From my 6:30 sunrise walk this morning.
It's so cold here I almost feel like I live in a place with seasons again.


moon getting shoved off the sky.

streetlight and star.

pretty pretty.

Morning Walk Awesomeness

When I actually manage to stumble outside first thing after getting up, I'm always glad I did. It reminds me why the city is worth living in. The houses rise in waves, bathed in pink-gold morning light. The air is crisp, smelling of wood smoke, dead leaves, and stubborn plants still growing green. The bums are still sleeping in their little bum-burritos. Bliss.

You really have to blow this up to appreciate it. Alamo Square at 7 am this morning, sunrise creeping over the chilly city.


Sutro Tower (aka Devil Tower) presiding...


My eyes tend to edit out how many wires are strung all over this city. When I stop and take notice of them, I'm astounded by how MANY there are.
I think they're sort of beautiful in an urban-lace sort of way.


Beautiful House of the Day. The early morning iphone photo doesn't do it justice... the pale olive green with turquoise, mauve and gold. Hell yes.


And just to top it all off: FUCKING BLUE GUARD LIONS. Win.

this is what i did today. be fascinated.

It was such a ridiculously pretty morning today. Post-massive thunderstorm (in SF? WTF!?) and crisp, clean, scrubbed of filth for a brief moment...then I took Pekoe out to pee on it. Sigh. Bliss is so transient...

Look how freaking pretty. PRETTY!!! LOOK AT IT!!


This is me waving at myself. I think I wanted to prove I left the house.


Dog.


DOG!!


This is my spy-cam photo of this house across the street from me. It's all windows and always clean and lit up with really lovely cozy lighting. It always looks like the most comforting sanctuary-in-the-city house. I want to elope with it.

...the city

...just a few shots from a wonderfully misty-fog night...

this was the corner I turned on to get the house I was staying in recently... funny how not really having a home makes you find the solace of home in other things... in a 2 week span I got very attached to this corner; this corner meant home.

walking "home"... you can't really see in the photo, sadly, but there's a SNES and a Sega Genesis controller tied together and thrown over those power lines. Awesome.

A few quick city shots, a few quick fire shots...

city being all picturesque and shit.

INVISIBLE BIKE!
We have the best street art here.

Me being pensive (read: terrified) before the Fire Expo in Union Square.

Gorgeous Bevin the Fire-Safety Captain. She puts out.

Michael and his personal insulation system.

Fire Drums! OMG!

Jess and Bevin reveling in the glow.

Firedrums was INCREDIBLE. 3 days of adventures in the redwoods, flames, amazing people, wonderful food, mind-blowing spinning. And rain. Lots and lots of rain. I'm so lucky to live in this city, in this environment, where this shit comes from and thrives, where studying circus arts and running around like a glitter-covered beastie is totally normal.

city love...

recently i've been trying to remember to take my camera along for the ride... i'm by no means a photographer, but GODDAMN i love this city. it's amazing. and the more i take time to notice the small beauties around me, the scraps of life lying all over the place, the happier and calmer i am. and having the camera reminds me to look. i think i came full circle there.

sharing is fun!

colorful scrolly cafe. everything is saturated with color and glowing here.

more color. best. houses. ever.

the amazing door to nowhere.

just a great tree, really.

lost piggy...

rainy-day light and a really badass looking bar. there's some very cool stuff in SOMA that i've run across while doing my part-time personal assisting. cool in a different way than my neighborhood... new-money-revamped-warehouse-cool...

...and finally, just my city raining, looking pretty in that mussed-up running eyeliner sort of way.