Refinery steam on the East Bay

Scene from the True Colors Tour

My wife and her buddy attended the Cyndy Lauper "True Colors" concert at the Greek Theater in Berkeley tonight.

This is a shot of the stage.

Cultures meet at the Fil-Am Festival

In a parking lot at a local shopping mall, they had a Philippines-American festival. Saw this arrangement of these symbols of the cultures, and thought it made a good pic.

19th Street Architecture

Smoky sunset

The late sun muted by the massive amounts of smoke in the area.

Fire over the hill

Tis the season for wildfires in this state where we live. 800 of them at last count, including one (75% contained as of yesterday, when this picture was taken) in Brisbane on San Bruno Mountain.

Inside the kaleidascope at the Exploratorium