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Exploring: Inside Alcatraz Prison

The Alcatraz prison audio tour has won well deserved awards. I usually prefer to go it alone, but I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews, the behind the scenes information, and the reenactments. Next
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Exploring: The Ruins of Alcatraz

Last week I started posting images I took during a recent visit to Alcatraz. Today's images feature the ruins. I especially love how the skeletons of the buildings look with the beautiful San
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Exploring: The Gardens of Alcatraz

I moved to San Francisco in September of 2001 and it took over 12 years and a visiting friend from Belgium for me to finally visit Alcatraz. Last October, I took hundreds of images, both digital and
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Exploring Embarcadero

Here are some more photos from our adventures with our friend Sue. We wandered from the ferry building to the cable car turnaround. Here are a few shots I took along the way. This first group is all
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Exploring Point Reyes

We drove up the coast with our friend, Sue, and stopped by Point Reyes. It was very chilly and the misty afternoon fog enveloped everything in soft, even light. I think this one is my favorite of the
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Exploring: Purisima Creek Redwoods

While prepping for Behind Shattered Glass (you should definitely like the Facebook page), I took a trip down to Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. Even after living in California for over 10
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Beachcombing

Instead of bringing stuff home from the beach, I decided just to take pictures of some of the rocks and shells. I'm stuck inside working today, but I would love to go chuck my shoes off again soon.I
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Exploring: Bolinas

Bolinas is the quintissential Northern California coastal town. It's the point where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean and it's beautiful! It's a hippie enclave surrounded by water and
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Exploring: Albany Bulb

One of my absolute favorite places in the East Bay. Surrounded by water it's a beautiful walk punctuated by ruins and junk, and decorated by artists. Grafitti, sculpture made from driftwood and rusty
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Exploring: Fort Funston

A beautiful spot in San Francisco and part of the massive Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Fort Funston features dense woods, dune covered coastline and ruins.This was a working fort from 1900
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