I was photographing the How Weird Street Faire for Dos Equis, the beer sponsor for the event on Sunday.
After my work for them I was able to get some shots of all the "Weirdness" around me.
You can also view the photographs on the SF Gate photo gallery .
It was a fun party with a great vibe and good music.
Looking forward to next year!
A lot of people know the tragic story of Gunnar Sandberg. The 16th year-old was pitching during a Marin Catholic high school scrimmage on March 11th when he was hit by a line drive hit in the head and suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries.
On Thursday, Marin Catholic held their league game against rival Justin Siena at At AT&T park, the MLB ballpark of the San Francisco Giants. Proceeds from the game went to the recovery fund for Sandberg and he threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the game.
For the 1800 people in attendance it was an emotional and moving event. You can read the Marin IJ story about Gunnar and watch a slideshow with audio of the game as well.
A couple hundred people gathered at Lotta's Fountain at the corner of Market and Kearney on Sunday morning, April 18th at 5:12 am to commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The fountain served as a meeting point during after earthquake and fire and each year a ceremony is held at the fountain in remembrance. 
Compared to the thousands that were there on the 100th anniversary (which I also went to) it was a smaller crowd. This year the only survivor present at the annual anniversary gathering was 104-year old William Del Monte.
Its a touching event, with people gathered to honor the horrible event that almost destroyed the city completely. At the end, to show their pride in the city, everyone sang a rendition of "San Francisco."
Chinatown is one of my favorite neighborhoods to wander about in San Francisco.
I love to grab my camera and wander around the neighborhood and photograph whatever catches my eye.
It also give me a chance to have fun shooting, playing with different lenses, light, and my depth of field.
Everwhere you see pink grocery bags...
Everywhere in Chinatown...
Lady Liberty...
As you can see from this old gallery of my photographs on the SF Gate, I 've been doing this for years and I am sure I will always will keep coming back to the streets of Chinatown for more photos.
Yesterday I went to check out the 2010 BYOBW (Bring Your Own Big Wheels) Race down Vermont Street in Potrero Hill.
But if someone is crazy enough to race down a hill on a Big Wheel, I learned a little rain would not be enough to dissuade them.
You can view more of my photographs and videos of the race on the SF Gate 2010 Bring Your Own Big Wheels Photo Gallery
A little over 100 years ago the elephant seal was almost hunted to extinction with only around 100 seals remaining before they were protected. Today there are over 150,000 elephant seals alive today and many of the return yearly to Ano Nuevo to breed.
My trip to Ano Nuevo was late in the breeding season. Most of the female seals actually had already given birth and returned to the ocean. Left behind were their offspring, a few months old and weighing a few hundred pounds each. During the warm sunny day they try and conserve their energy sleeping on the beach and they also learn how to practice to swim in the ocean and be prepared to take care of themselves once they are off the safety of the land.
Not all the seals make it to the ocean unfortunately. Along with the living are the young ones who are unable to survive...
It was an amazing game that went down to the wire...
For awhile in the second half it looked like Redwood would pull away with the game...
...but Mount Eden fought back and the two teams traded baskets both taking the lead in the final minutes...
and the players celebrated the close victory. There is nothing better than a hard fought, well played game.
You can read the Marin IJ article on the game here.
