Jef Poskanzer's Photography "This is the world, muchachos. This is the real world, and you are in it." -- B. Traven

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07nov2009 SF

San Francisco waterfront ride from Embarcadero BART to Fort Point and back.

03nov2009 Sunset

Today's centered sunset viewed from up in the Berkeley hills, near the Lawrence Hall of Science.

01nov2009 Sunset

The sun sets centered as seen from the end of the Berkeley Pier.

30oct2009 Sunset

Yet another Golden Gate centered sunset.

23oct2009 Crash

An asphalt truck lost its brakes coming down MacArthur towards Lake Merritt. The driver actually did pretty well under the circumstances, managing to hit only two other vehicles before coming to a stop in Lakeside Park.

23oct2009 Oakland

A ride to Lake Merritt and back.

21oct2009 Hayward Shore

Biked the Hayward Shoreline trail.

08-12oct2009 Gerlach

A weekend in Gerlach NV to work on an amateur radio installation.

06oct2009 Oakland

A beautiful afternoon for a bike ride through Oakland, Piedmont, and Montclair.

30sep2009 Oakland

An afternoon ride through Oakland.

26sep2009 SF

A ride to the Tour de Fat in Golden Gate Park, then back the long way around.

19sep2009 Marin SF

Took the bus to San Rafael and then biked south to San Francisco.

14sep2009 Woodland

Spent the day in Woodland.

11sep2009 Old Finley

Went looking for the Volvon indian mortar rock off Old Finley Road at the head of Riggs Canyon.

07sep2009 Bay Bridge

I got invited on a bridge-viewing boat ride.

06sep2009 Sunday Streets

San Francisco has been closing a major street to cars each Sunday this Summer. Today they closed the Great Highway, along Ocean Beach.

05sep2009 Rail Fair

The Historic Rail Fair at Ardenwood Regional Preserve.

02sep2009 SF

A few shots while biking across SF to the ocean and back.

29aug2009 Oakland

Biked to Jack London Square and back.

25aug2009 Sonoma

A visit to Schellville, Sonoma, and Traintown.

22aug2009 Bat Mitzvah

My niece's bat mitzvah in Palo Alto.

14aug2009 Jingletown

Rode to the Jingletown district of Oakland for the monthly Estuary Art Attack.

12aug2009 Sunset

A nice sunset over Mt. Tam.

11aug2009 Hornworms

Found a couple of huge tobacco hornworms munching on my tomato plant.

09aug2009 Abbotts Lagoon

A day on the beach at Point Reyes. The weather was perfect.

07aug2009 Berkeley

A ride around west Berkeley looking for naked ladies. The FLOWER.

30jul2009 Alcatraz

A visit to Alcatraz.

25jul2009 SF

Biking around SF on a mostly sunny Saturday.

21jul2009 Sammy

I'm taking care of a friend's cat this week.

18jul2009 Oakland

Second try at visiting Twitter Street, this time I found it. Actually it's Twitter Court, and it's not where Google says it is.

16jul2009 East Oakland

I was looking for Twitter Street in the Leona Heights area, but did not find it. However I ended up exploring a stretch of MacArthur Boulevard that I hadn't done before and found some excellent old signs.

12jul2009 Rafting

South Fork American River, the Gorge run, with UC Davis Outdoor Adventures.

09jul2009 Petaluma

Drove the nephew to school, then spent the day in Petaluma.

28jun2009 SF

Another San Francisco visit for the tail end of the Pride Parade and a photo walk through Chinatown with some flickr folks..

26jun2009 SF

A bike ride from Daly City BART around San Francisco to Embarcadero BART.

23jun2009 Botanical Garden

A "corpse flower" was blooming at the UC Botanical Garden, so I went to see (and smell).

21jun2009 Beach

Summer Solstice! I went to the beach.

20jun2009 Shoreline

An afternoon ride through Richmond and back along the shoreline.

14jun2009 SF

Nice sunny day for a bike ride in the city.

11jun2009 Spin & Swirl

Was experimenting with a new technique I call camera spin - like camera toss but safer. Later I did some hand-held swirls of the Transbay Terminal underpass.

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