Showing posts with label Alameda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alameda. Show all posts

Monday, February 28, 2011

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.




Wednesday, December 9, 2009

a falling house of brick

I'm currently working in half of a building that is falling down... but today the door into the other half of the building was open.

I tiptoed over exposed electrical pipes and cracked floors...

...and tried breathing very softly seeing the fragility of the structure...

It's amazing this fading beauty didn't fall down long ago, flattened by some small earthquake.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wrong Turns

Sometimes I get so lost...

I think I know where I'm going and then slowly it sinks in that, in fact, I have no idea of how to get there...

I can see vaguely where I want to go... but then there's this ocean in the way...

I've found it best to take a moment and breathe. Laugh at how lost I am and enjoy where I've landed.