Off to Mexico City
On and on and on and on…. I’m off to Mexico City tonight. It’s an overnight flight, I leave just after 11 and arrive at 5.30 in the morning – jumping two hours back in the process. I’ll be picked up at the airport, meet my Airbnb hosts , and then probably sleep in. Here […] Read More
Margarita farewell
As usual, the last days in San Francisco were packed with last drinks and the traditional farewell BBQ in Rento&Dennis’ backyard. I tried to see everyone and have drink, but the whole visa hassle took too much time and I did not manage to see everyone. Friday night though we had drinks with a couple […] Read More
Indian Visa, round two
Just when I thought the visa for India is on track, I get this email from the agency dealing with it, basically saying… well, what exactly? The following Documents are incomplete:- 1)proof of address not acceptable, if not resident of san francisco is not able to apply tourist visa to india. 2) provide legal valid […] Read More
Berkeley
My adventure and love affair with California started a bit over 7 years ago when I did a sabbatical to attend some summer courses in Berkeley. For three months, I lived in San Francisco and took Bart to Berkeley every day to attend my classes in American Politics 101 and Digital Photography. It was basically […] Read More
Slow site
It seems that my site is running slow at the moment, especially the picture galleries. Darn! I have no idea why, it started when I updated to the newest WordPress software and the adaptation of the template. I’ll look into it. But I’m no IT expert. So the site might look different in the next […] Read More
Visa application
I spent the last two days assembling my visa application for India. Honestly, without Renato’s patience and help, I would not have made it. It’s a cumbersome, bureaucratic, ridiculous process. The embassy has outsourced the check of the documents to a private company, which only forward the complete, correctly filled out applications to the embassy. However, […] Read More
Burning Man budget
Burning Man is not about the money. Well, partially. While there, I hardly touched any. You can’t buy much there. It’s about gifting, giving and getting… a different kind of exchanges. The only thing you can actually buy there with your Dollars is coffee at the Center Camp, and ice blocks or cubes at the […] Read More
PBS
Vitor left early Saturday morning and I slept in. I did not move from the house all day, mostly sitting on the sofa and going through my pictures, sleeping, eating, and blogging till late night. We could not decide to go out, not even for a movie, and just watched that crappy Airport ’75 movie […] Read More
Sonoma
Even though we danced all night, we got up early in the morning and hit the road north, for a trip to Sonoma. It was Vitor’s last day in San Francisco, but how could a visit be complete without having tasted some California wine? I love the drive up there, over the Golden Gate bride, […] Read More
Dancing the night away
Yesterday Vitor and I went on a little art tour, first visiting the ruins of the once famous Sutro baths on Ocean Beach, then on to the Legion of Honor Museum, where the SF MOMA exhibits a number of its Matisse collection, while their building is being extended. It was a small exhibition, with lots of […] Read More