Our outing to Golden Gate Park

We took Nancy to the park… not sure she enjoyed all the cars, buses, people and noise.

 

Our day in Redwood Regional Park

We took Nancy to Redwood Regional Park… Its amazing that such a wilderness exists within the city of Oakland!

 

FRAMED!

Here is my entry for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: FRAMES

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Window

Well maybe its not really a window, but… It’s a roof, but since it offers a view of the sky, let’s think of it as a window. It’s the roof of the “San Francisco Observatory” atop Mt. Carmel in HAIFA, ISRAEL. (San Francisco, CA and Haifa, Israel are sister cities, hence the naming of the hilltop observatory)

Click here for more on this challenge.

Israel Trip, October, 2013, Days 1-2

We (wife Elena, daughter Ana and I) visited Israel for for ten days in October.

Day 1: Airport Arrival

Day 2: Tsfat, near the Sea of Galilee in the north of Israel has played a major role in the history of the Jewish religion and its spiritual essence. The city has seen great heights as well as tremendous difficulties.  Great fun to walk the old streets and visit the galleries and shops amidst the huge orthodox Jewish communities. Later we visited Capharnum a town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is believed to have lived and worked.

San Francisco, Jan, 2013

San Francisco day trip with the boys, Jan, 2013. Click on any thumbnail to view slide show.

Cable Car

Emerging into city at Powell St. BART

Blondies on Powell St.

Tad’s on Powell St.

Landmark Cigar Store on Powell

Cable Car

Inside St. Francis Hotel

Inside St. Francis Hotel

St. Francis Hotel, seen from Macy’s

Japanese tourists

Union Square

Union Square

Transamerica Pyramid

Not THAT Brooklyn

Chinatown

Best book store in SF

Chinatown

Transamerica Pyramid

Transamerica Pyramid

Holiday lights inside Hyatt Regency

Holiday lights inside Hyatt Regency

Holiday lights inside Hyatt Regency

Holiday lights inside Hyatt Regency

Ferry Building and Bay Bridge

San Francisco Sunday

Sunday afternoon and early evening in San Francisco. Click any thumbnail below for a slide show.

Royal Grounds Coffee Shop

Shuttered movie theater

Shuttered Storefront

Russian Gourmet

Back atcha

SF Architecture

SF Architecture

SF Architecture

Royal Grounds Coffee Shop

Russian Store

Sunset cruise on the bay

Golden Gate Bridge at dusk

Elena

SF skyline at dusk

SF skyline at dusk

Golden Gate Bridge South End

Golden Gate National Rec Area

Golden Gate National Rec Area

Elena

Steve

Paso Robles Wineries

Elena and I spent a bright crisp day in January visiting wineries in Paso Robles, CA on the way to see Leah at Cal Poly.

Great Wine Country!

Paso Robles Wineries

Paso Robles Winery Trip

J. Lohr Paso Robles

J. Lohr Paso Robles

Paso Robles Winery Trip

Paso Robles Winery Trip

Paso Robles Winery Trip

Paso Robles Winery Trip

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

Justin Winery, Paso Robles

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

These images are of the lobby of the Hyatt Regency/Embarcadero in San Francisco decorated with lights for the holidays.  Click on any image below for a slideshow.

Christmas in the Park, San Jose, 12/24/12

Annual Christmas in the Park Celebration, Downtown San Jose, 12/24/2012

Everyone visits San Jose’s Christmas in the Park during the holiday season, even the non-Christians.  Its probably the event that San Jose does best.  The family headed to the event on Christmas Eve, expecting attendance to be sparse but there were wall-to-wall people.  Click on any thumbnail below for a  slideshow.

Light in front of Santa Clara Hilton

Street Musician

Galina

Almost our 2nd anniversary!

Non-Camera-Willing Noah

Snow

Annual Christmas in the Park Celebration, Downtown San Jose, 12/24/2012

Inside Fairmont Hotel

Inside Fairmont Hotel

Galina, Elena, Steve

Steve, Noah

Jonah, Steve, Galina, Noah

Sushi Bar Inside Fairmont

Russian Christmas Scene in Fairmont Hotel

SJ Museum of Art

Downtown Ice, San Jose

Incredible Pastries

Inside Bijan Bakery

SJ Symphony poster

SJ Symphony Poster