may to august - part 1

ok, today i will attempt to catch up from three months of neglectful blogging. the summer has been slightly busier than i planned and i have not had a spare moment to even think about posting. we’ll see how this goes.

for memorial day weekend we went to san francisco to spend some time with my aunt and uncle who live in castro valley. mom and dad went to a conference in san francisco and i set out to check out a few different grad programs in the area. i thought that I would be going alone, but uncle dan and aunt Kathy decided to go with me….so we spent a few eventful days wandering the streets of san francisco, looking at plenty of modern art exhibits and eating bowl after bowl of that great west coast clam chowder. all of this was made even more amusing because my uncle dan just detests the city!
we also found our way to Berkeley one day, roved up and down telegraph ave. (from bookstore to bookstore) and through many thrift/antique stores on the way home (u. dan & a. Kathy are antique dealers). we also went to the best cemetery ever in oakland! it started me thinking about a new book of photography i want to put together…ah, well, someday.
when mom and dad were done with their conference, we all went out and visited some of the more touristy spots that we had never been to on previous trips, like the golden gate bridge and the conservatory of flowers to see the big, stinky corpse flower that was about to bloom. we also headed up north of the city to muir woods. one of the nicest forests i have ever been in.