Our feet were killing us after a long day handing out “swag” to celebrities. The event coordinator at Wango Tango was kind enough to give us[...]
**Note: this all occurred in 2008 My wife needs to be in Boca Raton, Florida next week to shoot a television commercial. I search the Internet for[...]
I’ve been working on sharpening my tactical skills with Chessimo. It’s an excellent training tool, for the experienced but rusty player as well as anyone[...]
“Nude With Joined Hands” – From Picasso’s “Rose Period”- 1906. I meandered over to the museum today and was pleasantly surprised to see a collection[...]
Taken with the New iPad. The famous San Francisco parrots were flying around today… they might be somewhere in the picture.
I felt this shot deserved a blog post all its own…
…the view from Twin Peaks. Taken with Sony a77 + 100mm Macro lens.
The threat is stronger than the execution.
Aaron Nimzowitsch
I’ve decided to focus on one work of art each time I visit the museum… taking it in for at least 15 minutes. What I’ve realized is that nuances come to the fore that you would otherwise miss by just casually strolling past a painting like this one. At first it just looks like color splotches… then you realize it’s a deeply-shadowed forest grove… the sun is setting… there’s a dirt path leading to the grove… there’s[...]
I re-upped my membership at the Mechanic’s Institute in San Francisco after I saw on their website that they host weekly speed chess tournaments. It’s[...]
One thing I can’t resist is anything-hazelnut… hazelnut gelato, hazelnut cookies, hazelnut chocolate… etc. I recently found Justin’s Hazelnut Butter in a local health food[...]
There’s an alley between Mission & Valencia called Clarion Alley well known by locals for its murals. Sometimes, in the summer, you can watch the[...]