The Beach at Capitola
101 North
Missing home and friends and familiar places:
- The beach at Capitola
- Highway 101 on the northbound approach to San Francisco
- The sculpture garden in the de Young Museum
- More Capitola beaches
Stay tuned.
Friends, Self Will Be Home Soon!
June 4, 2017 at 6:09 am (destinations, Lists, Places, postaday, Sundays)
Tags: art, California, Capitola, Golden Gate Park, memories, museum, postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, Wordpress
Reflecting: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 10 May 2017
May 10, 2017 at 8:01 pm (Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: California, Dublin, Ireland, memories, postaday, postaweek, restaurants, San Francisco, Wordpress
This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is REFLECTING.
As Nanci Thanki puts it, find “reflections and changes in perspective . . . from water and glass to metallic surfaces . . . “
Here’s how self interpreted that theme today:
- Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green is a place where self does deep reflecting. She was there Monday evening:
St. Stephen’s Green, 8 May 2017
- The light reflecting off self’s lens: she loves this shot. Even though it’s not a “good” shot, it really reflects a sense of “the moment”:
More St. Stephen’s Green!
- Moody night shot of San Francisco. There’s a pedestrian reflected in the glass of the cab window (Self’s best night shots are taken from the back of a cab, lol). The cab was just passing In Situ, the restaurant on MOMA’s ground floor:
San Francisco: 3rd Street by Night
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Call for Documentary Submissions: KQED ROUGH CUTS
March 24, 2017 at 5:43 pm (Artists and Writers, Links, Movies, Recommended)
Tags: deadlines, documentaries, Fridays, San Francisco
Deadline: Wednesday, April 26
If you are editing a documentary that is over 40 minutes long and are seeking feedback, we encourage you to submit.
Principal photography should have been completed.
To submit your cut electronically, via Vimeo Plus or an equivalent video-sharing site, please fill out the on-line application.
To submit via mail, please contact Chris Holbrook at chrismholbrook@gmail.com
We will send you an application and an address where you can send your DVDs. (you will need to send three DVD copies, which must arrive by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 26th)
There is a $25 submission fee.
Filmmakers who are selected for Rough Cuts are eligible for Fine Cuts and Assembly.
Stay tuned.
It IS Easy Being Green! The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 22 March 2017
March 23, 2017 at 10:22 am (Books, Links, postaday, Publishers, Traveling)
Tags: Annaghmakerrig, artists residency, Ireland, Irish writers, poetry, politics, postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
This week is all about color. For extra challenge, create a gallery.
— Michelle W., The Daily Post
Dog-Eared Books, Castro St., San Francisco: February 2017
Box from Irish Express Moving & Storage; Dog-Eared Books, Castro St., San Francisco
This book was in self’s unit: WAVES AND TREES by Irish poet Justin Quinn
- Justin Quinn’s poetry collection was published by Gallery Press (www.gallerypress.com)
- The sign was in the front window of Dog-Eared Books, Castro Street, San Francisco.
- The box was provided to me by Irish Express Moving Company, San Francisco. I used it to ship books I needed to Annaghmakerrig.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Atop It All
March 22, 2017 at 9:06 am (destinations, Food and Drink, Links, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: California, England, Golden Gate Park, London, memories, museums, postaday, postaweek, restaurants, San Francisco, Wordpress
If you’re physically on top of a thing or place — a mountain, a skyscraper — what type of scene do you want to share in your frame?
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post
For this week’s photo challenge, ATOP, self pulled from her Archive:
Fall 2016: Main Lobby of the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: View from the 2nd Floor
Summer 2016: The Tate Modern is housed in what used to be the Battersea Power Station. In keeping with its industrial spirit, everything in the Tate Modern has that utilitarian feel. Even the restaurant, on the 6th floor. It’s called The Kitchen. The Harry Potter Bridge (Formal Name: the Millenium Bridge) is to the right.
Spring 2015: The Portrait Café, British National Portrait Gallery
Note to dear blog readers: The Portrait Cafe hosts an afternoon tea, which is booked weeks in advance. The day self showed up, early March, she could not get a seat. So if you would like to see this fabulous view while having tea, book in advance.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
A Good Match: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 22 February 2017
February 22, 2017 at 7:53 pm (Artists and Writers, Food and Drink, Movies, Places, postaday, Recommended, Surprises, Traveling)
Tags: concerts, Events, film noir, museums, music, postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, Washington DC, Wordpress
- . . . share a photo of things that complement each other.
— Ben Huberman, The Daily Post
Self has wanted to blog this picture for the longest time: at Dulles International, the day she left Washington DC, there was a one-man concert in the departures terminal. OMG, what a send-off this man’s music was! The sign next to the musician announced that the free concert was in honor of Black History Month. WOW. Self has no words. Thrilling.
Merlon Devine, playing at Dulles International, in honor of Black History Month: February 2017
And here’s a sign self saw at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore:
Definitely, Food is Love.
Finally, a poster advertising the annual Noir Film Festival at the Castro Theatre. San Francisco and Noir go together like white on rice:
The 15th Annual Film Noir Festival (Noir City), held at the Castro Theatre
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Against the Odds: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 15 February 2017
February 15, 2017 at 8:31 pm (Artists and Writers, Links, Places, postaday, Traveling, Women Writers)
Tags: art, Bletchley Park, England, history, Philadelphia, poetry, Readings, San Francisco, United Kingdom, World War II
An unexpected victory? A snapshot of an unlikely moment? This week, show us something that defines the odds.
— Michelle W., The Daily Post
Last year, on the 2nd day of self’s trip to the UK, her camera shutter stopped opening all the way. Rather than buy a new camera, self decided to see how far she could push that old thing. And it lasted till the very end of her trip.
One of the last places she visited before returning home was Bletchley Park, about an hour train ride from London. Bletchley Park is where the World War II codebreakers did their work. According to the visitors’ brochure, “the Codebreakers’ efforts helped to shorten the war by up to two years, saving countless lives.” The codebreakers worked year-round in unheated wooden huts. “The first Enigma ciphers were broken in early 1940.”
Bletchley Park: June 2016
Self took the picture below in Chinatown. She forgets which street it was on. It was either on Grant or on Stockton. Look closer at the words, and it turns out to be about Filipino immigration: the first immigrants faced discrimination. Caucasian women were not allowed to marry Asian immigrants, most of whom were single men. Yet, those early immigrants endured. Their descendants are all over California.
Wall Mural, Chinatown, San Francisco
Anne-Adele Wight coordinates a monthly reading series at Head House Books in Philadelphia. She is a published poet. Just before June’s event, she hurt her knee and had to wear a brace. But — the show must go on!
She is fantastic.
Anne-Adele Wight introducing speakers at the Head House reading series, which she coordinates: Philadelphia, June 2016
So there are self’s examples of “Against the Odds,” which is a very, very interesting photo challenge.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
2nd Sentence of the Day: AMERICAN GODS, p. 239
February 14, 2017 at 5:11 pm (Books, Conversations, Places, Recommended)
Tags: fantasy, Neil Gaiman, novel, San Francisco
San Francisco isn’t in the same country as Lakeside anymore than New Orleans is in the same country as New York or Miami is in the same country as Minneapolis.
— Wednesday, in a conversation with Shadow, p. 239 of American Gods
More Shadows: 3rd Street, San Francisco and Mendocino
February 11, 2017 at 4:54 pm (Food and Drink, Links, Places, postaday, Weather)
Tags: California, Mendocino, postaday, postaweek, restaurants, San Francisco, Saturday, Wordpress
Whether you’re taking a selfie silhouette on the ground, capturing the lines and patterns on the walls while walking your city’s streets, or recording the subtle ways the light hits your subject’s face as she sits next to a window, these different types of shadows you see can add a complex, unexpected layer to your shot.
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post
In Situ, SF Museum of Modern Art, 3rd St.
Umbrella Passing In Situ
Mendocino: January 2017
Shadow: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 8 February 2017
February 11, 2017 at 3:46 am (Places, postaday)
Tags: Mendocino, postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, Wordpress
This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is SHADOW.
Self loves shadows. Shadows add so much mystery. Here’s what self means:
Man Leaving a Train
Morning, Fog, Mendocino: January 2017
Night, San Francisco: While Riding a Cab
