riviera

bodacious Q

if you ever find yourself in carson, look up bodacious Q...awesome oklahoma style bbq, great jazz playin', even better conversation...and an atmosphere that can't be topped

poncho

preparin' the sliced beef

lunch special...2 ribs, 1 hot link and 1 side

sliced beef sandwich 

chopped pork sandwich

brubeck

sonny

green onions

come autumn, i am faced with even greater quality of life issues

a quick run to the drive through yielded a sandy and a bug

pig doggin' teahupo'o

the last sardine

thanks dr. terry maas

boyle heights&beyond

Wally Potts

link

Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after

pair o kites

a pair of white tailed kites (Elanus leucurs) use the prevailing nor' westerlies to hover and hunt a farm field 

i wish i'd see a field below

but if you try sometimes...

Skipper

john durant

the M/V Neato

the M/V Neato

30' outboard powerboat, designed by Phil Edwards, built by Dencho Marine in Long Beach, CA

since Phil also designed the infamous hobie power skiff, it was in many ways just like looking at a 2:1 scale of my 15' skiff from the basic hull shape and low freeboard all the way down to the console and the forward seat, which on his boat took the form of the cuddy and helm

killer dana

took the skiff out the other day to scout a few spots for lobster season.  i went and payed my respects in the lee of dana, and tried to imagine where the take off spot might have been on a big day; before the harbor was built...

 ended up with the most challenging limit of scallops i've taken. in all the surge and swell, it took a solid 2 hours to get my 10

suppertime...

i know millionaires who would trade places with us.

the talented Miss Campbell Steers

excerpt from jack kerouac's "Dharma Bum's" 

farmer&protea flower linocut "On the Move"

Campbell made one of the favorite pieces of art i own, she just set up an etsy account

HIGHTOP STUDIOS...check it!

mt. tam

mt. tam holds a very special place in my heart.  i could sit for hours on its summit looking out in all directions, down to pacifica, over the city, east to richmond, imagining i were an ant living on a relief map of the bay area.  there everything becomes clear to me; how the san andreas, the bays, the peaks and suburbs all relate to one another logically.  i'd always wondered what it's like to sit up in that lookout house behind the razor wire; this video does a wonderful job capturing that perspective, and then some. the time lapses, especially at night blew my mind.  enjoy!