xmas cookies

I had a fun time making Christmas cookies this year, even though it meant neurotically cleaning and moving the cookies around from surface to surface because we have a serious ant problem. They love sugar just as much as me!



I fashioned a double boiler to melt chocolate for the first time, and I'll definitely be doing that again.

couchsurfing

Last year at this time, Suzanna and I were couchsurfing in Montevideo with a sweet German couple. Here they are, doing some sleep-arranging and blowing up an air mattress.

happy holidays

25-second exposure under a bright moon on the Pacific.

twas the night before...

Hope your holidays aren't spent stuck in traffic. Or, if you're stuck in traffic, I hope your holidays are full of good music.

breakfast

Breakfast in the Westy. What a miracle to have toasted bagels and hot coffee first thing in the morning in our little campsite by the ocean.

flea marketing

rebel yell

I love how surfers run into the water, like they just can't wait to plunge into the freezing cold surf. When I used to live by the beach on Fulton or Taraval or Balboa, I would often see surfers running down the sidewalk in their wetsuits.

just pick me up some sausage

found

walking the dog

ah, fresh produce!

A farm for brussel sprouts in Watsonville.

plovers

I have always loved plovers, the way they run on the beach on their little toothpick legs. Last weekend when we were camping, a woman pointed out to us the way plovers chill in people's footprints on the beach and sometimes try to nest like that. It's not a very stable situation, which is why the plovers are sadly endangered.

campground host

I love this photo because it looks like Juan is doing some Christmas trick-or-treating in an RV park.

californians in the mist

somewhere

There was the faintest hint of a rainbow over this campground in Half Moon Bay.

when photographers bowl

Or, your Friday vertical!

7-10 split

Check out this perfect bowling form:





I'm not criticizing. She still beat me.

winter whites

I love it when people put out their clean underwear.

tuesday specialties

I'm special!



However, I would like to point out that I am improving. Not only is this a much more spectacular break than the last one, but the photo of it is much nicer. Agreed?

fantastical!

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to live in the same town as SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA?

welcome back

The lovely view returning to San Francisco this week.

in the nick of time

The day before I left Illinois, it snowed.

anniversaries

A year ago yesterday, I woke up in Buenos Aires for the first time. It was an afternoon nap.



This was the view from my balcony on Lavalle.

settling in

We are addicted to playing Settlers of Catan.

wednesday vertical

Another day-after-Thanksgiving tradition...the last lawn-maintenance session of the year.