Early morning

In the "cool, gray city of love"

Helpful

Oakland has goodwill ambassadors who patrol neighborhoods cleaning, offering directions, and the like. Today I saw two help this man with his groceries for four blocks (!). I love Oakland
Xoxo

Moon Festival

I now work at an Adult Day Care in Chinatown in Oakland.  On Wednesday, we celebrated Moon Festival with dancing, singing, and afternoon tea.  It was so neat, and they assured me that I will be taught dances and songs before next year!

xoxo

In the Bay

Two weekends ago, I got to go on a bike ride around San Francisco with a friend who will be moving to New York.  We saw so many neat things I would never have known about!

Like the Golden Gate from the other side...

And then I rented a kayak on Sunday and tooled around a little in Oakland Harbor...

Being on the water gives you a very different perspective!

Last weekend, I wandered around SF again and found the Columbus Tower (aka Sentinel building, aka where Francis Ford Coppola has his studios).  Neat!

This place is amazing! xoxo

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

 Okay, so here are more pictures of Yosemite.  I pinch myself every time I think that it is only 3 hours away!

People swim at the bottom of the waterfall!

I have my eye on a few longer hikes...