CRYSTAL CLEAR VIEW FROM TELEGRAPH HILL - A beautiful, hot day in San Francisco, August 23rd 2010, in the early evening. View from telegraph Hill looking East across the Bay towards Treasure Island and Oakland.
THREE WEEK OLD, STILL GREEN FAIRTRADE BANANAS -We got these bananas July 27th 2010. They were green then, and STILL green today, August 12th. They are Fair Trade produce, from Peru. So, how fair can these defective unripe bananas be?
COWORKING AT THE MALL - Under the historic Rotunda at San Francisco shopping mall on Market St, Google provides free wifi. As a result, people gather on the top floor below the dome, to surf and do work online. I took this photo August 5 2010.
ANGEL MONUMENT, MEXICO CITY - Can you see the strange traffice pattern here? If so, chime in and tell me how you think it works. Its bizarre actually. I took this photo from the 11th floor of Torre Angel office building.
ARTIST IN STARBUCKS - I took this photo of Nathan Gilmer, a local Bay Area artist, who sat down to work at a table near me today, complete with his paint color palette, brushes and pad. www.nathangilmerart.com
THATS ONE BUSTED IPHONE SCREEN . I took this photo yesterday of a woman’s iphone. She was seated near me, and I noticed the excessive cracks. She explained the screen started to cut her face, so she had to put scotch tape on part of it to control the loose pieces too.
New England Mussel with Quail Egg . At Sushi Groove South, San Francisco.
RITUAL ROASTERS, San Francisco . Nuff Said.
Naturally, a “No Photos” sign invites being photographed itself.
U2, OAKLAND - I took this photo from the highest seats inside the Oakland Coliseum at U2’s performance from their November 2005 tour.
LOOK DOWN 62 FLOORS- I took this photo from hotel room terrace on the 62nd floor of the Swissotel Stamford in Singapore. Notice the two swimming pools on bottom left of photo. Taken August 2005.
CHEVY WAGON “HEARSE” - I photographed this 1960’s Chevrolet 4 door wagon, which evidently the owner and others thought looked like it may be a poor man’s hearse. Ocean Beach parking lot, San Francisco January 2010
Since January 2010, at @starbucks locations, I’ve been drinking:
Two Vanilla Rooibos teabags steeped 4 minutes by timer, in a small cup, then poured over Venti-sized cup of ice, add two pumps of classic sweetener.
KARNEVAL, MAINZ GERMANY. Known specifically on “Rosenmontag”, the techno-dance street party occurred in Mainz, Feb 2008, one of several centres of partying in Germany during Mardi Gras time. I took this photo sitting on the edge of my hotelroom window, open to freezing cold air, was amoung the loudest parties I ever experienced.
ELEPHANTS, JAIPUR INDIA . I photographed these elephants coming down from Amer Fort in Jaipur, as I was riding atop one going uphill. April 2001.
