the other side

for my last full day here, my mom and i went to the sfmoma. my favorite part was the rooftop garden- the aliens in the desert/playground structure, the painting cakes, and the giant fingernail shape with the tall buildings above it all.

i even think the west oakland bart station is nice. the lights kind of look like the shipping cranes.

yesterday

i forgot to take more pictures at alameda beach because i was too busy watching the little boys run around in circles in cartoon underwear that was backwards.

day 30

sele and i went to an a's/yankees game. we won and i got a new hat. it was great.


on my way there, i went for a neat bike ride. i found some new bike paths and crossed two bridges.


then we drove along one of my most favorite streets, for tortas and cruising.

ice cream paint job

it's always a good day when you see a pink flamingo in someone's garden.

if i could marry one thing in oakland....

it would be the old oakland/chinatown farmers market.



then, we got stuck in the worst traffic of my recent memory. zoey the puppy slept in the back, and i took the opportunity to get out of the car on the freeway entrance and take some pictures of some industrial things.

6 days

today was a u-haul with your brother kind of day. the best part was the taqueria at the end.

after that

jessamyn and i went out to listen to michael jackson, and pretend to have bottle service. it was a lot of fun.


this morning, when i woke up, i could see the moon from my little bed. you can't really see it in this picture, but it was there in that top sliver of the open window.

nopales

biking home from my last day of work yesterday, i saw so much great stuff.

first the biggest shelf of bananas ever.




then this beautiful cactus garden and the tallest corn i've ever seen, right across the street from the tire place. but my phone died, so i had to come back today and take the pictures.

radio radio

my favorite block.

i love diagonal crosswalks.

this afternoon, i stayed awake through a killer spreadsheet situation only because i was listening to this on repeat:

My Hood - Young Jeezy
it's east coast, but sometimes people think i am too. plus, like jeezy, i'm emphatic about my hood; just ask my mostly midwestern americorps team from earlier this summer.

different things

that's what this sign says.

hello, port of oakland.

pirate eating red velvet cake

hella funfancy brunch
laurel street fair
neighborhood bar surprise
more of that
2 am hills party

at work

only 2 more days of this.

fruitvales

a day with real cousins

doors

and ducks.
not intentional.