Here are some photos from a relaxing holiday trip to Guerneville, where I chilled amongst the bears. Armstrong Woods was my favorite part, perhaps even lovelier than Muir Woods:
Armstrong Woods
Garter Snake at Armstrong Woods
Iris at Armstrong Woods
Fuzzy Caterpillar
Here are some pix from a recent trip up to Muir Woods. It’s just a little way past the Golden Gate Bridge, near Mill Valley. With plenty of recent rain, the entire park exploded with new redwood growth, sorrel and wildflowers in a multitude of colors!
Redwood Sorrel
Bridge Over Stream
White Iris
Wildflowers
Here are some pix from a trip back to New York. It was so good to soak in the sights, sounds, food and culture once more:
Guggenheim Museum
Whitney Museum
High Line Park at Night
Making Candy at Papabubble
Butterflies!
Wow! It has been a crazy wondeful week.
I started off with weekend brunch at Little Skillet, a tiny little window serving incredible fried chicken and fresh waffles — just steps away from 330 Ritch in SoMA.
Then booked tickets to go see the Boredoms play in New York! Yippee!
Thurston Moore
Sonic Youth proved that they could still rock out on Monday night (see photo of Thurston Moore above, from sfdavidz).
I can’t wait for Sunn O))) to slowly drone me away in a live setting. And speaking of Sunn O))), I was reminded of their homage to Southern Lord’s mainstay group, Earth when I came across a new word: Ouroboros.
According to Wikipedia, an ouroboros is “an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle.” I’d heard about this symbol in a few different ways, from Jung to Norse mythology — apparently even Plato found it significant.
Ouroboros
Earth produced a song called “Ouroboros Is Broken” on the slowly unfolding album, Extra-Capsular Extraction. Find it and listen closely for the tail…
Ahhh… can a girl ask for a more relaxing vacation? I went to Kauai knowing very little about it, but after a week on this ambrosial island I can see why people love Hawaii. I’m continuing to upload photos to Flickr, so keep checking there for more in the next few days. Here are a few highlights:
Moloa'a Beach
The beaches… ah, the North shore won for me! Lumahai, Ha’ena, and Moloa’a were sublime lozenges of sand with sparkling clear turquoise water. I could spend a long time being a beach bum, roaming from one to another…
Moloa'a Sunrise Fruit Stand
Fresh fruit was everywhere… I grew up eating lots of fruit, so the abundant pineapple, papaya, apple bananas and coconut made me very happy. Along with Angeline’s lomi massage, I was in heaven 
Walking in Allerton Garden
The gardens… Allerton Garden down in the southern National Tropical Botanical Garden, along with its more primal sister Limahuli Garden in the north, kept me enchanted for many hours.
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon… the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific” was truly stellar, especially by helicopter (thank you, Mike from Blue Hawaiian)!
Na Pali Coast
The Na Pali coast was breathtaking. It had dazzingly remote beaches, towering mountain cliffs and endless miles of blue, blue water… mmm, Kauai. I’ll be back.
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