napa valley.

taken on: may 22, 2011. chateau montelena, napa valley, sf.

oyster shucking.

taken on: May 21, 2011 Hog Island Oysters, Tomales Bay, SF.

Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven must look at night. CHUCK PALAHNIUK (Invisible Monsters). 

 taken on: may 7, 2011. marquee nightclub, cosmopolitan. 

Bond: Just a drink, a Martini, shaken not stir. 

taken on: may 7, 2011. del friscos double eagle steakhouse, 007 wine table, las vegas. 

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. Sir Philip Sidney. 

taken on: may 3, 2011. santa monica. 

Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.

taken on: may 3, 2011. santa monica. 

The magic is as wide as a smile and as narrow as a wink, loud as laughter and quiet as a tear, tall as a tale and deep as emotion. So strong, it can lift the spirit. So gentle, it can touch the heart. It is the magic that begins the happily ever after. Disneyland Imagineer. 

taken on: may 2, 2011. the golden zephyr, california adventure. 

There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. [picks up his hat] Which luckily I am. The Mad Hatter (2010). 

taken on: may 1, 2011. Tea-Cups, Disneyland. 

“Even miracles take a little time.” Fairy Godmother (Cinderella)

taken on: may 2, 2011. Paradise Pier & Golden Zephyr, California Adventure.

“Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round…All the kids tried to grap for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she’s fall off the goddam horse, but I didn’t say or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to them.”  J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)

taken on: may 2, 2011. king arthur’s carousel, disneyland. 

Minnie: Ah… Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Oh! Look Daisy! Mickey and I have the same last name! Ah… 
Daisy: Well, It must be destiny. Good thing destiny doesn’t control my love life. 
Minnie: Well, what’d you mean? 
Daisy: Well look at me. If it did, I’d get stuck with mister… 
[imitating Donald, both laughing] 

taken on: may 1, 2011. disneyland. 

i roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Leonardo da Vinci

taken on may 9, 2011. the country, diamond bar, ca.

17/365. sugar snap pea salad with ginger-sesame dressing. 

taken on: january 17, 2011. chef malice’s kitchen. 

16/365. praying for things to look up. 

12/365. us against the world. 

taken on: january 12, 2011.