Category Archives: My travels

A bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco… the final chapter… in fact, these are the last pictures of our Christmas trip to the Bay Area… except for a couple of really nice sunset photos that I am saving to do weird stuff with…

Posted on January 5, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Oh man… I love that fat ceramic samurai cat… he was like five feet tall… I want that in my living room!  

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A bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco… part 2…

Posted on January 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

A bridge too far… Spot, the cat… The fifth column… Amusement… Wired in… Sit and Stay… Looming… Shadow chains… Flutterby… Chilly… Reach for the sky… Air shark… Lines… Crossed out… Fishercat’s Wharf… wait… is that even a fish? I thought … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye to my mom… no… she isn’t dead… we just left her in the Bay Area…

Posted on January 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

There she is, that feisty ninety-something-year-old… playing our antique player piano… the cardiovascular workout of the early 1900’s… with one of the tikis I carved for her looking on, bedecked in its Christmas finery! We spent our last night in … Continue reading →

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One last Bay Area sunset…

Posted on January 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

We are nearing the end of yet another adventure to the Bay Area… On the way back to my mom’s house from Berkeley, we stopped at the Berkeley marina. Looking at San Francisco from across the bay is always fun, … Continue reading →

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Berkeley… part 2…

Posted on January 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Growing up in the Bay Area during the 60’s and 70’s, I may… maybe… know a little about the drug culture… Now, all of a sudden, one of those drugs is legal. My wife and I took our 17-year-old daughter … Continue reading →

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Berkeley… part 1… (Or): I see dead people!

Posted on January 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

These figurines were actually in the front window of a head shop… or at least that is what the cool kids used to call stores that sold ‘smoking supplies’. There are a lot of these places in Berkeley… still… and … Continue reading →

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Some tasty Italian treats…

Posted on January 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Oh… whoops… maybe I shouldn’t have led of with that picture following the title… I wouldn’t want you to get the wrong idea… What I mean to say is that, on the way back from Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, … Continue reading →

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The last photos of our adventure in Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco…

Posted on January 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I know, we are already back in San Diego. I fell a little behind, but only because we did so many cool things while we were in the Bay Area. I hope you enjoyed this part of our adventure… the … Continue reading →

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It’s time to say goodbye to the Bay Area… wait, I mean, me, not you… you still have a bunch of pictures to look at…

Posted on January 2, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Goodbye, San Francisco… I will miss you, as always. Goodbye, Golden Gate… it is time once again for that long drive through California’s central valley, then the slog through Los Angeles and the annoying traffic… just to get to San … Continue reading →

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Eating history… (Or): Crabby bread!!!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by pouringmyartout

There is one thing you absolutely must do if you are ever in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco… and that is… go to this place… Yeah, it has been a San Francisco tradition since the gold rush! And I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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