behind the aluminum curtain

high-noon salute

I think I got a tan, even though we nearly froze to death every night.

Everywhere You Turn

Around the historic center in Mexico DF, there seemed to be no sit-down restaurants. The streets were filled with people hawking food from trucks, baskets, stands, and people eating all over the sidewalks.

flea marketing

walking the dog

giving thanks

I ran into my friend marching in the annual day-after-Thanksgiving animal rights protest on Michigan Avenue.

sunset talks

The Pacific by Bodega Bay.

Ricky

I've known Ricky for 10 years.

a moment

Ricky and I biked over the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday on honor of Veterans' Day.

world series

The World Series starts tonight!

We ended up watching the last few innings of Game 6 of the Giants-Phillies at Kennedy's in North Beach Saturday evening. It was very exciting.

family gallery

Kids look like a lot of work.

fleet week II

Spectators enjoying Fleet Week.

rah rah rah

I shot a high school football game last Friday in Wheaton, Illinois. It was a pretty big game--the reigning state champions (Wheaton Warrenville South) v. their rivals (Wheaton Warrenville North). It was only the second football I've ever been to. I found the cheerleaders sort of fascinating.

petanque players

Happy October! All of my camera bodies are at Canon for repair right now. I finally got around to processing some of these mediocre petanque shots from Madrigal de Las Altas Torres. Petanque is like bocce ball. And they play it for hours.



What a boys' club, right?

goodbye summer

It hit 90 degrees last week on the first day of fall. But I think the summer is now officially over.



No more of these shenanigans.

sidewalk sitting

Taste of Polonia

Another image from last Sunday's festivities at Taste of Polonia.



This really says "Chicago" to me.

mama bear

This guy just won his mother a teddy bear. She took a really long time to choose what she wanted. The whole scene was so cute it damn near killed me.

the lone wolf

This first made me smile...and then it made me kind of sad.



Because really, if you're such a rebel, why did you come to Taste of Polonia? For the blintzes and terrific polka?

bye for now, San Francisco

I am leaving San Francisco for a while today. It is the height of the tourist season. I like to take photos of the tourists.



Lombard Street is, admittedly, pretty, with all the hydrangeas and all. Also this camera I've been shooting with has a way of effecting this sunlight so everything looks so dreamy. I'm not sure what that's all about.