The view from my hotel room

So here I am in San Diego. Won't be getting out too much while I'm here, so I'll start with the view that I'll see more than any other.

I'm here for a training class / conference, and my class is 8am to 7pm today through Thursday (we got out a little early today, but it'll be later the rest of the week).

Sutro Tower from Shura's house

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Looking east from Shura's house. As I said before, you can see this thing from just about anywhere in the city.

Note the power lines. In that part of the city, there are no buried lines, so there is always wires overhead. Makes it hard to get a really good shot, but they add character anyway.

San Francisco Architecture

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San Francisco is a very compact town. The whole city is only 49 square miles, which makes for extremely dense architecture -- fitting a lot of style in a short amount of space. Remember the pictures of the "Painted Ladies" -- several beautiful houses, all crammed together.

This is an example of such a narrow style of architecture. It is a house in the Mission district, a few blocks from Mission High School and Dolores park.

Fuzzy Clem...

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Clemmy blurred (not enough light). Gives her a really cartooney look.

New Blackberry...

Got my new Blackberry 8800

GPS, Media player, etc.

Not sure about the trackball vs the wheel in the older BBs. It'll probably grow on me (though that's what I thought the multi-letter-per-key thingy on the 7100 series, and I was certainly wrong about that!).

Glowing Edge effect 2 ...

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I really like the Glowing Edge Effect (see the flame from last month).

This is a simple lamp.

Man, am I lazy when I don't have any good shots for the day.

The Tile...

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Yesterday, you saw the mess associated with the tile. Today, you get to see the tile itself. Isn't it pretty?

Caryn and I picked out the tile together (Canyon PDR Spanish tile), and I picked out the grout (Winter Grey). Javier, the tile guy (and as I said, if you want a good tile guy, let me know and I'll get you his info) laid it.

Tomorrow night, we actually get to step on it. The next day, we might get to take a shower in our very own shower.