Water Chickens

Yes, they are ducks. I know they're not really swimming chickens. Still, they're strange ... and who's to say that chickens couldn't swim if they really wanted to? Is it really a question of ability, or is it simply a matter of desire? If you don't know, perhaps you should ask the water chickens.

Palace of Fine Arts

Goldengate Bridge

Thanksgiving @ Alcatraz

Fisherman's Wharf

I took these pictures down at Fisherman's Wharf near Pier 39. Sonia says the sea lions are there year round, and you can hear them outside our apartment at night. All this is a mere 15 minute walk from our front door.

Home Sweet Home

It's been about a week and a half since I came back to the States, and it's clear now that I've made a good decision. I still love Japan, but it's so nice to be back (living near Japantown). San Francisco is beautiful. I took these pictures from the roof of the apartment. The tower is called Coit Tower, and was built to commemorate firefighters, maybe in the aftermath of the earthquake. I think you can see the Bay as well.

Tadaima!

Although I've yet to return to the states, and no one even knows this blog exists, it feels so boring with no posts. So here's the first.

Sonia and me at Multnomah falls, taken sometime last spring when Arash was visiting us in Portland.