When the lights go down in the City.
And the sun shines on the Bay.
Do I want to be there in my city?
Journey: Lights
Setting sun reflected on Oakland/Berkeley windows. 23Jan2011.
January 25, 2011
And the sun shines on the Bay.
October 6, 2010
Busy day on the Bay
Busy day in front of our perch. Traffic jam on the Bay: the usual ferries and sailboats plus the Rocket Boat and container ships AND the ISLAND PRINCESS docked this morning at P27. The USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD8) came in to P30/32 with a fireboat splashing a welcoming spray. The ISLAND PRINCESS and the NORWEGIAN STAR (P35) have now gone with the tides. More US Navy and Canadian Navy ships expected in port soon for Fleet Week.
October 5, 2010
September 28, 2010
October 6th! A celebration!
Can you see this?
Can you see what I'm seeing?
Now can you see what I'm seeing?
Found on the Port site — when I was checking to see what line sailed the Zuiderdam, currently docked at P27, down the hill — was this announcement:
San Francisco will celebrate the inaugural connection of a cruise ship to shoreside electrical power on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 11:00 AM, at Pier 27.
Please mark your calendars.
… which means that cruise ships docked at P27 will no longer have to keep their engines running, and spewing crap into our air, to have electricity while they’re in port. Hooray!
(The Zuiderdam, for those interested, is a Holland America Line ship.)
June 12, 2010
Saturday morning.
Fresh wind rippled the bay. Coast Guard station on Yerba Buena Island. Mount Diablo in the background.
Sail boat. Saturday morning.
May 9, 2010
The Kaiwo Maru sets sail.
Cadets in the rigging
Rising Sun flying
Ceremonial farewell from one of the SFFD fireboats
Next stop, Honolulu.
May 6, 2010
Busy times at Pier 27
The Kaiwo Maru arrived yesterday and will be moored at P27 until Sunday.
Kaiwo Maru - Japanese four-masted barque
Looks pretty all lit up at night.
Kaiwo Maru as sun sets
Earlier in the week the Golden Bear was here overnight for “a California Maritime Academy alumni reception.” Ah, those receptions. …
California Bear arrives with the tidal bore. 02 May 2010
And for a couple days before that the F/V Frosti was moored at P27. Current task, roaming from San Francisco to San Diego surveying sardines for CalCOFI.
All-in-all a very busy time for the pier.
August 2, 2009
August 1, 2009
July 30, 2009
Tugs helping APL container ship into port this AM.
The engine(s) don’t seem to be working. Tugs are guiding the ship into the Port of Oakland.