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Happy 2012

solsken — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:33:06 +0000

Coastal afternoon walk

I took a late afternoon stroll along the coast at Fort Funston, often pausing to behold the long sweeping waves of the Pacific. Hope everyone is enjoying a bright start to the new year.

Los Angeles.

solsken — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:50:32 +0000

Venice Beach

Mmm… there is nothing quite like a lazy day at the beach in Los Angeles. Even a good book begins to feel like work when you can simply close your eyes and drift off to the sound of waves… and after living in a city where the beaches are freezing, I was happy to go south where the sand was soft and the waters warm enough to play in.

Neutra's VDL Research House II

It was also exciting to see Richard Neutra’s VDL Research House II (1964), built after his original studio and family home was destroyed from fire.

Scenes from space.

solsken — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:41:46 +0000

Here is a beautiful little film by Chris Abbas, who used stills from NASA’s Cassini Imaging Science System and 2 Ghosts I, Ghosts I – IV by Nine Inch Nails.

CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.

Seattle.

solsken — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:58:14 +0000

It’s been another month and well into the summer season since I last wrote. The days have been full with spectacular music shows like Robag Wruhme, Omar Souleyman, and Matmos; Balenciaga at the De Young Museum, Isabelle de Borchgrave at the Legion of Honor; and a trip up to Seattle to see some architecture, sip delicious coffee and visit with some long-lost Fraggles. Oh yes, and memory-drenched ambient releases from the Caretaker, Ezekiel Honig and Matthew Cooper. Here are a few photos from the trip north:

Morning coffee @ Vivace

Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle

Chapel of St. Ignatius

Frye Art Museum

Experience Music Project

Japan Photos

solsken — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:27:06 +0000

Here are a few photos from my recent trip to Japan! More are coming soon on my Flickr stream, where you can view them all:

Alexa & David's Wedding in Awaji

Water Temple by Tadao Ando

Dotonbori, Osaka

Monk walking at Shojoshin-in, Koyasan

Coffee at D&Department, Osaka

Off to Japan!

solsken — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:48:32 +0000

I’m off to Japan for two weeks… and am so very excited to see one of my best friends get married, as well as travel around the country.

See you in November!

Russian River

solsken — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:09:34 +0000

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

Muir Woods

solsken — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:42:08 +0000

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

New York Pix

solsken — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:13:43 +0000

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!

A Week in Recap.

solsken — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:30:59 +0000

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…