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Dungeness crabpots waiting for their next workday.

Emeryville, CA

a peek at the underside of the new trans-bay bridge.

For all the gory details of the bridge construction, go to CalTrans' site for the bridge: baybridgeinfo.org/

spotted this little tree clinging to the rock with all it's might.

from this weekend's paddling trip around the Tiburon peninsula. For the rest of the story, see here.

new neon at the old hotel berry

The Hotel Berry was a fine hotel, built in the late 1920's, and opened in 1929. In it's day, it was a one-block walk to the theater district (K Street), and 3 blocks from the Capitol. It enjoyed status until the 1940's, and then declined from fine hotel progressively to SRO status. Of late, it's been a last-ditch home for the down-and-out. It suffered for a long time. Then last year, a complete renovation project began, which will transform this building into livable housing for people in need. It's a controversial project - there are some public redevelopment funds being infused, and that certainly has raised the ire of fiscal tightwads, but for the people who have, and will, depend on this place for a safe place to sleep, it's home.

It's still just one block from the theater district, and it's still 3 blocks from the capitol.