The winter storms that common in California start with heavy clouds that manifest as fog at higher locations. These photos are from a recent visit to the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, located at the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Alpine … [Read more]
Pearson Arastradero Preserve – Redtail Loop Trail
The Redtail Loop Trail is an interesting area of the Arastradero Preserve. Adjacent to a horse boarding stables, horses and riders are often found walking the same trails as hikers, dogs, and mountain bikers. The property is also adjacent to an … [Read more]
Stanford Dish Alpine Road Entrance
The Stanford Dish hiking area has four official entrances. The most popular is located at Stanford Avenue, where they recently paved the sides of the road to increase parking spaces. The second most popular is on Alpine Road near Interstate 280. … [Read more]
Stanford Apple Store
The history of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center is recent but important. While Steve Jobs was alive the two most important Apple stores were Palo Alto and Stanford. Steve often stopped by to evaluate the retail experience, so everyone at … [Read more]
Stanford Dish Trail
One of my favorite short hikes in the Bay Area is the Dish trail at Stanford. It's a nice, paved hill with great views of Silicon Valley, and the Peninsula. While it's essentially a simple loop, there are enough spur trails to see something new each … [Read more]
WhiskyFest SF 2014 Was Fun
Few who know me will be surprised that I had fun at WhiskeyFest. I have been exploring the world of whisky with a hunger that has been enjoyable and fairly in depth. Before WhiskyFest I estimate that I had tasted over 200 different whiskies, which is … [Read more]
WhiskyFest San Francisco 2014
Tomorrow will be my first WhiskeyFest and I'm really looking forward to it. Last year I had tickets but wasn't able to attend, and I saw others sell tickets for as much as $600 on ticket websites. The problem is that tickets go on sale eight … [Read more]
New Site Design
After neglecting this site for more than a decade, it was time to make it work again. This used to be my photography website, but now that I have One Photography I can rebrand this site to be more generally about me. Even though I operate a number … [Read more]
