Tag Archives: San Francisco Bay Area

Thankful

So thankful this year is coming to a close. Need a free tip? Stay healthy! Employment health? Not so much either. The “seasonally adjusted” employment figure for California looks okay but November 2016 is a repeat of 2015 with a … Continue reading

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Frame (in Frame)

The concept of using a frame in a frame is an old one in photography. There are times it works well and then there are times that the inside frame may be superfluous. The first frame is your viewfinder (or … Continue reading

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Spare

It’s really a spare structure… concrete and steel. Little in the way of ornamentation. It just happens to sit across a scenic gap between points of land in Northern California. It is worth a visit if you can spare some … Continue reading

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Landscape

It’s no April Fool’s Joke when Cheri Lucas Rowlands lays down a landscape photo challenge. Cheri has even provided some helpful hints on getting it right. Laying out a landscape photo is not as easy as it looks. I know. … Continue reading

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Are Old Home Prices Coming Back?

Skip the year-over-year price trend and look at the median home price data over the past month, three months and six months. Not a lot going on here with prices slowly trending flat to downward. Only San Francisco shows much … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight(less)

Another week gone by but this one is different! Welcome to the first week of 2016. It’s the week where you keep writing 2015 as the date. The week where you most frequently practice crossing out and initialing your mistakes! … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Gathering

Winter in Northern California. It’s been a normal winter so far here in NorCal. That means we find rain in the rain gauge instead of dust. As I sit at my desk and look out my window I see clouds … Continue reading

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Winter Blues

No Seasonal Affective Disorder here… just bright blue skies after showers. And rain! We’ve had rain! Yay to no more drought! It’s been a few dry years here in California. It’s nice when the hazy California Sun gives way to … Continue reading

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Hallowed Data

October has come and gone and the California Employment Development Department and CoreLogic have just updated data on employment in the San Francisco Bay Area and median housing prices, respectively. Look here for CA EDD October employment data. Total employment … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Victory

Friday the 13th! I shoulda stayed in bed! I got up… I had two cups of coffee… I survived (most of the day)… I claim victory over paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th). Back to Krista’s Photo Challenge: Victory… Sports … Continue reading

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