January already?

My how time flies. Work has been great. We have hit some key milestones and things are coming together. I think the big media blitz will start at the end of this month. Be on the look out for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed articles.

Christmas break was great. Donna was able to take some time off and we went into tourist mode. We saw quite a few things that we hadn't had time to see. There is so little time and so much to do. We are also still eating at all kinds of different restaurants. So my last photos left off with Thanksgiving and the Lucas Family Holiday Party so that means that we haven't covered Christmas, Christmas Break or New Years. Here is what you all want. Pictures!

A very nice boat on the way to Point Reyes

A mushroom on our Point Reyes Walk

Cows that wander on Point Reyes grounds

More Mushrooms

I is a tall one

Donna and the Boys at Baker Beach

The Bridge from Baker Beach

The Bridge from the East side of the Bay

A cool chain near the yacht club

Happy New Year! We saw this on our walk New Year's Morning. I guess sometimes when you just make it home it is a victory.

This is in the Premier Theater on the LucasFilm campus. We have our team meetings there and this was playing on the big screen as we waited for the rest of the team to show up.

I Eat Crab!

Jeff and I went to a new beer place over the break. It was good!

Donna being coy at the Korean BBQ place

We went to a friend's house for a cookie cooking Christmas Party and this is a shot from his back yard.

This is EJ's Serious Cat

I found out that this form of Photography is called Street Photography. Look it up on Wikipedia!

I liked both so much I had to post both. Boredom on the Bus

She was startled when the bus started moving. I'm not sure what she was expecting...

Oh steam and manholes. Is there anything better?

Cool lighting

More cool lighting at the bar in Bobo's Steak House

I nice one of this grand city

Running through big flocks of pigeons is fun even as an adult

Ocean Beach

A cool cave at Ocean Beach

Overlooking the the Sutro Baths Ruins at Ocean Beach

Waves + Rocks = Easy Cool Picture

Merry Christmas from Jon and Donna! We didn't have enough room for a tree so we bought a wreath and decorated it.

Donna keeping Tom warm on our Christmas Day BBQ at Baker Beach

We went to Baker Beach to BBQ for Christmas. We BBQ'd for 1.5 hours, choked down cold food for 20 mins and then packed up and ran for warmth. It was fun!

People find interesting places to put their trees when the are done with them.

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There was a dress like Santa Bar Crawl one night while we happened to be in the Union Square Area

More wierd places for a Christmas Tree

and lastly a nice shot of the Grace Cathedral during Christmas time

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Keep coming back. There will be more from time to time.

Busy Times

We were happy to have Jenna, Josh and Eric out on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We got to show people our favorite things to do finally. I think we tired them out but we had fun.

We were also able to attend the LucasFilm Family Holiday party. It was loads of fun. The theme was Hollywood, Bollywood, Dollywood. They rented out an old building with 3 floors. The top floor was Bollywood with all kinds of Indian food and a Bollywood style dance production. The middle floor was Hollywood with a band and fancy Hollywood food including a Mashed Potato Bar where you got your potatoes in a martini glass. The bottom floor was Dollywood with BBQ, a country band, a bourbon tasting bar and a mechanical bull. It was really fun.

We have been pushing hard at work over the last few weeks but happily we hit a crucial milestone on Friday. Because we hit this milestone Donna and I were able to enjoy the weekend (along with 2 nice holiday parties). I have one more week of work this week and then I have about 12 days off heading into the new year. That will be nice. I will try to put up more pictures over that time. I hope to rent an SLR (you know to try it out) over that week and head out and take a few pictures. We will see. Until then enjoy these shots.

A nice shot at Half Moon Bay

The Embarcadaro Center at Night

A cat in the window of a boutique on my walk to work

I love reflections of all kinds

Please Recycle. It's good for the Earth

The moon coming up over the Bay Bridge

raccoons in the Presidio while waiting for my bus

A cool motel on my walk home from work

Donna in the Bollywood part of the LucasFilm Holiday Party

Umbrellas in Bollywood

The Mechanical Bull In Dollywood

Square Dancing in Dollywood

Us just in from the Red Carpet of Hollywood

Josh loves the cable Cars

Josh Hates the Dim Sum

Nothing says Vacation like smashing Pennies

Josh liked the burger joint we took him to

Josh riding the F-Line. He really liked public transportation

Josh and Eric on the Cable Car that runs close to our apartment

Bye for now.

Jon and Donna

Halloween, Oktoberfest and other fun stuff

Things are going well. Donna got a job with the California Pacific Medical Center. She is getting settled in there. From her stories it seems that everyone is nice and the atmosphere is pretty laid back. She is happy to be working and we are happing to be saving for our retirement again.

Work is busy for me. We are in full on crunch and here is a street sign to prove it. :)

Even with the schedule we are finding time to do things. Here is a small list of the things we did in October and early November;
Fleet Week (military ships come into the bay and there are air shows and BBQs), Big Sandy and his Flyright Boys (a rockabilly swing band), The ILM Halloween Party (lots of crazy costumes), Oktoberfest (a crazy hanger full of people celebrating October some celebrated way too much but it was fun to watch), back to the comedy club to see our friend Jeff perform again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSBjbJijWqM), and many fine meals and other things.

And here are some pictures I would like to share. Oh I got my new pocket camera (Canon PowerShot SD950 IS) and Donna has a pocket camera too so maybe we will post some of her pictures soon.

We'll start this one off with a cool sign.

and a cool candid

and a cool bird

A little Gothic on the side

Larry Tom and I

A little swing at the Big Sandy Concert

The opening band

The blessing of the pets

A pet waiting to be blessed

The Ikea Transformers at the ILM Halloween Party

More of the ILM Halloween Party

Kids waiting for the airshow during Fleet Week

One kid playing Blue Angels

and the Jager girl at Oktoberfest

Take care and send us an email if you want. Jon and Donna