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What I’ve been doing for the past three months:

Posted by Clare on August 10th, 2008

June: Eating oysters at Point Reyes and standing around at the San Francisco Pride parade. The parade was entertaining—and heartwarming, what with all the newlyweds—but I still think parades just aren’t quite right without bead-throwing. Or with open container laws.

And then in July: Camping at Utica Reservoir. Without the bear, this time.

Now I’m […]

birthday hike

Posted by Clare on November 22nd, 2007

Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore: 9 1/2 miles of beautiful ocean vistas and elk out the wazoo.

Oo, Baby.

Posted by Clare on September 7th, 2007

So I bought myself a Lensbaby—tilt/shift for the masses—and took it to Kings Canyon last weekend. It’s a fun toy, and even though there are a lot of misfires, what with manual exposure and very imprecise focus control, the cool shots can be really cool.

Threat #1: SOLVED! (kinda)

Posted by Clare on September 6th, 2007

A few weekends ago a big group went to Utica Reservoir out in the Sierra Nevadas for some camping, swimming, and flailing around in a giant inflatable hamster ball.
Car 1 arrived Friday evening and set up camp; Car 2 arrived around three on Saturday morning, set up our tents and passed out. Cars 1 […]

weekend yosemite

Posted by Clare on July 6th, 2007

Q: How many pictures can a person take of the same rocks?
A: Never enough.

   
   

doin’ the bay with noelle

Posted by Clare on June 24th, 2007

Yesterday: Went hiking in Muir Woods

with Noelle

and then walked out onto the Golden Gate Bridge.

some excuses for not posting

Posted by Clare on June 19th, 2007

1. My life is no longer noteworthy to the internets.
2. I’ve been busy getting out and enjoying the ridiculously gorgeous area where I now live.
Wine tasting and driving down the coast with my parents:

And hiking and seeing the sights in the Lake Tahoe area: