Coquette

Rainy Season

Through the windshield at Ocean Beach last weekend. Raining again today...

The Man Behind the Martini

On the bottom floor of my building, a bar that's been closed for a while is being renovated. I caught this worker standing in the shadows, and thought this could be a good Shadow Shot Sunday entry. (It could have worked for Martini Monday, too, but I didn't want to wait that long.)

I wonder if all these shadow shooters are as impatient as I am?

This Time I Got Off the Bus

City Hall, Giants Orange

The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Series champions (maybe you heard -- it was in all the papers), and this city has not stopped celebrating yet. As a special added treat, they clinched the title on Mrs. G's birthday.

We're so happy!

Here's what City Hall has looked like at night for the past couple weeks -- although this particular shot was taken not long after the last out, and includes the dozens of cars that were driving past, with drivers honking their horns and passengers waving flags and rally rags and T-shirts and all the screaming and yelling and commotion that comes with winning a championship.

*sigh*

I'm so happy right now.

Lakehouse

To the Moon

The Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship by Agnos Pier.

World Champions

For the first time ever, the San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. (New York Giants don't count, because really, New York? Blecch!, and also I don't think there was a World Series back then.)

My Waxwing Impression

The Three Shades

The Rodin sculpture at the Palace of the Legion of Honor provides a Halloween-themed Shadow Shot Sunday.

Shadow Shot Sunday is happening even as we speak.

Scenes from a World Series

As many of you know (but perhaps not Tom, just because he's not tuned into those sports things), the Giants are in the World Series this year, and I am SOOOO loving life! Here are a few images from Games 1 and 2 for those of you who are interested in that sort of thing. Above, just before the game on Thursday, the sun peeked out of the clouds and shone brightly on the ballpark, which I took as a good omen for the hometown team. More below the fold...

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Gate of Heaven

Saint-Denys du Saint-Sacrement, Paris

Shoe Wiz

Perchance to Dreamworld

In My Neighborhood: St. Ignatius Morning

Another one from Cabrillo & Park Presidio.

Torso of a Satyr

2nd Century A.D., at the Palazzo Altemps in Rome

Canadian Crossing

Aboard the Black Ball ferry going from Victoria, B.C. to Port Angeles, Washington, and the passengers are in deep shadow, framed by the windows showing sunshine through the heavy clouds. It's a Shadow Shot Sunday voyage, and despite the rough seas, I wouldn't mind being there again right now.

Shadow Shot Sunday

Embarcadero 1, in the shadow of Embarcadero 2.

Shadow Shot Sunday is lots of fun, and produces some great stuff. Check it out.

No Direction Home

I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock & Roll

At China Beach last Saturday.

Circles and Stripes

Gull with a snack.

In My Neighborhood: WTF?

Morning Sky

Missed a spectacular deep-red sunrise that morning because I was on the bus at the time, but this made up for it (partly).

Open Door Policy

A couple of no longer needed chairs sit in leafy shadows on a San Francisco sidewalk, just waiting for their star turn in this week's Shadow Shot Sunday extravaganza. Hey, what did other people bring to the party last week?

The Elk in the Mirror

At North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California.

Shadow Shot Sunday is what all the cool kids are doing this year!

Cemetery Flowers

Ocean View Cemetery, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County.

In My Neighborhood: Sidewalk Gourmet

Sharing his meal with an abandoned couch.

Stairway to Somewhere or Other

In the Mendocino Headlands, just west of Mendocino Village.

Martini Monday, Seattle Edition

Checkered Past

Some interesting window panes and well-lit fire escapes in the SOMA district of San Francisco make up this week's Shadow Shot Sunday entry. Check it out, all the cool kids are doing it!

See Your West: Travertine Hot Springs

A natural hot spring (with man-made pools) just off Highway 395, east of Bridgeport.

Ghost Tree

Monolith

At the industrial gas station on Illinois between 18th & 19th.

Above Vancouver

Playing with the wide angle on the observation deck of the Harbor Centre at twilight.

Zigzaggurat

Rally Rags

The Giants win the West! The Giants win the West!

After Friday and Saturday's losses, some fans were afraid that the orange Rally Rags would turn into Crying Towels come Sunday, but the team pulled out a 3-0 gem and defeated the Padres to win the NL West. Now it's on to the playoffs!

Autumn Geese

Better large.

Seven Star Astoria

An old hotel sign in Vancouver provides a likely entry for this week's Shadow Shot Sunday pool. See if these people don't agree.

And for a color version (from a different angle) of this sign, go here.

Red Angel

Late afternoon sun, filtered through a Torani cherry syrup bottle.

Shadow Shot Sunday: check out the rules, and then join in the fun.

Vancouver Clouds & Full Moon

We saw some great skies in the Pacific Northwest. This is from our first evening in Vancouver.

Hunting Osprey

Better large.