Friday, January 06, 2006

Geary & Larkin


Geary & Larkin, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Up Market


Up Market, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Being from the left coast, it's still disorienting to realize that to say "Up Market Street" is to mean "Go South". And not just "South" .. but "South EAST".

They say "Down South" for a reason.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Bay Bridge


Bay Bridge, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Market Street


Market Street, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Ice Cream on the slab


Ice Cream on the slab, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Streetcar


Streetcar, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Chinatown


Chinatown, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

California Theater


California Theater, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Breakfast @ the Pork Store


Breakfast @ the Pork Store, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Frog legs @ Folk Look buffet


Frog legs @ Folk Look buffet, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Frog legs @ Folk Look buffet

I had some.

Tastes like chicken. Slightly gamey chicken. Or squab.

Bus stand @ Cliff House


Bus stand @ Cliff House, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Downtown Berkeley


Downtown Berkeley, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

s9000 test shot


s9000 test shot, originally uploaded by Itinerant.


s9000 test shot

Walking home at midnight, it was dark, illuminated only by streetlight. The sky was so blue, it was blue at midnight.

I wanted to see if the camera could catch this.

Damn. Handheld, even.

Downton Berkeley BART


Downton Berkeley BART, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

A trip back

For the first
time in nearly a year, I went across the Bay to Berkeley.

In a way, going to Oakland & Berkeley from San Francisco is akin to travelling between New York to New Jersey. It really isnt that big a deal, as you can cross over the water by bridge, rail, water or bus - and thousands of folk do it daily. But its a barrier and it tends to keep people on their side of the water. Physically and mentally.

In any case, Id meant to go - but could find no compelling reason to make the time or effort. So for the New Year I went to get some ice cream at the Cold Stone Creamery in Berkeley. And go see the place I lived for such a long time.

Interestingly, I went to see the place, but I also got closure.

Not on Berkeley itself, but on people things, ideas. I went by where I had met and hooked up with leGirl, realised the place might be the same, but without her presence, eh.

And with that, a lot of my nostalgia went *poof*.

Time does give you time. Heh.

I sat back with a hard cider, sipped, read and thought.

Thats also when I realised how conducive Berkeley is to thinking, Sounds trite, but it is. The collegial pace, the intellectuals, the students - its a lot different flavor than San Francisco. More peaceful frankly.

For a place that I felt trapped in, I kinda liked being there.

In any case, it was a good little trip. I should do it more often.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

A small break between storms.

Mm, I live for that blue.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Union Square


Union Square, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Powell & Post


Powell & Post, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Rainy in Frisco


Rainy in Frisco, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Geary Blvd


Geary Blvd, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year!


Happy New Year!, originally uploaded by Itinerant.

Happy New Year!

(Yay Area style, courtesy of the San Jose Mercury News)


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Glinessa: Happy New Year!!!!
JPennant: Happy New Wah!
Glinessa: lol
JPennant: How does it feel to be in the 2006 dimension?
Glinessa: weird
Glinessa: i was thinking the other day about how drasitically my life has changed in the last year and a half
Glinessa: it's weird
JPennant: heh
JPennant: felt like walking through fire, didnt it ;-)
Glinessa: something like that
Glinessa: wait! that was last semester...lol
JPennant: heheh
JPennant: if you think that was something, wait til you experience 2008 :-)
JPennant: nothing to really fear tho.
Glinessa: hahahahaha...need to pass the bar in 2007
Glinessa: that's my fear right now
JPennant: *pshaah*
JPennant: eh... like the line in Bull Durham goes "Approach it with Fear and Arrogance"
Glinessa: lol...ok
JPennant: not "fear and ignorance" :-)
Glinessa: yep
JPennant: Great flick :-)
Glinessa: but that being a fear and a reality for someone else makes me work harder
JPennant: "Not 'fear and arrogance', you hayseed - 'Fear and ARROGANCE' "
Glinessa: i know, i know
JPennant: "I know, I know - Im just fucking with you."
JPennant: Oops, I fucked up the line
Glinessa: lol
JPennant: "Not 'fear and ignorance', you hayseed - 'Fear and ARROGANCE' "
JPennant: (sic) :-)
Glinessa: lol
JPennant: But yeah
Glinessa: i got it
JPennant: You'll be fine :-)
Glinessa: lol
Glinessa: this shit is gruelling
JPennant: I love that mantra
JPennant: "In an easy and relaxed manner"
JPennant: hard to do, but does work miracles.
Glinessa: lol
JPennant: I have a couple of things I want to accomplish in 2006
Glinessa: such as?
JPennant: Lose 60 pounds
JPennant: Be more active
Glinessa: ahhh...you can do that
Glinessa: i want to finish losing my weight as well
Glinessa: yeah
Glinessa: you happen to live in a walking town...get your ass out and walk
JPennant: and put a book out this year, get over that hurdle
Glinessa: that's how i lost a lot of my weight just walking
Glinessa: yeah...good goal
Glinessa: and drinking a lot of water
JPennant: of course get my prints out and selling, doing more exhiitions and marketing
JPennant: get some of the business nitty gritty down
JPennant: get my passport and license back
Glinessa: ok
JPennant: get the bulk of my schooling finished also.
JPennant: Yeah, that s the bulk of it :-)
Glinessa: lol...you'll have at least that much done by the end of the year
JPennant: Its really not that much
JPennant: It felt harder to do the trips I did last year
JPennant: and get my equipment together
Glinessa: i hear you, but you are working to get a foundation and you're almost there
JPennant: yup
JPennant: <-- humming Nu Shooz - "I cant wait" :-)
Glinessa: i like that song