West Oakland Sunset

Hopped off BART on my way to Berkeley to meet Eric Cook for din-din. The sunset was too spectacular to zoom past. So I got off, and spent the 4 minutes before the next train arrived soaking up a brilliant sunset over the Ci-taaay by the Baaaa-eee-aaay. Whoah. oooo whoooah O O O.
You know the song. This is one of the many reasons for the crush. Love you, SF. xo A

4 yr old Photographer

In the process of cleaning, I finally found some film (yes, film) that I had developed for my niece. I had mailed her some disposable cameras when her brother was born (Nov of 07) to give her a project to do while all the adults were (in all likelyhood) ignoring her. The reports were that she had a ball, and I finally got the film/cameras back from her mother then next time i was in Michigan (late Aug early Sep 07).

I got the film developed at a Walgreens thinking I would see my niece again before I had to leave. That didn't happen. So, when I got home to SF, I put it somewhere 'safe' until i had a package together to mail to her. Which means those pictures were never seen again...until now. I just sent them off to her with some Halloween goodies. She probably doesn't remember taking them, so it might be a little surreal. But that arc is finally closed. Some of them are really interesting, too.

A day in the Life

Walking home from work...
San Francisco SOMA to Glen Park
August, 2009.

Holga goes to Hilton Head

I shot my first roll of slide film in the Holga while in South Carolina on a family vacation. The cross-processing produced some really lush colors - I'm very happy with the results. This image is my favorite. Vulnerable, sweet, introspective, and a little dark if you notice the hand...or funny. Depending on your mood, I suppose.

Have been very busy, but well. More ruminations to come after all this wedding hoo-ha is over! Yay for hoo ha!

getting it all wrong

El Tonayense is selling beans & rice, folks, not drugs.

I seriously suspect that the wide range of nearby neighborhood corner liquor stores (and their junk food) contribute more to student ill health than the Taco Truck. El Tonayense is actually serving FOOD, not processed chemically enhanced crap.

How about investing in health education and phys-ed rather than penalizing a taco truck for student behavior? I can't even tell you how often i ate my lunch from the taco truck while working at 20th & Florida. It's good food. Fresh. And it's affordable. The fact that lots of children and their families live in neighborhoods with no grocery store or produce bodega in this town seems like a much better issue to focus on.

How far do you have to walk to buy a head of lettuce or broccoli?
How far do you have to walk to buy a bag of chips?
Seriously?

more from Burrito Justice here.

Love song for San Francisco

I LOVE MY TOWN. WHOLE HEARTEDLY.

World Water Day

when i looked up the word 'potable' as a young girl b/c i encountered it in a national geographic article, i was shocked. We take so much for granted. Rainwater Harvesting is another very critical solution to many of the problems explained in this video. please pass it on.

www.charitywater.org