A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Drove out to Candlestick for a November night game — 49ers hosting the Bears. Our seats were down low behind the end zone, close enough to see the goal posts…
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Halloween ran the whole weekend this year. Saturday afternoon was pumpkins out on the patio, a plastic sheet down under two big ones and a little white one…
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Drove into the city for an October Saturday at Clancy's, the pumpkin patch on Sloat right next to the zoo, at the corner where Sloat meets Skyline. Their sign…
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Our daughter's birthday ran a whole week this year, and most of it was pink. The main event was the cake at home, shaped like a cat — pink frosting, white ears…
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Two halves to this one. The first was up in the hills above Berkeley at dusk, watching the fog bank sit out past the Golden Gate while the East Bay grid lit up…
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Football Saturday in Ann Arbor, and the whole day ran on it. The morning was tailgating in the lot — an RV, a grill, everybody in maize and blue down to the…
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Family day in San Francisco, and the whole plan was Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39, down where the Embarcadero meets Beach Street. It's not a huge place — more…
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Early August up at Squaw Valley. The base area still wears the Olympic rings from the 1960 Winter Games, and the big lift-status board by the ticket window…
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Didn't get farther than the sidewalk out front today. The black-and-white cat was there, right at the edge where the concrete meets the grass, tail going the…
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Catching up on our recent run of fairs and farms around the Bay, which has settled into a routine of celery and things you're not supposed to climb. At the…
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