Friday, August 28, 2009

I left my heart...















So I won't forget: an incomplete chronicle of our adventures in SF. (Yes, the meals were good enough to necessitate their documentation.)

Tuesday 8/18
Market and Powell Station & Trolley
Fisherman's Wharf
Pier 39
Ferry around SF Bay
Aquarium of the Bay
Lunch at Neptune's
Sea Lions
National Maritime Visitor's Center
Ghirardelli Square and awesome violinist guy
Great American Music Hall - Anya Marina and Emiliana Torrini
Dinner at concert

Wednesday 8/19
Muir Woods
Sausalito
Lunch at burger place in Sausalito
Sundae at Ghirardelli Square
Lombard Street as Candy Land
Market Street shopping
Union Square
Japan Town and Japan Center
Dinner at noodle place in Japan Center
Kabuki Theater for District 9

Thursday 8/20
Market Street wandering
Haight-Ashbury shopping
Lunch on Haight at Thai place
Golden Gate Park
California Academy of Sciences & rainforest
Japanese Tea Garden
Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences & planetarium
Dinner and cocktails at Pakistani place on Haight
Music venue on Haight - One Good Round
Became groupies and followed band to bar on Haight

Friday 8/21
Palace of Fine Arts & Lagoon
Exploratorium
Lunch at Exploratorium Cafe - local CA food
Got lost on buses and roamed around
Fort Mason & beach
Ghirardelli Square again
Dinner at Columbini - Italian
Show at Comedy College on Mason

Saturday 8/22
Pier 33 and ferry to Alcatraz
Alcatraz audio tour
Late lunch at Butterfly - Asian fusion
Castro District
Mission District
Dinner at Luna Park in Mission
Bookstores in Mission
Hotel lounging and Slide at night

Sunday 8/23
Sonoma & Cheese Factory
Napa Valley & wineries - Madonna, ??, ??, and Sutter Home
Lunch at BBQ place in Napa
Dinner at Thai Express in Nob Hill
Hotel at night

Monday 8/24
Yerba Buena Gardens and MLK Memorial
SFMOMA
Lunch at Chinatown
Cable Car Museum

I Lift My Lamp

Beside the Golden Door

Who doesn't appreciate a good history story?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

daviana and estefania






!!! always wanted to sponsor a child. am already dreaming of visiting nicaragua and honduras











Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Picture News

My favorite medium for news has gotta be photography.

overcoming in the Gaza Strip!
unsurprising - Hey, Gerald Ford used to model. Why can't Putin be Indy?
werd.

I've always loved British news, and not just for the reporters' pleasant accents. Somehow it comes off as more world- and scope-conscious than the evening news at 5, if you know what I mean. (Traffic and weather, we belong together like traffic and weather - Fountains of Wayne.) This is not to discredit American reporting, which can be great(est), just the type of news that permeates.

I also love NYTimes slideshows.