The parade of summer weddings is beginning, and I need to go watch the magic happen. While I'm traveling and eating and dancing and dancing and eating and probably sitting down with my family for another nice meal before I get back on the plane, please enjoy these pictures of (see the theme here?) flowers and food.
Have a great weekend.
May 23, 2008
May 18, 2008
Breakerdancing
Today's news: 12K is my new favorite distance, especially when it means running next to a trio of butterfly nymphs, a fleet of Elvises, and more Vikings than you can throw a tortilla at.
Yes, Bay to Breakers is all they say and more. I'm a fan.
Favorite sightings, other than eight naked people (shouldn't there be more?), included a woman dressed as a pair of scissors with a guy in a T-shirt that said, "Don't run with scissors"; a dude in a banana suit with a lady dressed as Carmen Miranda (her banana-laden hat somehow stayed on); the biggest afro ever; and two pairs of Juno & Bleekers in maroon shorts and yellow headbands. I wish I'd seen the Storm Troopers, but they must have come by later.
The extreme Jesus freaks were out in full effect also, just in case the drunken, giddy masses needed to be reminded of their multitude of sins. It would have been more disturbing if most everyone hadn't seemed to find the condemnation hilarious, but it was still pretty disturbing.
If I ever decide to try and win this race, remind me to become Kenyan. But I think I might need to take pictures of it next year instead.
Yes, Bay to Breakers is all they say and more. I'm a fan.
Favorite sightings, other than eight naked people (shouldn't there be more?), included a woman dressed as a pair of scissors with a guy in a T-shirt that said, "Don't run with scissors"; a dude in a banana suit with a lady dressed as Carmen Miranda (her banana-laden hat somehow stayed on); the biggest afro ever; and two pairs of Juno & Bleekers in maroon shorts and yellow headbands. I wish I'd seen the Storm Troopers, but they must have come by later.
The extreme Jesus freaks were out in full effect also, just in case the drunken, giddy masses needed to be reminded of their multitude of sins. It would have been more disturbing if most everyone hadn't seemed to find the condemnation hilarious, but it was still pretty disturbing.
If I ever decide to try and win this race, remind me to become Kenyan. But I think I might need to take pictures of it next year instead.
May 16, 2008
Seasons? Yes, we have those.
What's the weather like out there?
"It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest thing is my shorts, I could cook things in 'em. Do a little crotch-pot cooking."
Well, tell me what it feels like.
"Fool, it's hot! I told you, damn! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot! It's so damn hot, I saw those little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot! Do you know what I'm talking about?"
What do you think it's going to be like tonight?
"It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/13/BAM110LIGD.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/San_Francisco.html
What's that other thing we have? Oh, right: global warming.
"It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest thing is my shorts, I could cook things in 'em. Do a little crotch-pot cooking."
Well, tell me what it feels like.
"Fool, it's hot! I told you, damn! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot! It's so damn hot, I saw those little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot! Do you know what I'm talking about?"
What do you think it's going to be like tonight?
"It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/13/BAM110LIGD.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/San_Francisco.html
What's that other thing we have? Oh, right: global warming.
May 12, 2008
May 08, 2008
Yeah, what he said.
Yesterday on Slate, a guy named Taylor Clark posted one of the best articles I've read in a long time about being a vegetarian. Check it out.
I agree with almost everything in there, except the part about bacon. It must be because I've never eaten the stuff, but bacon has always smelled gross to me, even when I was a carnivore. It makes me feel the same way olives do—disgusted and slightly envious, because people who love bacon and olives looooooooove bacon and olives. But those foods just aren't my thing.
What I mean is, pass the extra-sharp cheddar and the cherry tomatoes and the crusty baguette. Thanks.
In other news, John Updike took 1,800 extra words in the New Yorker to say almost exactly the same thing about Andy Greer's new novel that I did in this month's issue of San Francisco. So he may be way more famous and whatever, but I said it a week earlier. And faster. Ha!
I agree with almost everything in there, except the part about bacon. It must be because I've never eaten the stuff, but bacon has always smelled gross to me, even when I was a carnivore. It makes me feel the same way olives do—disgusted and slightly envious, because people who love bacon and olives looooooooove bacon and olives. But those foods just aren't my thing.
What I mean is, pass the extra-sharp cheddar and the cherry tomatoes and the crusty baguette. Thanks.
In other news, John Updike took 1,800 extra words in the New Yorker to say almost exactly the same thing about Andy Greer's new novel that I did in this month's issue of San Francisco. So he may be way more famous and whatever, but I said it a week earlier. And faster. Ha!
May 06, 2008
Photographiness
I've been spending unfortunate amounts of time on Flickr lately, but there's an upside: It motivated me to scan a bunch of portraits I've taken over the last, say, nine years. Here you go.
There was also a barbecue in Martinez the other day.
And . . . the boys of Canteen generously brought back a Lomo fisheye camera from their trip to Barcelona last year. It's a cool little thing, feels like a toy and has all kinds of features that let me take crazy pictures like these.
There was also a barbecue in Martinez the other day.
And . . . the boys of Canteen generously brought back a Lomo fisheye camera from their trip to Barcelona last year. It's a cool little thing, feels like a toy and has all kinds of features that let me take crazy pictures like these.
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