Friday, November 29, 2013

Dark Passage

Torpedo Wharf 01 Because every now and then you just have to take another picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Remembrance of Things Past

Ghostly Mourners Ghostly mourners watch over the (cake-based) body of Marcel Proust at the Proust Wake, commemorating the anniversary of his death on November 18, 1922 (and this year, the 100th anniversary of the publication of Swann's Way).

Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Bridge at Bridgeport

The Bridge at Bridgeport Discovered that there is another Bridgeport in California in addition to the one on Hwy 395 that I've been familiar with all my life. This is a spot in the road along Hwy 20 in Gold Country, and it is home to the longest covered bridge in the US, built in 1862. The bridge spans the Yuba River.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

In Your Face

Veterans Day 10 Apparently San Francisco has a (minor-league) hockey team called the Bulls (who knew?). This is their mascot, Rawhide. Now you know.

Thursday, November 7, 2013