new payment device to instantly donate to The Mountain Fund.  Here are a few pics of some successful transactions:

Last weekend, Skimble attended Macworld Expo 2010 in San Francisco.  Sophia Brueckner and Maria Ly of Skimble (and ex-Google girls) are Apple junkies.  They certainly felt at home exploring the expo.  Here's a little recap:

Complimentary Macworld Portraits!  Here are some Skimble action shots taken by the amazing photographer, Asa Mathat:

Here's some great coverage by Best of the Bay's KRON4 including an interview with Skimble at the 4:19 mark:

On the expo floor, these were the action-oriented tools & gadgets that we love:

Dots: The iPhone Glove that feels Gloveless

credit: JD Lasica's telefingers

These gloves keep your hands warm while enabling you to tap and touch away.  They are so awesome that most of their gloves are currently sold out.  Who wouldn't be thrilled to sport stylish DOTSgloves while skimbling on cold days?!

Joby: Flexible tripods and mobile device holders

These guys were a lot of fun at the expo, providing us with free pics using their new Gorilla Camera App for the iPhone!  The picture above hits home - their tripods are ideal for impromptu action shots when you're, you know, just hanging out of a limb.  They're really rugged and definitely capable of keeping up with you!

URBAN TOOL: Fashionable & functional tech carrying solutions

It was fun discovering this female-led company located in Austria.  Finally, a company that offers innovative and stylish carrying solutions that fit your iPhone, iPod, digital camera, wallet, keys, and water bottle.  What's more is that they've kindly supplied us with several awesome pieces for our Skimble Contests, including the crossHOLSTER and hipHOLSTER!  More details about next month's prizes coming soon.

The latest program on French station M6's show Capital gave a behind-the-scenes look at success and innovation from around the world.  

The program included candid interviews with industry leaders such as Elon Musk of Tesla Motors and angel investor Jeff Clavier (@jeff) of SoftTechVC.  Now you might be wondering, what's it like to live a startup life?  In the program, you'll get a sneak peak into the startup life of Maria and Gabe of Skimble:

Although there isn't really a typical day for us, the camera captured us:

• Working from our apartment in San Francisco
• Rock climbing and usability testing at Mission Cliffs
• Demoing the Skimble iPhone Application to Robert Scoble (aka @scobelizer)
• Networking at the Startup2Startup Holiday Dinner
• and more!

Here's us living the life of the bootstrapped startup, turning bedroom into 'office':

You might be able to download the segment with Skimble on Capital here.  If you live in France and Switzerland, you can stream Skimble on Capital here.  If you're already there and wondering, when will Skimble be localized for the French audience...well, with the help of some volunteers, we hope sooner than expected! 

Special thanks to Alain Reynaud of FairSoftware, journalist Emmanuel Creutzer, Pierre Creisson of Camicas Productions, and Guy Lagache of Capital for making the program all come together!

What do rollerskating, Halloween, and SF DocFest have to do with each other?  Lots.  Tonight they merge into CELLspace in SF for what should be a wild Roller Disco Costume Party!

We found out about this cool event via our lovely friends at Yelp:

Join the event and countdown Halloween with us active Skimblers.  We'll be rollerskating and enjoying a whole lot of nightlife fun.

But wait, there's more!  This rollerskating costume party is just one of the events held during the 8th San Francisco Documentary Festival.

For all you documentary lovers, check out the complete list of SF DocFest events here.

Update: photos from the event on Maria's flickrstream: