That super blue moon the other night (January 31, 2018) reminded me of a summer Blue Moon (‘roun’bout July 2004, podner) when I hiked to the top of Mt. Hoffman, in the middle of Yosemite National Park, in the middle of the night, by moonlight. With Aaron and Jason. Around 9pm we started up, at first with flashlights because we were in the middle of boulder fields and trees, but within a mile we were out in the open with nothing but exposed granite and sandy trails around us, completely illuminated by moonlight. From there we ascended to the top of the peak entirely by moonlight. [Read more…]
Latteart
We’re all familiar now with the little flowers and hearts on the top of the latte. (To me they often look more like onions or garlic cloves.) Baristas differ in their ability to go beyond that fundamental pattern, of course.
This one was on a chai latte I got the other day. I found it to be light-hearted and almost whimsical compared to most.
Coming outta my ears
Walking on a sunny Sunday in San Francisco, on a steep residential hill I hear a fountain. Looking up, above a stone garage entrance I see this fountain. Intense gaze on the face. Two water spouts.
Olympic-size Backup
The San Francisco Bay Area comprises many cities, two of which, Oakland and San Jose, are larger than San Francisco itself. San Francisco has a rapid-transit system whose central backbone is a half dozen routes on which light-rail-vehicles [LRVs] ply the streets and a single-track (in each direction) subway under Market Street. The subway is called the MUNI Metro. [Read more…]
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