I was able to visit San Francisco a couple of times this year, once for Oracle Open World and again with my sister the weekend before Thanksgiving. I love that city, there is always so much to see and do. Here are some of the fun pictures I took to remember a few jam-packed days!

Outside at Oracle Open World

On the way to the Wednesday night party!

A cool concert with Elton John and Beck!

Now for the walking and shopping trip with my sis!

First stop, a Turkey and Havarti on the best sourdough in the world!

A view from our Marriott in SOMA.

A quick stop at my old office building downtown!

Love the mix of buildings, churches and shops!

A really pretty Christmas decoration we found during our walk.

Had to include the Transamerica building!!

Here are a few more pictures; I really need to go when it’s snowing to make sure the city is still as amazing as I remember!

Wow, it’s been a really long time since I posted any pictures! I’ve resolved to get going with the photography again, and I had the perfect opportunity to take a bunch of shots while I was in Pittsburgh on business. I think it’s a fabulous city, I really enjoyed walking around and seeing the old and new together. The weather was great (better than the 115 in Phoenix) and reminded me why I loved working in San Francisco back in the 90’s, because I could walk everywhere! Here are my first few, I’ll post more in a few days.

For some reason I’ve been digging the amazing sky we have in Arizona, and really enjoy capturing it at different times of day…

Just took these pictures of the amazing pink sky at South Mountain tonight, can’t wait for the storms to get started!

I was able to wander around downtown Phoenix this Saturday with my friend Georganna, and also took some pictures on a recent hike. I going to remember how much I like walking around here, since it’s starting to get hot again!

I went for my walk/run this morning, working on the Couch to 5k program (right now it’s more walking than running). The morning at South Mountain is amazing; wonderful colors, great temperature and so quiet. This is why I live in Arizona – I LOVE the desert!

Here are some fun pictures I took during my cool-down:

Took some fun pictures in downtown Tempe last weekend. My sister and I went to Ncounter for breakfast then wandered up and down Mill, seeing the sites.

Need to try this place out later in the day, it was too early to get some yummy candy!

This is hilarious!

A cool structure half-way down the street.

I really dig the store fronts.

Would love a light rail by me, it makes me miss BART.

These are for my class that’s almost over, and I’ve signed-up for another online class, so more pictures to come!

I went out to the new LDS temple being built in Gilbert and took a few pictures. Kind of cold but the sky looked amazing with all the clouds!

I also took a cool picture of a rainbow by my house, was happy to get so much of it in the picture.

I visited downtown Mesa with my friend Georganna today, it was cold but fun! There was enough light to see some cool stuff, here are a few of my favorites.