happy weekend!

packing and preparations filled this week, but we did take a break to eat at Roam. this is the best burger i've ever had (and i've had a lot of burgers). it had an egg on it with a slightly spicy chili sauce. yum. when you add a blue bottle coffee shake, zucchini fries and a ginger lime soda i was in heaven. i highly suggest you eat there this weekend.

i also made these delicious enchiladas. yum. if you crave tex mex and don't have access or have ever wondered exactly what tex mex means. make these, now. they are amazing and encapsulate the flavorful spiciness of the cuisine i love.

i can't wait to make have dinner with some good friends, work a bit and enjoy a cookout. summer is underway. even if that does mean fog, i'll enjoy it while i can. what are your weekend plans?

weekend plans

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well i've been a bit under the weather this week (i did manage to make this recipe which i think you should try) but i can't wait to enjoy the weekend. stuffy nose and all. i plan to do some cooking, including my grandmother's coffee cake, which i haven't tried before, i'll keep you updated. we're also going to see water for elephants, i read the book awhile back and the movie looks beautiful. with it being easter sunday its going to be a full three days but i plan on sneaking a nap in somewhere. happy weekend!

photo by jacob

hopefully we'll find time to snap some pictures together as well, he took some great ones this week.

north beach

north beach has always been one of my favorite neighborhoods and on tuesday jacob and i played hooky on the grocery store and set out to explore. Behind Coit tower are the filbert steps. the gardens and homes are beautiful, and feel very secluded from the rest of the city. we ate foccacia bread that we grabbed from a 100 year old foccacia shop, complete with a stereotypical italian family who wrapped up our onion bread in paper and twine. it was wonderful to have a mini vacation from our responsibilities in our own city.

bazaar cafe

jacob played at the open mic last week and i practiced taking photos for his concert on Monday, the 14th from 7-9pm. its a very interesting space with artwork from around the city and is very welcoming to live music. it was fun to mess with the light and exposure. i can't wait for the real deal. i hope to see yall there!

notes

"Don't let Ginger out. thanks~ Fred"

i thought this was pretty cute, assuming that Ginger is a cat of course.

film favorites

i think its obvious that i am still only good at one thing. anenomes, they love me. the other two are the best of a series that ran from overexposed, to blurrier. my goal this week is to read through my amateur photographer book and try to get a better grasp on shutter speed as corresponding to light and which direction, etc. i'm also going to notate my pictures so i know which photo was taken on what setting. thanks for being my sounding board.

carissa

i do like this photo i took of my sister when she visited last week. she's beautiful and obviously photogenic, so it would have been hard to mess this one up but i'm taking credit anyway. its amazing to me that while we are ten years apart we still take each other's clothes, her more then me for the record, she often gets taken for the older sister, or atleast only a couple of years apart, and that we have so many similar interests. our love of books is one of the biggest and i'm glad she enjoyed the readers cafe. thanks for posing for me!

blue bottle tour II

these film photos are in addition to my last synopsis of our blue bottle coffee tour. i tried to capture the cool, yet serious, vibe that emanates from everyone and everything at blue bottle coffee. when i first came out to san francisco 2 1/2 years ago, they were the coffee place i was excited to try. i looked up their website, found them at the farmer's market and dreamed of working there. though that's probably not in my future its awesome to see the heart of the roastery and to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

bits of beauty

the small things hold the most beauty in these photos.

film favorites

these are some of my favorites from the last roll, while i opened the camera too early, hence the light leak, i really love the lighting and angles and feel like i'm learning alot about seeing and more about how the camera sees what i see, the surprise aspect is nerve racking and the best part. i think the last one is my favorite, i want to go back and experiment with different lenses and shutter speeds. the exploratorium is awesome.

readers cafe

honestly readers cafe might be my favorite job so far. i mean how could it not be. books, blue bottle coffee and great coworkers. not to mention awesome lighting to experiment with my film camera. its an amazing combination.

sunday farmers market

the fort mason farmer's market

i love my standby produce this winter, butternut squash, not to mention learning about new fruits and the beauty of organic garlic, while the last photo could use some improvement, i love our double reflection and jacob's hat. i made this salad with sprouts from the farmer's market, it was delicious. what a wonderful sunday.

wintertime

the colors in this photo are perfect. it epitomizes winter in sf for me. i took this on our way home from the airport and while the mixture of bart, muni and then marin transit were grueling, this photo was worth it. i can feel the crispness in the air.