california 2008

what's going on here: image from my camera image from chris's camera

tom's shop smells really good

chris's first san franciscan meal. (i had a really fancy hot-dog-sandwich)

awesome bagel place with a great sense of humor that we found for breakfast. they have a big mural inside with a fusion of the starship enterprise and a bagel

crazy hills alllll over the place!

cold weather clothes

every house that we saw during our stay was super pretty

chris found this :)

the fog makes some parts of sf look eerie as hell

me in a GIANT kinokuniya stationery store. i was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of awesome all around me

cute maneki neko that chris found in a japanese sweets shop

bubble tea bliss!

found a hardware store in japantown

it had all sorts of nifty stuff

after a delicious japanese fondue lunch with cynthia

golden gate bridge! later learned that the 'golden' references the gold rush, not the actual color.

:D :D :D

the infamous haight street. super hippied out, but i found a great (and inexpensive!) canvas bag with TONS OF POCKETS at a military surplus store.

san francisco ♥ motorcyclists and chris was elated. saw these guys outside the exploratorium

way more intense than liberty science center, this place (and the sheer amount of children) actually wore us out.

where they build the exhibits

demonstrations + explanations + chris's really comprehensive understanding of 'how shit works' = super educational day

simple psychological test: can you drink from a normal water fountain if it looks like a toilet? chris can.

sea lions being all cute and soft and sunning themselves

tonnnns of them

lunch at the sea lion cafe

fancy cupcakes at ghirardelli square

the now-furniture store where ginsberg first performed 'howl' live.

goodbye giant hotel room!

leaving san francisco

actually going over the bridge instead of looking at it

following tom through a scenic drive to breakfast + his place and taking a break

tom and cynthia's crazy awesome house.

really brittle flowers that come apart and fly away when you rub them

roads that go along a coast like this are pretty amazing. new jersey would make sure there were 50 fences, trees, telephone poles and wires and garbage between you and that water.