rail worship
We finally made it to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento last month. I love trains...
11/23/2001  ¤ 



thanksgiving 2001
We dined at the somewhat highbrow Birch Creek for Thanksgiving Dinner. It was nice. Not, perhaps, $40 a plate nice. But at least we kept our third-year-running shark tradition...

tres chic  where's sharky?  Christmas spirit  sharky takes a leap  poor sharky

stalking the elusive bronze turkey  hello?

11/22/2001  ¤ 



michigan part VI: travels with fabio
My mom has a garden gnome. With a look that was so disturbingly "come hither," we just couldn't pass it up without having some fun. We named him Fabio and brought him to Marquette. Yes, we got some strange looks on M-35...

I'm too sexy for my resin  just right for a hot red Escort, no?  gnome and dome  gnome with a view

11/22/2001  ¤ 



michigan part V: behind the scenes at the zoo
My sister, Becky, is a zookeeper at the Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek. I got to play "assistant" for an afternoon. The best part was feeding the giraffes Ry-Krisp from the feedloft of the winter barn. How often do you get to look down on a giraffe? Just watch out for those monster tongues. And, for the first time, I managed to catch a Red Panda. We've got them here in Sacramento, but they're so skittish. It took a zookeeper offering food to get this one to stay still so long.

mmm, Ry-Krisp  Jagger'd be jealous  whaddya mean, you're out of Ry-Krisp?  more, more, more!  not Mr. Ed

slippery little devil  reflective surface a la institutional

11/22/2001  ¤ 



michigan part IV: lake superior
A stormy inland sea (that kills at least one dumb drunk frat boy every year).

I really miss it.

this means you  they weren't kidding  I've never made it all the way to the lighthouse  famous rocks  careful!

11/22/2001  ¤ 



michigan part III: twins
Twin children of a friend, Nathan and Cierra. Or rather, wildly blurry representations of them. Sitting still is just not on the busy toddler's to-do list.

the tackle  we're not amused...  cierra gives me my shoe  mwah-hah-hah! you can't photograph US!!!  going for a ride

11/20/2001  ¤ 



michigan part II: battle creek
Some shots of historic Battle Creek. It's not just about the cereal...

kalamazoo river  house of kellogg - all hail the mighty frosted flake!  Underground Railroad heroes  church and steeple, no people  baby spike and gryphon

11/18/2001  ¤ 



michigan part I: driving
Driving to the Upper Peninsula and back gave my sister and I a few opportunities to play tourists...

riding into the sunset  the Mighty Mac  ore ship from bridge  Becky and a fruity moose  moose and me

11/17/2001  ¤ 



you said fall?
I've been wanting to get a shot of these trees, which are just down the road from my work. Summer appears eternal at that intersection. It was more difficult to get a good picture from the car than I'd thought it would be. They're much more imposing and interesting in real life...

I really knew we were in CA when I first saw this...
11/5/2001  ¤ 



fall in the hills
While still not the traditional multicolored show that I'm used to, the Sierra foothills do provide one autumn neccessity - cider mills! This year, we went to Bolster's Hilltop Ranch (they've been in business since 1951, and it shows in the quality). We picked some apples in the orchard, hiked the nature trails, tasted some wine, and enjoyed some fresh apple crisp a la mode. Our haul: three pounds of a variety of apples for just $1.10, two bottles of honeywine (cherry and blackberry), and of course a half-gallon of cider (in retrospect, should've gotten the gallon, because it was delish). And these pictures...
11/2/2001  ¤ 



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