Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Working hard but there's still time for play

It's been a while so here is an update.

I have been working pretty long hours but Donna and I have found time to do fun things too.



I took this on a walk through China Town


Donna and I went to a BBQ hosted by Olaf (one of our Rendering Engineers)


Donna Knit Larry a sweater


We went to the Harvest Moon Festival in China Town and I stealthed me these photos




Ft. Point is right under the Big Orange Bridge

I highly recommend Ft. Point as a free place to visit. It's really cool!


Donna and I got to go to Giants game and they even won


It's nice having a friend with season tickets


I played on a Softball team. Our team was Let The Wookiees Win
We took 3rd place

My camera is pretty much broken right now so I am taking less pictures. We ordered Donna a camera and that will be coming shortly and my new camera is so new it's not even available yet. I'll let you know when I get it.

Take care,

Jon and Donna

Sunday, September 2, 2007

I love signs

Well if you know me you know I love signs. Neon, old, and odd I like them all. Here are some of my favorites so far.


I just liked this. It's not 2 famous streets but it's cool none the less.

Many adjectives to describe these slices

Clean enough to eat off of?

A funny protest. Hey we live in San Francisco

The sign and the trash can make this funny to me

If you don't know why this is funny read all of the signs

This is cool because it's not too far from our apartment

Same with this one

I just liked this

This one struck me funny

Cool neon




That's it for now but I am sure I will be posting more in the near future.

Keep in touch,

Jon and Donna

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Artsy San Francisco

Here are some pictures that I have picked out that I like. These don't really fall into any category but Artsy and maybe Fartsy.

Cool building shot near our Apartment

Strawberries at the Farmer's Market

Crazy Cucumbers at the Farmer's Market

A nice bowling shot

Pigeons

Touristy Chocolate!

The actual motors for the cable car system

Out a portal on an historic boat on the Hyde St. Pier

Andy in his shop (maybe it's not Andy)

Rope on a boat (not soap on a rope)

A cathedral in North Beach

A shot of the Lucas Campus at dusk

Pier 39 at sunset

Our apartment building

A night shot of the Lucas Campus

Pool with a friend

Gumballs


The F Line

I hope you like them as much as I do. I will post more in a bit.

Take care,

Jon and Donna