I worked a short day today (an hour! talk about part time!), so I used a very roundabout route to get home and took a bunch of pictures on the way. You can probably tell by the unmolested dollar bill that this Buddha is in Alameda, not Oakland: The bird of paradise qualifies that photo […]
A storefront on East 14th Street in Oakland.
Looking toward the Port of Oakland from across the estuary in Alameda: Now will somebody take this damn camera away from me, so I can get back to writing my blog? Thanks in advance!
I had to go back to NAS Alameda unexpectedly today, but thankfully I had my camera with me, so I took some new pictures. I added about a dozen of the new batch to the same Flickr set that has the shots from my visit last week. If you liked some of the other ones, […]
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Yesterday I “shot” another “bird” that I pass on my ride home: I might as well take a picture of every bird between work and home, until I can’t find any more. Hunting for birds will make the ride home a bit less monotonous.
I had to go to the Alameda Naval Air Station (more landfill!) for work yesterday, so I brought my camera and used the opportunity to bike around taking some photos before I left the base: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Many more are available at […]
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I shot this near the Oakland waterfront on my way home from work today. You can click the image for a larger version.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Oakland has some venetian gondolas on Lake Merritt, but if you want to find a place in the Bay Area that feels (at least a bit) like Venice, you’ll do better heading across the estuary to Alameda’s lagoons, as I did one day late last week. Unfortunately, unlike the canals of Venice, Italy (or the […]
Thursday, February 19, 2009
That’s downtown Oakland in the distance to the north. Here’s a southward view from a spot a few feet away:
Monday, February 16, 2009
I bought myself a new gadget: I was starting to feel the limitations of my point-and-shoot (only a 3X zoom, for instance), so I upgraded to a Digital SLR. Now I just have to learn how to use it. It’s been raining almost nonstop since I bought it last week, but we finally caught a […]
A proudly inclusive grocery on East 12th Street in Oakland.