A polar bear walks along the barren iceland

San Francisco Winter

Noe Valley house

One of the few houses decorated for Christmas in my neighborhood

Weinerschnitzel and mushroom sauce

Pauline enjoys genmaicha

Ingo and Juergen; ambassadors from Germany

Because each day is so variable, I've made a gallery of runner-up photos here (macros, opera house, etc; password "hongkong"); check back for updates.

Hellen's birthday dinner

The gift I got - a pack of champagne!

My gift exchange contribution - a beverage warmer!

lounging around after work with my stuffed dog... ahh

Saw Lang Lang in concert - amazing!

Practiced a few more macros today since I still have the rented 100mm lens

Macro of a pinecone at Lassen National Park

Macro of a detail inside a cave at Lava Beds National Monument

From behind Crater Lake

Mount Shasta

My dad's 60th birthday dinner

Celebrated our 2nd anniversary with a little fruit tart - mmm!

Went on a hike yesterday and just like me - brought my camera, forgot my memory card. This is Evelyn's mushroom photo.

Macy's window decorations already up before Thanksgiving

Fireworks and building lighting at the embarcadero

Fun at work; the MAs ordered Chinese food today

I'm back! Lens is sent in to Canon, and my reimbursements are filed (that has nothing to do with photography except that it's another annoying thing to take care of).

Hiking at Crystal Cove. "historic" part is a bunch of run-down houses on the beach.

Weekend in Newport Beach at Ken's pad. This is the view from his place.

I had a little dip in morale for this project after I found out my camera actually is broken. Missed yesterday. This is from lunch today; we occasionally have lunch in a random park in Richmond with lots of flowers, artworks, and games on the tables.

Brilliant sunset from BART today!

lunch at Cannery Row yesterday... we saw a sea lion!

from monterey downtown area

these are still iphone photos

building parking lot inspiration

birthday cupcakes for pauline!