Fashion Frisco

...couture fashion to benefit breast cancer research. Pretty cool event. So nice to shoot in good light. Is it a bad sign when you blog before filing for the paper?

Mr. Natural

...just a walk through the wine country with a guy that likes to walk through the wine country...

En garde

Director Joanie McBrien watches a rehearsal of the Shotgun Player's production of Three Musketeers at John Hinkel Park in Berkeley.

Into it

Participants at the Sacred Dance festival in Berkeley.

Anti-gay

...and the anti anti-gay. Senator Carol Migden fires up the crowd at Queer Youth Advocacy Day in Sacramento.

SF Ballet rocks!

I'm certainly not what you would call a ballet aficionado, but damn...the Firebird is h-o-t.

A community mourns

Friends and supporters mourn the death of Ruby Rodriguez, a Nicaraguan transgender woman killed in the Mission District back in March. :: Last night I spent a few hours trying to convince transgender revelers at the Power Exchange to open their lives to the SF Chronicle. Not too many takers...maybe one.

Sacra-sicko

Michael Moore visits the Crest in Sacramento to screen his new health care documentary. I spent the afternoon listening to him and others tetstify to a panel of senators about how jacked up our system is. Seems it's pretty jacked up.

China town

Mariners win!

The samurai. Looks like he's up for a renewed contract in Seattle. Good news.

Immigration woes

Francisco Villacrusis sits in the offices of Asian Law Caucus. He's trying to get his kids into the U.S. from the Philippines and is concerned that if current proposed immigration reforms take effect, the elimination of family reunification procedures will negatively effect his efforts.

When magic happens

Sometimes it just appears, everything aligns. And when it does it's just so easy...This is from a Spanish language service at St. Marys Cathedral in SF.

What er those?

An early assignment for me here in SF was to visit the construction site of the new Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park. Turns out an old friend from Michigan, Ben Jordan, had a hand in the engineering of those coolio vents designed for high efficiency climate control. Sweet.

I thought MY job was cool...

I recently spent an afternoon down in Santa Cruz with Mavericks surfer and skate park designer Zack Wormhaudt. We checked out his newest skate park project (along with the original that his dad built in the 70's), tripped out on google earth at his office for a while, and then headed for the coast after checking beach cams and hearing about good swells. This kid's got it figured out.

SF is so square

What's the coolest part about starting a photo blog?-- the massive amount of photos stockpiled and waiting for their call to the stage. This is another from a project I fear will never see ink in San Francisco.

Lost in the fog

Are you proud?

My first post. cool. Well, the pride parade is a hell of thing in San Francisco. I wanted a square picture of it, so I went out and found one.