The wave and the rock

Taken on a beach in Pacifica. I really like the way the wave is starting to wrap around the rock. On the lee side of the rock, the sand is smooth, but you can be sure that the churn will be on the other side in just a second.

Frame Pic

I love this pic. It may very well be the best picture I've ever had taken.

It was taken on the ship by our favorite ship's photographer, Andrea. She was, unfortunately, the one on duty when the backdrop fell on me, and I made it VERY clear to the ship that I didn't feel that she was at all at fault. I really hope I got my point across, since every pic she took of us was pure art.

A sad sign of the times

Mervyns and I have a bit of history. When Caryn and I got married, we were a little cash strapped, and we ended up buying our wedding bands on credit at Mervyns. For a number of years, that was where we had credit, and that was where we bought a lot of our clothes.

We haven't shopped there in a while, which I guess is one of the reasons that they have fallen on hard times. As such, it is horribly sad to see them go away.

I'll miss them.

Merced Reservoir Architecture -- part 2

This is on the top of the building that had the statue in yesterday's picture too.

Merced Manor Reservoir

Merced Manor Reservoir is a contained reservoir in the Merced Manor area of San Francisco. The building on the grounds has some pretty interesting architectural decorations. This one is on the corners of the building.

Great sunsets from the cruise

leaving New Jersey

first day at sea

Leaving Bermuda

Leaving St. Maarten

Leaving Aruba

Sasha Underwater

Taken with a Fuji underwater disposable camera in St. Martin (the French side).

If they can share, why can't we all?

Slightly creepy night fog shot

I promised it wouldn't become "Paul's Vacation Pictures", and so, I'm gonna stop with the daily cruise shots. I'll show a few from time to time when the picture taking gets slow, but it's back to local shots.

This one is REALLY local -- taken from my front porch looking across the street to Alta Loma park in South City. The night is very foggy, and I really like the way that the light dances off the fog and frames everything it enshrouds.

Here Fishy Fishy Fishy...

Jack calls a shark in the preditor lagoon tunnel.

Lion Fish

Don't touch this one -- it would hurt!

Docked

(this is Wednesday's picture)

I'm not sure why I like this picture, but I do. Something about the nature of the old rusted mooring and the fact that it is helping to hold a 91,000 ton ship in place.

Martini Sampler

The Martini bar on the Constellation offers a 6 glass mini Martini sampler. I heartily recommend this -- it is quite possibly the best value on board in terms of alcohol.

(by the way -- this was only an hour or so before yesterday's picture)

My least favorite moments of the cruise

While taking some casual pictures, a brace holding the photo backdrop collapsed and gave me a nice little scalp lac (1 stitch and a whole lot of blood).

Nemo's new address -- Atlantis' "The Dig"

$1500 -- a very good pull!!

Central Park from the Top of the Rock

Pretend it's still Thursday, and I didn't flake out on yesterday's picture...

But, in all fairness -- I got a great one for you. This was taken from our "bucket" (the veranda to our stateroom) on Halloween evening.

Rainbow's end (at sea)

A quick squall followed by a quick clearing and some nice sunshine equals a rainbow.

Now, where the HELL is that pot of gold?!?!?

The first of the vacation pics

Just got back from a 11-night cruise (you didn't even know I was gone, did you!?!?!?)

I promise this won't turn into "Paul's Vacation Pictures" blog, but I do feel the need to show a few of the better ones.

This is from "The Dig", one of the aquariums at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. We actually weren't supposed to go to Nassau, but we got diverted from RC's private island in Haiti (Labadee) because of 1) a "labor action" on the island, and 2) Hurricane Paloma.

Frolicking in the surf

Don't hold back -- Tell me how you really feel

Seen on a car at Crissy Field

Firemen Training

Driving down 101 one day, I caught a glimpse of this stream of water coming from the top of a ladder behind a strip mall. After driving around, I came across these folks doing some high hose training.

I'm a huge fan of firefighters. They risk everything to keep us safe. Truly heroes in my book, each and every one.

Pacifica Beach Art

BOB in the fog

At the last beach dog walk, I caught this great picture of the Golden Gate Bridge poking up out of the fog, and thought, "Ahh, San Francisco!"

Bay Area Businesses -- Day 8 - Google

I thought the street sign was somewhat funny and ironic. Google, of course, is a slight deviation of the Googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. If that were a street number, this would be one HUGE city.

Of course, I couldn't forget these guys, though, I'm sad to say, I didn't get as many quality pictures as I wanted. Google, it seems, sits on the road to the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, and the Google Security folks were out in force to keep people from using the Google parking lot for concert parking.

GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!!!!!

Bay Area Businesses -- Day 7 - Oracle

Larry Ellison's complex in Redwood City is a beautiful campus. If you are a fan of Robin William's movie "Bicentennial Man", you might recognize it as the headquarters of NorthAm Robotics, the builders of Andrew Martin.



The lagoon that these buildings sit on contain a world-class racing sailboat.

Bay Area Businesses -- Day 6 - YouTube

I honestly didn't know that YouTube was located in San Bruno until recently. My lovely wife and I like to go to a Dream Dinners (which, sadly is closing) that is right next to the unassuming building that is YouTube. One day, when driving home, I noticed the logo, and then, when I got home, I had to look it up.

November Theme Day -- Books

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