bowling, occupy oakland, food

took off a few hours in the afternoon for beer and bowling

a scene from the encampment of civil protesters in front of city hall

with a smile hard working volunteers serve hot meals to protesters and the homeless

a narrow building downtown

a rather large bowl of cut noodles at a very reasonable price

pork belly and spinach salad with a ginger soy-sauce dressing

taro balls wrapped in bacon and charcoal grilled

salmon sashimi posed on a chiso leaf

rice salmon pickles seaweed and wasabe in green tea

a few pictures no words

bay bridge

walked out of a restaurant in the city late on a saturday night and took in the view of the bay bridge

back in the neighborhood

last day of spring at baker beach looking out at the golden gate bridge and the great blue yonder

took yet another skip across the pond

to a place where happy children pose it up for anyone with a camera and a smile

actually all people young and old enjoy sharing a picture moment - in this case sitting on a life-size casting of a water buffalo

kids carrying a couple of very young and frightened kittens

in this part of the world heavily modified jeeps from the last world war still take paying passengers to their desired destinations

hmmmmmm beeeeerrrrr

bless my stars - justin bieber is playing an upcoming concert here at the fourth largest mall in the world

a row of houses next to the central marketplace close to the middle of town

a statue of santo tomas at the entrance to his namesake university

i really do enjoy sitting outside in a tropical setting and having a cold one or two

blue skies

tough gangsta rooster

a family of chicken rummaging through a refuse bin at a popular park

took a hop across the pond

a beagle waiting patiently for the cook to drop something - anything - on the ground

not really sure what this is - my best guess is that it's an outline of a recent and rather gruesome accident

woman stoking a fire in a back alley

no such thing as too much hot sauce in this part of the world

the rice porridge must be quite amazing here - otherwise i'd expect to see more tables

display case at a roadside purveyor of sunglasses

hey - nice car

a cold and rainy day

the sun had just come out and the frozen grass was starting to thaw as i started driving to work - noticed a pretty rainbow

it followed me as i drove

it was right there next to me through every twist of the road and up and down

and down the hill

through town and

all the way to the place of my work - when i arrived, i ran inside and locked the doors.....