Super-cool Aloe Polyphylla (spiral aloe, from south africa) at the SFO botanical garden. mommy, i want one.
travel
Near Westport, CA – coming down out of the Redwood Highway bursting into the coastal sun and wind on Highway 1.
Saw this often in Oregon and Washington (drive-thru espresso) endlessly amused me. The cooler part is that this is a freeway-side gas station near Eugene, OR that turned out to be not only a brownfield-development Biodiesel filling station, but the building was a an eco-roof establishment that sold locally roasted coffee, and freshly baked muffins, cupcakes, shortbread, and bagels from area bakeries. Why can’t all gas stations be that awesome? It would make road trips a lot cooler!
In the Hawthorne district of Portland, OR. Also, part of why Portland would have been tot-a-lee ideal for me at 19, but not so much anymore.
best game/license plate ever
in Seattle…old collection of fortune telling games and magic tricks in a shop
Hello Olympic Peninsula Mountains!
Hello Alki Beach!
So, I’ll be traveling here as of Friday. I’m sure I’ll be seeing lots of amazing new places, spaces, and urban design, as well as some crappy sprawl, and hopefully some cool gardens and nature. I bet I’ll even send a few crappy camera phone pictures of said places to this blog. Planned stops include Ballard Market in Seattle, Tanner’s Park in Portland, Patrick’s Point amongst the Redwoods in California and lots of Bay Area foodies delight. See you soon when I get back!
great falls N.P. the water is very high