More Summer Travels

Sunset in North Park, San Diego

Sunset cliffs, the edge of the known world - Point Loma.

The back of the restored North park theater. 

In training. Or running to Mexico, I'm not sure which.

Autumn Pictures

Water dripping towards the Pacific.

A cloudy day on Coronado.

Pause for inspiration.

Sunset on Coronado Beach.

On and Around San Diego Bay

Our Navy is always on the job.

The kiss at the end of WWII.

Three shots from downtown San Diego.

 Down along the waterfront.

This day, three carriers were in port.

Boatloads of tourists.

Our apartment complex.

We are complex as well.

Summertime

We are spending more and more time in San Diego. I guess that I finally realize that although I think I have a rural soul, I more or less have an urban mind. It's the same old story told for thousands of years.....

This was very impressive.

As was this one.  Lots of work.

One of our Carriers in the center.

This is exactly how I ride the wind.

Part of our daily walk.

Ferry to Coronado Island

A video I shot going across San Diego Bay to Coronado Island in June after a baseball game at Petco Park (my Orioles beat my Padres, BTW).

Around Coronado

Just a few random photos we've taken recently on Avie's IPhone. Such an amazing gadget.

I seem to never tire of walking around Coronado. Quite a place.

Scenes from the Adams Street Roots Festival

On a simply beautiful Saturday, Avie and I paid a visit to Adams Street in San Diego for the annual Roots Festival.  We saw a number of very fine bands and performers.

One of our favorites was San Diego's Mr. Gregory Page.  When we first walked up to the bandstand, he was singing along to an old jazz-age recording, which immediately drew our attention. Mr. Page is eclectic, eccentric, stylish, and very witty, as well as being a terrific songwriter.  I shot a brief video of Mr. Page, which can be viewed at the end of this post.

Another very good band was Folding Mr. Lincoln - another San Diego based band. Pure American rocking country.

I wasn't able to catch this three-piece blues band's name, but they made some beautiful blues.  They are also featured in the video at the end of this post.

 

 
Other things in the neighborhood caught my eye, as is often the case...

On a lovely weekend in southern California, and dancing to the soulful music of Solid Ray Brown, good times are to be had by all.

The Little Italy Farmers Market

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in San Diego, and a perfect day to visit the Farmers Market in Little Italy. So that's what we did. This particular market in always lively and interesting, with lots of great food.  One wonderful thing about San Diego is the Farmers Market scene - one can find at least one every day of the week.

 

Great pizza can be found here.

 

Big vegetables indeed.

Folks get there any way they can.

 

It's tiring  and time for a rest.

San Diego at Night and at Dawn

Avie and I have been spending more and more time in San Diego, well - because we like it. A lot. This blog might have to be renamed to Slims Bay Blues Blog or something like that.

Here I am playing with some night time exposures, with some success. There is a Christmas tree in here somewhere if you look carefully.

Nearly a full moon.

Looking east at sunrise over the bridge.

Encore.

My kinda town. And the Chargers are doing well, too. Life is great.