union square, friday 6pm
From top:
- road work, Market St.
- Stockton St.
- woman on bike, window-shopping en route (how I wish these images had turned out better)
- Macy's window, set-up by elves in progress
- ever-present flower stand
- worker's strike at the Grand Hyatt
gotham
chicago redux
From top:
- House of Brides!
- Old Town
- The Boring Store
- Yup, the Bean
- Art Institute of Chicago
- As always, coffee.
overcast
From top:
- Garden @ the Art Institute of Chicago
- Old Town, Chicago
- CELLspace, SF
- SFO
- Bucktown
- 4th of July, Ghirardelli Square
horses at midnight
Chicago.
festivities
Happy Holiday weekend! Last night we headed down to the water by Ghirardelli Square to watch fireworks. There were tons of people there, as you'd expect, plus dogs, kids, blankets, glow sticks, etc. Over closer to Fisherman's Wharf there was a band playing, covering punkish/80's hits in a decidedly Lite-rock style. They wrapped up shortly after we got there, and the 'official' pre-fireworks soundtrack included (old) Madonna and Bell Biv Devoe's Poison, which the crowd *loved* and apparently knew all of the words to. We managed to score a good seat on the brick wall around the shore, and our only complaint of the whole night was that we didn't bring a hot beverage and maybe a blanket.
In this photo, a group of kayakers is mulling around by the docks before heading further out to watch the fireworks. I really like the lights on the kayaks. (And I think the fuzziness of this shot actually adds to it.) For some excellent shots of the fireworks themselves, check out Jaeha's images...
tunnel top
Stencil-y .
well-lighted place
Parking lot near Jackson Square.
commercial st. alley
8.30 am, optimistically awaiting lunch and sunshine.
imminent
Moscone Center in SF, getting ready for this year's World Wide Developer's Conference.
at-at walkers on the horizon*
larkin & clay
Vacant church on the corner of Larkin & Clay Sts.
stockton tunnel
a weekend worth of summer
The temp in the city climbed into the 90's this weekend. As really warm weather here is kinda rare, and you can never know when it will happen or how long it will last, you have to take full advantage of it while you can...
Staying cool.
No wetsuit! Warm day, but still...brrr.
This guy kid was catching crabs off the jetty with his family. Here he's showing us the size of the fish they had been putting in the nets. They also used chicken legs (!). The dungeness crabs were thrown back though; it's mating season, and signs all around warn of a big fine for catching and keeping them. We learned that dungeness crabs have white-tipped claws, while other types have dark-tipped claws. That's how you know which to keep and which to toss back in the water.
This seal and his seal friend were lurking near the crab nets. They'd surface every once in awhile to check things out and take advantage of the free snacks. You can't tell from the photo, but this guy was *big.* He and the yellow-capped swimmer seemed to be on the same trajectory, and we were wondering what would happen if they crossed paths. Didn't happen though.
There's a crab in the green bucket, plucked from beneath the rocks. Much screaming ensued. Very awesome.
The beach just north of Ghiradelli Square: we've never seen it this crowded!
park
Downtown Vancouver. At this angle, very Jetsons.
hideout
Vancouver, dusk.
reasonable
Dogpatch; Fillmore street; F-taco, d-town
little city
North Beach/the Mission/SFO
