I’ve driven by a few times but today I decided to stop and shoot a pano. The Sunol Water Temple just south of Hwy 84 between 680 & 880.
Sunol Water Temple
Valentine’s Day
I’ve been talking about this so much lately… Sandy was nice enough to get me a bottle for V Day. Isn’t she the best! Jimi & Jim when you guys coming over?
For dinner I grilled a duck… store bought not yard caught, then we watched Underdog.
LDS Oakland
I’ve seen the temple from a distance at night from many different angles. I’ve always wanted to drive up there and photograph it. Well today is that day and/or evening.
Room with a view
It was bound to happen, that empty lot behind us is getting developed. Lucky for us the developer is working with the Association so I’m hoping for the best. They’re talking about a small café by the Ferry Terminal, that would be cool.
Regardless our bay view will be changing this time next year.
Found another one
With the advent of my new stitching software, I went digging for some more panos. I found one from our Philippine trip in 2006.
Skates
Today I got together with my coworkers for an early dinner meeting at Skates. This rarely happens… in fact, it’s the 1st time. There are only three of us in Northern California.
Dinner was great as usual. Of course I had to run off and shoot a panorama of the Berkeley Pier.
Havana
Since I stayed indoors all day, we decided to go out for dinner and try that new Cuban restaurant in town, Havana. Entrees were skipped in favor of tapas. We had the Twice Fried Plantains, Halibut Ceviche, Mixed Grill and Crab Cakes. Everything was excellent! Did I forget to mention the Mojitos.
Panoramic Heaven
I spent all day in front of my computer. I finally got some time to try out a new piece of Panoramic Stitching software. Autopano Pro works so well I went back to all those hard to stitch shots and created 38 panos. Woo Hoo!
Phở Weather
A rainy day like today is perfect Phở weather! So I picked up Sandy at BART and we went to our favorite Phở establishment. I got so excited I forgot to take a photograph before we devoured our meal. Here’s the aftermath.
Life On the Road
Today Sandy had the day off so I showed her what life on the road for me is like. I had a call to make in Visalia. So off we went on a central valley adventure. I worked while Sandy explored the downtown area. Afterwards we stopped at the Bravo Cheese Factory and Cafe 99 in Traver for some shopping and lunch. Traver is just a small gas station/diner town but it had most interesting decor, both live and stuffed. BTW I did come home with some curds!
