west seattle
I’m slowly trying to get back into the posting mood – for a while I didn’t have much desire. Here are some shots from a lovely day in West Seattle. Sunshine and beautiful autumn leaves.
November 15th, 2011
Browsing 5d.
Bioluminescent waves at Wright’s Beach in Sonoma Coast State Park
We spent a night with friends at Wright’s Beach in the Sonoma Coast State Park over Labor Day weekend
In the expensive, but grudgingly useful Zipcar on the way up
We missed a turn and ended up near Jenner. Things were pretty in the fog. We stopped off by the Jenner ‘C’ Store to look at the map and then turned around.
we made it to the campsite and settled in a bit. the color of the light got crazy around sunset.. though you couldn’t see the sun through the fog.
The beach
We had a wonderful dinner with salad and grilled salmon. At one point, I noticed that I could see the crests of the waves despite the darkness. At first I thought it was the moon reflecting onto the water, but then I remembered that the moon would have been completely obscured by fog. We talked about it and figured it might be bio-luminescent plankton (since then, I’ve found a few great photos and information here)
I was amazed.
so we ventured in for a closer look. but we didn’t go near the water as we were scared off by the scary warning signs posted by the bathroom proclaiming, “DANGER THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY BEACHES IN CALIFORNIA” and “ALWAYS WATCH FOR SLEEPER WAVES”. I didn’t have my tripod, but took some handheld shots of the glowing blue waves.
beach partially lit by a headlamp. holy bioluminescence!
After watching the waves for quite some time, we returned to the fire and made s’mores and toasted marshmallows. yum.
October 3rd, 2011
At the Medlock Ames tasting room with Angry Christina mustard
I spent some time at the Medlock Ames winery tasting room (which includes the Alexander Valley Bar) photographing and enjoy a pickling seminar given by my friend Eric, founder of Angry Christina.
Here are some photos from the event.
produce for the picnic. Watermelons, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes and carrots.
bread in a basket. The lighting in the bar was wonderful.
Crocks and jars with pickles and pickled carrots. The stoneware crocks have a little “moat” around the rim that is designed to seal the pickling contents from outside air when filled with water.
Ringo watches carefully
Colorful potatoes
angry christina mustard
The Alexander Valley Bar has some pretty sweet decorations.
There’s a large garden outside of the Medlock Ames tasting room and a few sunflower fields just in front of the grape vines.
Pears ready to be sliced for salad.
Heirloom tomatoes for the salad
Pear slicing
Onion slicing
The dried and crushed sumac berries added a lemony taste to the onions
The picnic table outside had a custom trough that could be filled with ice to keep the wine cool.
Potatoes, tossed in salt, angry christina mustard, and olive oil and then roasted in the wood oven.
Adding a little more seasoning to the potatoes
Pickling demonstration
Lunch is served
waiting for table scraps…
September 8th, 2011
Livermore wedding
A blurry photo of vines from a wedding in Livermore at Murrietta’s Well last month.
September 2nd, 2011
wandering manhattan in the rain
here are some shots from wandering manhattan on a rainy day. I was feeling kind of ill so I kept it mellow.
“moustache man” strikes again. love it.
(since then he has been arrested .. sadface)
yarnbombing a trike. that did not look easy.
chairs outside of the adidas store in soho
running from the thunderstorm
I happened to be on the high line when a thunderstorm hit. scary clouds loomed over hoboken until suddenly the temperature dropped 20 degrees and the full-on thunderstorm hit.
I wandered chelsea a bit.
I saw this sad spectacle of a bike. everything had been stripped except for the crankset, saddle, and brake posts. is this proof that using an old chain to secure your saddle works?
I hopped back on the high line.
drinking hearts
loved the lighting here
July 21st, 2011
