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Spires, Ferndale
The thing about being well-informed in advance of your trip is that you know what sorts of things you are likely to encounter and can plan accordingly. That way, you don’t miss the really good stuff.
The thing about being ill-informed in advance of your trip is that when you find the cool stuff, because you think a town’s name has a good ring to it and on the way there you see, from the little highway, a steeple and decide that you might like to have a closer look so you turn off the road and end up spending three hours in a town because it’s got way more than just that one steeple, it makes a vacation day into a Vacation Day.
This was shot on the same day mentioned here. You can guess which kind of informed I was….
Ferndale, California
photographed 7.30.2012
The headlands will protect us
About ten years ago, I had a business trip to a bus factory on the south end of San Francisco Bay; we completed our work a day early, so the bus manufacturer gave us a driver who spent the day touring us around San Francisco and the area. The best thing we saw that day was the Marin Headlands: I always sort of wondered what there was on that side of the bay.
Turns out that people of various affiliations have guarded the bay forever, nearly. The most noticeable relics of these defensive are concrete structures that date from World War II.
On my subsequent trips to the area, I kept a close watch on the sky – and in 2009, a clear day made it worth the drive across the bridge for another visit.
Marin Headlands, California
photographed 3.23.2009
Waiting for lunch
We had lunch at Poppa Joe’s (Home of Good Eats – Serving Ferndale since 1882) in what turned out to be the best day for photography ever.
These shots were taken on the same day:
The eternal question, Eureka, California
What water shows us, Arcata Bay, Eureka, California
So they gave it to the dead, Ferndale, California
Just a little sign, Poppa Joe’s, Ferndale, California
There’s never an end, near Capetown, California
And be inside, Petrolia, California
Into the perfect unknown, Petrolia, California
See what I mean?
Ferndale, California
photographed
The fashion district
I went to an urban planning conference in Los Angeles; a tour guide went on and on (and on and on) every time we passed by buildings that had seen better days. He would always say the building was in the process of becoming loft apartments. Loft apartments! By my estimate, based on how many future loft apartments he pointed out, there will be approximately one billion people living in downtown LA.
That’ll be something to see.
And yes: urban planning conferences ARE this exciting. The next one is in Chicago – you might want to attend. But if you don’t go, I will let you know the loft apartment situation there….
Los Angeles, California
PS – I am pretty sure this building had yet to be transformed into L.A. (loft apartments, I mean).
photographed 4.15.2013
December 15
I have a rather inadvertent series going, with photos taken from various hotel rooms. This one, in San Francisco, is from the Westin Market Street, looking generally toward Union Square. But I’ve also got St. Petersburg, Florida; San Diego, California; Plano, Texas; and Washington, D.C.
I guess it might look like I never leave the room, but I really do. I promise!
San Francisco, California
photographed 8.24.2011
One Day | One Image 