Moe’s used to have the aroma of old books mixed with cigars. Moe smoked cigars endlessly as he worked, he always had one in his mouth. Now, with Moe gone, the old book aroma predominates …
Hess Collection Winery
We drove north on Highway 29, following in the footsteps or wheel tracks of many an area visitor who has taken this popular side trip out of San Francisco to Napa Valley, otherwise known as The Wine Country.
The Big Trees of Muir Woods
Redwoods are not the easiest things in the world to shoot. They tend to stray out of the picture frame. [...]
Dia de los Muertos | Day of the Dead
Every year on the Sunday closest to November 2, Oakland’s large Latin American community celebrates The Day of the Dead with a street festival in the very Latin neighborhood of Fruitvale.
Industrial Wasteland
Broken squares of windows leave the inside of the empty, concrete building exposed to the elements. The only color on the walls comes from the tags of graffiti that litter the building inside and out.
The Berkeley People’s Park Mural
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious that you can’t even tacitly take part … you’ve got to put your bodies on the gears, the levers, and all the apparatus and you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it and own it that unless you’re free the [...]
Henry Miller Library
The Henry Miller Library is a small, intimate place, cached under redwood trees and sunlight. A place that celebrates and archives the life of this Great American Writer and his friends, and documents living life in Big Sur.
Conversations with Henry Miller’s Ghost
I have traveled this road many times in my life, but I have never stayed more than one night anywhere on the 60-odd mile stretch of road that is called Big Sur.
