Marine Layer Moving In

We've had a number of great sunny warm days here. In San Francisco, that almost always is followed by the onrush of fog, which we lovingly call Marine Layer.

For the next few days, it will be cooler and cloudier.

Oh yeah, there will be far fewer high performance jets performing spectacular stunts in the skies above the city -- fleet week is over until next year.

Blue Angels -- Coit Tower

The Blue Angels are in town for Fleet Week. I trekked downtown on BART with the D70 to try to find some shots of the Angels against SF landmarks.

I caught this one at Sansome and Washington -- Coit Tower just peeking out from behind some of the buildings in the area.

The pups...

Ziggy looking adorable. We have a framed picture very similar to this that Caryn took after he had been digging in the dirt -- this is the "Clean" version.



And our Clemmy -- the big sister who, apparently, has no eyes. Don't you just love that happy smile?

Tomorrow, the groomer comes and they'll both look a LOT different.

Grape leaves a changing...

Crush season has started in Sonoma County. As we speak, the grapes are being started down the arduous journey which leads to the great quality wine produced in the California Wine Country.

This was taken at the Lambert Bridge tasting room.

Whipped Cream and Chocolate Sauce ...

A study in white and brown -- whipped cream and chocolate syrup up close.

It was good too -- even if it was the canned whipped cream.

A good place to eat in San Francisco

There are litterally thousands of really good restaurants near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Many of them are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive for what you get. This is one of the former without being one of the latter.

I got a huge bowl of Cioppino (pronounced "Chip-ee-no", it is a fish/shellfish stew in a luscious garlicky tomato broth that is the true "San Franisco Treat") for $19. Caryn and Greg had similarly large and good dishes for about the same.

Ghirardelli Square Fountain Statue...

Went down to Fisherman's Wharf with Greg for dinner. It's his last night here before he climbs on a plane for a very, very long time, after which he will wake up in the land of vegemite and shrimps on the barbie.

Anyway, this was part of the fountain at Ghirardelli Square. Pretty and nice kinetic action...