Hangar One

Last week my best friend came up and spent three days with me.  The wet chill of weather diverted us from our original plan to go hike in the redwoods.  Instead we went to a distillery on Alameda island.

  Just outside of the parking lot you can see the lot where the Mythbusters frequently destroy cars, and blow up buses.  I chose to keep my camera dry so you'll need to take my word on this.

Inside there is a small room that works as the gift shop and the booth where you can sign up for tasting their liquors. St.George distillers sells vodkas, brandy, Whiskey (a very American Bourbon), absinthe, liquors that included raspberry, a tea-bergamot (that was oddly fantastic), and pear.

There was a "tour" that basically walked us to all of two locations while a tour guide spoke very softly and I have no idea of what he said... it was at least free and interesting to take a gander at the interior.

Instinct.

 This is what a professional hunter looks like... sleek, tuned, successful...


This is what my dog looks like...

When he started pouncing on the hole like this I had to film it.  I know I've seen documentaries with foxes yipping just like this as well.  He actually takes large chunks of the hole and moves it away with his mouth.  Sometimes he will station himself with his nose in the hole, still as can be waiting for his prey to emerge.

There was no kill today but, shockingly, he has been successful with this technique before.

Ok... now I promise to hold off on the dog posts for a while. Thanks for indulging me.

Palate Cleanse...

I caught the dog sleeping on the futon...

Really I have nothing to say about it but Awwww!

--still working in a dull haze of sewing induced brain frizz.

--Weather update; The weather experts claim that it may snow at sea level (San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley) on Saturday (it would be the first time since 1976 if you don't count the 3mm that SF got last year for an hour). If such an occurrence happens I expect city wide panic. I doubt we own a single snow plow in Alameda or SF county... all I ask is that the insanity happens when I don't have to go anywhere.

Stay tuned.

February this and that.

February can be a cold mistress.  Often it is a month of left over ramen and the eternal job search.  It is the slowest time of year in the Theatre. This year I've found a sewing job that has happily kept me occupied and earning money.  It has however left my blog rather sparse.

I don't particularly like sewing.  I am good at sewing, it pays the bills but it is not a passion of mine.  It doesn't keep my brain moving in the way that design does.

When I get bored with sewing I start to drift into imagining that I am sewing myself a train ticket in Germany, I am making myself a nice cup of coffee on a foggy morning in Munich... I imagine Munich will have fog, I have no idea really but I love it so much in San Francisco that I imagine all nice places must have a little fog in the morning.  I listen to audiobooks... I turn inward and muddle around in my head, but it's a difficult place to take photos of.  I promise to crawl out of my own brain soon and I will bring the blog when I do.  Meanwhile, patience.

Today the new album by Adele came out and I downloaded it as soon as possible.  She won me over on this one with the tiny desk concert she did for NPR.  Amazing.