alexandra's light box: Travel

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Golden Ruins of Napa

Beautiful dusk driving into Napa Valley.

The town of Napa was visibly shaken (excuse the pun) by August 24th's earthquake. I was fast asleep in Oakland, but apparently it was the worst quake in the Bay Area since 1989 and we were surprised to see so much roped off.

At first glance, the Andaz's facade has a kind of rustic Mediterranean thing going on... then you see the missing pieces on the ground below.

This building seems older than the previous ones, but sustained less noticeable damage.

Walked in and out of this place.

My radiant love.

Fun structures on the river walk.

Very important.

Good night from rose at our hotel parking spot.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

A Family Trip to the Bay Area

The day after Raul and I embarked on our westward journey, my mom calls to tell me that she's bought a ticket for San Francisco within a month and a half. Instead of showing them around, we found ourselves being led to explore our new city.

In the couple of hours when Raul and my work schedule overlapped, my dad would take walks around our Oakland neighborhood to photograph it's strange structures and characters. You should see his photos, they speak for themselves:

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Tight-rope at Lake Merritt.

MUIR WOODS

While we didn't hike too far due to some back pain, but we happily snuck some beers on a bench under the trees at the edge of the parking lot.

First trip over the Golden Gate Bridge was on the way back from Marin and into the city. The light was magical, but after years of dreaming of this place, it went by too fast! Raul, mamá y papá walked over a few days later.

Look at this bum! So lucky to have Matias in town as well who, even though he doesn't think so, is right in synch with SF style.

More cousins... and this one lives here, which is a plus! Rose in front of a gallery with strange illusionist (albeit, entertaining) art near Union Square.