Jef Poskanzer's Photography "This is the world, muchachos. This is the real world, and you are in it." -- B. Traven

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24aug2010 SF Sunset

San Francisco is having a mini heat wave so I have been out enjoying it while it lasts. These shots are from a ride out to Sutro Baths to see the sunset.

22aug2010 SF

Rode Sunday Streets on the Great Highway - sunny! - then back through the city plus some bonus riding through Emeryville.

19aug2010 Oakland

A zig-zag bike ride back and forth through Oakland.

14aug2010 Plunge

The Richmond Municipal Natatorium has re-opened!

12aug2010 SF

First warm day in over a month! I rode around the city.

06aug2010 SF

A busy afternoon/evening in the city. First the Raygun Gothic Rocketship landed at Pier 14. Then I went to Off The Grid at Fort Mason for some ramen. Then the Friday Night Shooting and Drinking Society had a photowalk in North Beach.

01aug2010 Transport

Rode an assortment of transport systems - BART to Fremont, two 1950s GM buses to Niles, and the Niles Canyon Railway.

31jul2010 Tunnel

A preview ride through the Cal Park Tunnel in Marin, then on to SF.

30jul2010 Transbay

The Transbay Terminal had an open-house day, prior to closing for demolition and rebuilding.

22jul2010 Six Flags

My nephew Leo's class went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom,

18jul2010 SF

A ride to the Presidio and back. I was going to cross the Golden Gate but it was too windy.

14jul2010 SF

Walked the Lobos Creek trail.

11jul2010 SF

Made a loop out of Sunday Streets in the Mission plus some SF waterfront biking.

07jul2010 County Fair

The Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton. Plus a ride down Niles Canyon to Fremont.

03jul2010 Fireworks

Richmond likes to have their fireworks a day early, on the 3rd of July.

03jul2010 Station

An expedition to the old Oakland train station, followed by lunch at Rudy's Can't Fail.

27jun2010 Super Sunny

The weather warmed up today for the San Francisco Pride Parade.

24jun2010 Varyag

A tour of the Varyag!

20jun2010 SF

Spent the day in San Francisco - there was a Russian warship coming to visit, a carnival, and Sunday Streets in the Mission.

17jun2010 Oakland

Evening ride to Oakland to hang photos for a show!

17jun2010 SF

A quick trip to SF to scout out a picnic site. The dahlias have started blooming.

15jun2010 Botanical Garden

I heard that the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden had a bunch of cute caterpillars, plus one of their titan arums was getting ready to bloom, so I went for a look see.

11jun2010 Tilden

A quick visit to the Tilden Nature Area with a nephew.

07jun2010 Buns

A lunch expedition to Emeryville to find the Chairman Bao bun truck.

03jun2010 PLATO

Spent the day at the PLATO@50 conference, held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

01jun2010 Oakland South

Biked south from Oakland along the shoreline to San Leandro, and then back north on International.

29may2010 Habitats

Went to see the Presidio Habitats exhibit in SF. It's a walking/biking tour, one or two miles, of eleven artworks meant to evoke the habitats of local wildlife.

23may2010 Sunol

A sunny spring visit to Sunol Regional Wilderness. The creek is still flowing and the flowers are still blooming.

19may2010 SF

I noticed recently that the stock pens behind the Cow Palace still existed, so I went to see them.

12may2010 Richmond

Rode to Point Pinole and back. Not a lot of photos but I did get some shots of a Richmond Pacific locomotive.

07may2010 Wildcat

A long ride down Wildcat Canyon and back through Richmond.

02may2010 Vasco Caves

Vasco Caves Regional Preserve is accessible on guided tours only.

01may2010 SF

A long bike ride around San Francisco, visiting a few spots I hadn't seen before.

25apr2010 Bike Box

I have this 1.5x-size milk crate that I occasionally mount on my bike for extra cargo capacity. I was looking for a better way to attach it.

21apr2010 Oakland

A few pix from a night visit to Oakland.

18apr2010 SF

Sunday Streets in SF! 3rd Street was closed to cars from the Bayview all the way up to Some Big Corporation Park. Plus a Caliber SF photowalk in the Mission.

14apr2010 Benicia SRA

A visit to Benicia State Recreation Area.

10apr2010 San Jose

I had to make a trip to San Jose to get a particular variety of tomato plant.

09apr2010 Expedition

A geology field trip to see some bay area ophiolites.

2010 Tomatoes

This year I doubled my growing capacity, from one to two plants.

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