Ben and I had the good fortune of visitng B. Bryan Preserve a few months back. I kissed a giraffe. It was pretty terrific.
Giraffes @ B. Bryan Preserve
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Morning in Pine Lake Park
“The Grain of the Present” @ Pier 24
Founded in 2010 by Andrew and Mary Pilara, Pier 24 is a non-profit museum and exhibition space dedicated solely to photography. It’s a massive space in an historic building nestled right below the Bay Bridge, and I have somehow managed to ignore it for the last ten years of living in San Francisco. A terrible mistake. This place is amazing.
Admission is free, by appointment. (Do it. Make an appointment. NOW.) The by-appointment bit makes for an open, airy, and quiet space free of the rather opressive crowds you can run into at other Bay Area museums. Here, you can spend as long as you like contemplating art and stroking your chin thoughtfully. Each appointment lasts two hours, so you can really get in there with that chin-stroking. For reals.
Anywho, earlier this week I headed on down to see Pier 24’s current exhibit The Grain of the Present, featuring ten photographers at the heart of the Pilara Foundation collection – Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hill Becher, Lee Friedlander, Nicholas Nixon, Stephen Shore, Henrey Wessel, and Garry Winograd – plus the work of six contemporary photographers: Eamonn Doyle, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ed Panar, Alec Soth, Awoiska can der Molen, and Vanessa Winship.
Behind the cut, a whole slew of my favorite images from the exhibit.
First Trip to Tahoe
Hanging out in Bed
Cover for Ben & Penelope’s upcoming folk album.
Penelope’s immediate response to a snowman is to break his arms.
Dog on a hill.
Penelope’s first encounter with a sled.
Early evening.
Getting some play time in the parking lot as Ben looks on.
Penelope has become somewhat spoiled. She watches from bed as Ben makes her dinner.
Running down the hill.
Bottom of the hill.
Hey, it’s that guy I like.
Checking in on me.
Also checking in on me.
Shaking it off.
Our first night in Tahoe…
…and 24 hours later.
Despite having lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost 17 years, I had never been to Tahoe until this past Xmas. Here are some pics from our very first trip.
Crissy Field Beach
Creativity Explored
At work, we’re producing a series of videos profiling local nonprofit organizations. Over the last week, I’ve had the opportunity to go behind the scenes at the video shoots, spending some quality time with a few of the featured organizations.
San Francisco Animal Care & Control
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San Francisco Animal Care & Control is San Francisco’s “only open door animal shelter that accepts any animal – in any condition – of any temperament. SF ACC is responsible for the City’s stray, injured, abandoned, neglected and mistreated animals – of all species – and wildlife. All varieties of animals are available for adoption daily.”
Afternoon Walk In Golden Gate Park
Penelope’s First Trip to Fort Funston
Razoo Community Service Day @ Hawk Hill
The company I work for had a community service day recently. We spent a morning pulling weeds on Hawk Hill in Marin. If you have to do community service, there are far worse places you could be.
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