The Thing About Halloween

California embraces Halloween with a real passion. It reminds me a little of how the Venetians celebrate Carnivale but this is much more Uncle Tom Cobley and All. As a spectacle, it shouldn't be missed and we held a Halloween party of our own in the office.

People made a huge effort and some of the outfits were really outstanding and original.

I'm still feeling really tired though because work is very intense for me at present but still positively challenging.

Shake It Baby

Just around 20:00hrs this evening while still at work, I suddenly became aware that the whole office was shaking. After a few seconds I realized that I was in an earthquake. Then just as it seemed to be over, there came a much more sustained shaking which did make me start to look around and consider what I might do if the building started coming apart!

Happily, the quaking ended and late on the news i learned it was a 5.6 magnitude which was reasonable. Even now as I write this at 22:10hrs, there are small aftershocks continually going off.

Ah, the many faces of San Francisco.

Airborne Taxis & Snake Hips

On Monday I worked at the office till 01:30 in the morning. Coming out of the office at that time I found myself in a ghost town. The area (Pier 39) is normally teeming with tourists but now it was completely empty with nothing at all moving - including a cab which apart from walking, would be my only means of getting home.

I did walk for a while and eventually found a cab that I climbed into and settled back into the seat to allow the stress and worries of work to slide off me while looking forward to curling up in bed. All that changed though as soon as I heard the wheels of the cab spin as the driver gunned the throttle. We were soon traveling at almost 50 mph over the hills of San Francisco with me in the back of the cab trying to remember at what point I signed up for stunt school!!

I stumbled out of the cab feeling even more stressed from the impromptu roller-coaster ride. At least I'm still alive. 12 hours ago I was modelling a little fur and snake-skin number now here I am almost scared out of my own skin!

Last 3 Months of 2007

Summer is officially over now and we've even had 2 days of rain this month. Shock Horror! Even so, the weather is still great and yesterday in Sausalito the weather was very bright and sunny. Met a group of ladies known as "Red Hats". To be a red Hat, you have to be single, over fifty and committed to having fun!


The weather today was not as warm but still bright and sunny. Was hoping to do lots of photography today but left things a bit late in the day to go and find the shots I wanted.