Tag: life

I was recently in California, a place I love. Mainly Oakland, where I was visiting GeekOutsider, though I was in San Francisco some as well. It’s refreshing to go somewhere with such a different atmosphere, such a different look from where I live now.  [I’ve been back from vacation for a while but I’ve been working non-stop. Caught a cold, too, inconveniently, on which I blame plane air; always so suspicious and dry.]

Lake Merritt

Lake Merritt is lousy with ducks and cranes. I do like a good crane.

Farmer’s market

Love this shot of the barista’s tattoos and sneakers.

A gorgeous market basket, carried by my hosts.

Seriously, who doesn’t want a succulent wall? If you follow me on instagram you know I’m always stopping to take pictures of plants. Flowers especially. I find them beautiful and like to have them as studies for painting.

Murals outside historic black bookstore Marcus Books, a wonderfully curated bookstore.

New Zealand Christmas Tree

Isn’t this pineapple situation amazing? I just found it like this…

Dim sum! Guys, I had so much dim sum. So many black bean sesame balls.

Too bad I didn’t take pictures of the food at Elephant Sushi or Burma Love, so, so good. Burma Love or Burma Superstar: can’t go wrong.

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