December 12, 2018

Christmas 2018

 Jan & Carol's Home

Berkeley

December 10, 2018

Bill's Birthday Lunch 

Cioppino's Italian Seafood Restaurant, North Beach

Originally built in 1890 as "Ukiah" in Tiburon, CA to ferry trains across the bay,
the vessel was refitted in 1922 as "Eureka" to serve passengers and automobiles.

Classic autos and trucks are displayed on the lower deck.
Passengers rode on the upper deck.

View of Alcatraz from the Hyde Street Pier

"Hercules" steam-powered tugboat

Built 1907, Camden, NJ

Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory
Ghirardelli Square

Treasure Island Hot Fudge Sundae

November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving at Patti's

Ferry Building

San Francisco

Lunch at Hog Island Oyster Company

Ferry Building

Muir Beach Overlook (Stinson Beach)

Green Gulch Farm

Zen Center

Marin Headlands

September 1 - 5, 2018

San Francisco Giants Game

Willie Mays Statue
Mets 2, Giants 1 (12 innings)

Oakland A's Game
Mariners 8, A's 7

Fans on field before fireworks

Public park atop Salesforece Transit Center
San Francisco

Buses on lower level activate water fountain

Looking down from rooftop park at Salesforce Transit Center

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Oakland A's Game
A's 6,  Yankees 3

Garden Court
Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Skylight Dome
Westfield Center, San Francisco

Oakland A's Game
Yankees 4, A's 1

Creator Restaurant
San Francisco

Computer generated hamburgers

Watching hamburgers being prepared

Linda enjoying her "robot burger"

Oakland A's Game
A's 8, Yankees 2

July 14 - 16, 2018

Saturday dinner at Placido Pasta in Eugene before the Oregon Bach Festival Concert

Sunday morning drove to Troutdale, OR

Edgefield was built in 1911 as the county poor farm on a 74-acre parcel of farmland. It is now a resort - the stately main building was restored with over 100 guestrooms furnished in turn-of-the-century decor.

Had brunch at the Black Rabbit Restaurant at McMenamins Edgefield Resort

Sunday afternoon drove east on the Oregon Scenic Byway along the Columbia River Gorge to Hood River, OR

Columbia River Gorge

David at a lookout point along the Columbia River Gorge

Westcliff Lodge

4070 Westcliff Drive

Hood River, OR 97031

View from our hotel room patio at Westcliff Lodge

Big Horse Brew Pub
Beers are brewed in the basement
Wood River, OR

Sunday night dinner at Big Horse Brew Pub

View of Downtown Hood River from Big Horse Brew Pub

Mount Hood

David's photo on our Monday drive to Government Camp, OR 

Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark, is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood at an elevation of 5,960 feet within the Mount Hood National Forest. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the WPA, it was built and furnished by local artisans during the Great Depression. The Lodge was dedicated September 28, 1937 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Had breakfast buffet in Cascade Dinning Room

Wood carving on stairway at Timberline Lodge

Metal work on door at Timberline Lodge

Wall mosaic with water fountain

Timberline Lodge

Timberline Lodge - Mount Hood