Playstation 2

The Four Embarcadero Center always reminds me of Playstation 2. It has something to do with its shape or form.

From iPad

A weekend of baking equality

The Pride week is already here and on Sunday over 1,5 million people are expected to attend the parade. It's gonna be as sticky as the weather. The temps are gonna be scorching this weekend while a heatwave hits California. Triple digits are expected in the Tri-Valley. Sarah needs to go to her apartment in Livermore to get some stuff but she understandably hesitates. When there are heat advisories around the Bay, the Tri-Valley is even worse.

Financial district

A typical architectural mashup of what you can expect to see in San Francisco: old and new, playful and rigid.

Union Square

Union Square, San Francisco.

A dog's best friend

Mike is a dog's best friend. He's always surrounded by them whenever he shows up in Huntington Park on Nob Hill. Cute.

555 California

Me patriotic? Nah, I like the composition. That's all ;-)

Hence the double post ;-)

The Wild West

San Francisco with all its surrounding neighborhoods and suburbs is a big city. And its huge renowned Golden Gate Park is so big it hosts 20 wild coyotes roaming its 1.017 acres of green and lushy landscape, according to SF Chronicle.

Wait, that's Waits he's playing!

A guy at Powell street station is playing songs by Tom Waits. It's not bad. Not bad at all.

From iPad

Lunch at the Emporium

Lunching with my Ubi-friends at the Food Emporium like in the old days. This is my Philly Cheese "Steak". Yummi!

From iPad

Where do you want to work my friend?

With two cities on the top of the Glassdoor list the Bay Area has once again shown its prominence as the best place to work in. San José and San Francisco are the best cities to work in on a list of 50 major cities in the US. Why am I not surprised?

Iconic #2

The steep California street, Financial district with Bay Bridge and the ever blue California sky. San Francisco is beautiful and breathtaking, folks.

Iconic #1

Two icons in one shot: Top of the Mark and California/Van Ness cable car.

US Open

Steve Breen in the morning paper always gives me a good laugh with his sharp-eyed cartoon contributions on the politics in this country.

From iPad

A boy's gotta do what a boy's gotta do

Quite a few friends have asked me if I still play video games after I left the games industry behind me (for good). It depends. I've been in a "quarantine" for a few months but when I came back to San Francisco and met all my friends who live for this crap I couldn't resist start playing again ;-) At the moment I'm playing the mandatory Bioshock Infinite and the notorius Dark Souls. When I'm not "taking care" of the house in Sausalito (for better or worse) that is. Or when Sarah isn't reaching for the remote.

Southwest view

Southwest view from our rental on Jones. The area with new highrises coming up is the Civic Center district.

The Monday afternoon mood

"Honey, that leaves us with two options. One, grab some grub right here in Chinatown or two, grab some grub somewhere else." (Dry logic by Perry on a Monday afternoon, when hunger is a demanding force that blurs reason, manner and patience).

From Sarah's phone

Bike the pole

Park your bike up the pole. It's free. And it won't get stolen. Jack London Square, Oakland.

Waterfront

San Francisco can be seen in the distance from the Waterfront, Oakland.

Father's Day lunch

It's Father's Day and we're celebrating old Karl (with the biggest smile on earth) at Fungomare by Jack London Square, Oakland.

Sunday morning

Late Sunday morning, Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA.