When the Snowy Egret is stressed from work (lots of Egret politics), he goes fishing to relax. He does not practice catch and release though.






The life and times of a true knucklehead – No photos to be used without permission
When the Snowy Egret is stressed from work (lots of Egret politics), he goes fishing to relax. He does not practice catch and release though.
This year we decided to go to the City to watch the fireworks, relax and be tourists. Sandy booked us a room at the Sheraton one block from Pier 39. We strolled the Fisherman’s Wharf and had a tasty lunch at In N’ Out.
We got our exercise on a long walk out to Fort Mason, snapped a few shots, then back to the hotel for a power nap (we’re getting old).
Dinner was at Ristorante Fior d’ Italia. After dinner we raced over to the top of the parking structure across from Pier 39 which we thought would be the ideal venue for watching fireworks… uh, so did a bunch of other people by the way.
I had an intruder this evening! I was so nervous I couldn’t get a good shot.
Did an overnighter in SLC, ventured out in the evening and shot the famous LDS Salt Lake Temple with my G7, handheld 1/25th f3.2, ISO 1600. Really noisy eh.
We had a very full weekend. Today Ate Anna and Stephen came over for lunch. We started off with a great green salad by Sandy. I grilled pork ribs, chicken, corn on the cob & asparagus. This was followed up with some homemade macapuno ice cream.
Shortly after our meal I had to run Tita Flor over to the Amtrak station at JLS to catch her train back to Sacramento.
Of course I forgot to photograph the food!
Uncle Russell turned 60 today. We were invited to a surprise birthday party at the beautiful home of Sheldon & Debbie. There was way too much great tasting food.
Humm… 1947, Uncle wasn’t that before cars were invented?
This morning we were honored by a visit from Tita Flor. We picked her up at the Jack London Square Amtrak station and she treated us to breakfast at our local Chuck Corica Golf Course. I couldn’t finish my biscuits and gravy, the portions were huge! Sandy had the waffles and Tita Flor had an omelette the size of Rhode Island.
After breakfast, I wandered the grounds and ran into Chef Taka from our favorite Japanese restaurant Angel Fish of Alameda. Uh… he’ll be closed Sunday through Wednesday for a much needed vacation, FYI.
What a gorgeous day for a premeditated date. I hopped on the Harbor Bay Ferry and met Sandy in the city. We then strolled over to Sai’s for a tasty bowl of Phó.
It was a decent day as far as the weather goes, so on my way home I stopped off at Treasure Island to shoot a couple of Panoramas with my G7. The 1st photo is stitched together from 8 vertical images. The second is 7 horizontal images. For obvious reasons I can’t offer the full resolution images as they are approx 28MB.