A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Drove down for a Saturday morning swim meet at Orange Pool, the city facility at 1 West Orange Avenue in South San Francisco. Whatever lap swimmers use the…
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Swim meet Saturday. The Penguins host their meets at their own pool on Saturdays, and this one landed on a hot one — tents crammed along the deck, the East Bay…
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Saturday morning swim meet in San Francisco, at USF's aquatics facility — a big pool, 25 yards by 50 meters, set up with the long-course lanes today, so eight…
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Down to Santa Monica for the day, and most of it went to the stretch of Ocean Front Walk just south of the pier — the free outdoor fitness area with the…
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Ski weekend at Boreal, which sits right on the ridge at the Castle Peak exit off I-80 near Donner Summit — you're barely off the freeway before you're standing…
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The Getty Villa sits right off Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, built as a full-scale Roman country house, and we gave it most of a February…
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Dolphin swim day at the big pool by the marina in Cabo San Lucas. Trainers in blue lined everyone up along the shallow ledge, then took us out in small groups,…
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Went around the atrium this afternoon looking at the wall pieces, then carried on inside. The raku holds up well out there — the twelve turquoise tiles on the…
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Christmas at home in Walnut Creek this year, and a birthday folded into the same day, so the morning had a lot to get through. Before any presents came out,…
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Didn't even leave the yard today. The oak finally let go of most of its leaves this week and the ground under it is solid brown now — you can't see grass…
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