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Domaine Chandon

A place I will not soon forget...and a bit of greenery to help me pass through the -20C today.

Count the glasses....

So...yea...basically count the glasses and you will understand the strange "Alice in wonderland" effect of the field of mushrooms on the way out.  Absolutely incredible though.  I would revisit in a flash and even move to Yountville!  Nappa valley was a dream.

Look..A field of mushrooms!

This was quite the sight! A field of rock mushrooms in wine country. I had just finished countless glasses of "champagne" in the name of elaborate tasting (ha!) and this was the sight on the way back to the car (Domaine Chandon, Yountville, Nappa Valley).

The Bay bridge belly

This is the underbelly of the Bay bridge in San Francisco.  I have so many shots from San Francisco (as you may have seen) that I will sprinkle the site from time to time with these.  Enjoy!

Ashbury @ Haight

For posteriority's sake, no one can go to San Francisco without going to this infamous corner. On Ashbury, right at Haight.

San Rafael's China Camp biker

Ok, last post for today, promise.  This shot though, shows the road between where I was running (up on a hill) and the bay (below the road).  Not much traffic, but the loaner biker gives it perspective.

San Rafael's China Camp run (ha!)

To keep on running without stumbling because my eyes were always on the right, looking at the San Francisco bay, I had to look at this, the path where I ran. I just kept stopping to take pictures...and even with my ucky light leaks from amateur Leica handling, I had to show you these.

San Rafael's China Camp dock (with weeds)

See what I mean, how could I just go jogging! The weeds and grasslands around were all very dry (a seasonal thing) and the effect on the horizon was interesting. Unfortunately, I have light leaks all over this roll of film...in true Leica M6 amateur fashion, I opened the bottom of the camera wihtout rewinding the film.

San Rafael's China Camp state park

While I was taking this shot, it occured to me not to cut my shadow out of the frame.  I was going for this terrific tree and the sun coming from the back was creating this fun lighting situation, me in it inlcuded!  I have lots of shots from this park.  I jogged there when I visited San Francisco in October.  The problem with that being it was so incredibly breathtaking I kept bringing my camera along and the exercise sort of went out the window.

San Francisco's Chinatown

So finally, I have the beast going again, new hardrive and all.  Thank you for your patience with me.   In this shot (all shots that survived the "crash" are on b/w neg film) we  have the plunging street in Chinatown with, inevitably, the Golden Gate bridge in the background.  I loved the roller coaster streets, amazing views.  Funny though, in the car, you have moments when you can't even see the pavement, and when you park on one of these buggers, it feels like you're in the space shuttle, waiting for lift off!  Now try getting out of the car.  Feels like a geometry question in your 4th grade math class, where you need a protractor to figure out the answer, you're on such an angle.