Beacon Grand Hotel from Cartwright Hotel (August 2026)

We just returned from a two-night visit to San Francisco. The Cartwright Hotel was our lodging place, and they had us on the top floor in the fire escape room, which meant we could go out onto the fire escape for this view.

This brought back a ton of memories as I used to go to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel (now called the Beacon Grand Hotel) in the 1980s to obtain autographs of the Cincinnati Reds players.

Posted on August 29th, 2026 under Other. Tags: buildings, california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco. Comments Off on View from Cartwright Hotel

Griffith Observatory from Runyon Canyon Trail

Took a walk (with porn stars) in the morning, and saw Metallica in the evening.

Posted on August 27th, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, landscape, los angeles, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera. Comments Off on Three years ago today…

Posted on August 26th, 2026 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, california, Nikon D750, red bluff round-up rodeo. Comments Off on National Dog Day

Laguna Beach, California (December 2019)

Posted on August 19th, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, laguna beach, landscape, moon, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, pacific ocean, sunset. Comments Off on Venus and the moon over a Three Arch Bay sunset

View from Big Bear Lake (Trinity Alps, California)

Posted on August 16th, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, hiking, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750. Comments Off on 11 years ago today