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2009 - The Year in Review (Photos)

Looking over the Western Addition

A new year, and a new decade are upon us! Here is my annual photographic review of the year. More travels, moving, a new job. So sit down and come along for the ride.

You can also see my past year in reviews for 2008 and 2007.

January 2009

January started out with a short, surprise trip down the coast to Half Moon Bay and Moss Beach. Kerry surprised me for my birthday, and we stayed at a phenomenal bed and breakfast for the weekend.

Moss Beach

Moss Beach

Kerry and Dave at Moss Beach

MacWorld came to town. It was my first time visiting the convention. Naturally, we geeked out on all the cool companies that were demoing products.

Moscone Center

San Francisco residents wasted no time in finding something to protest over.

BART Protest at Civic Center

BART Protest at Civic Center

One of my favorite punk bands of all time, Tsunami Bomb, reunited for one final show in Petaluma.

Tsunami Bomb - Agent M

Tsunami Bomb - Mike Griffen

Tsunami Bomb - Mike Griffen

February 2009

A number of friends embarked on the great Burrito Ingredients Scavenger Hunt: scouring the city's taquerias for the best individual ingredients they have, and building our own, epic burrito.

Burrito Scavenger Hunt

Burrito Scavenger Hunt - David

Burrito Scavenger Hunt

My sister was in town for a brief visit.

Michelle and Dave

This year, instead of checking out the annual pillow fight, a few of us decided to check out Toronado's annual Barley Wine Festival.

Toronado

Michelle

Kerry

We paid a visit to the Mission for the Grilled Cheese Sandwich battle.

Mission Dolores Park

March 2009

Donated some blood. (Gross!)

Donating blood.

Awaited the results of the California Supreme Court's ruling on Prop 8.

Crowd

Police Presence

Had a good view from my apartment of a rally for Tibet, as they marched towards the Chinese Consulate.

Free Tibet Now Protest on Geary Street

I walked across the entire Golden Gate Bridge for the first time in my life.

Golden Gate Bridge

Pi-Day celebrations! 3.14

Pi Day

Took a stroll through Golden Gate Park. Beautiful as always.

Turtle Kisses

Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park

April 2009

We went on a backpacking trip to Big Basin State Park

Backpacking in Big Basin

Backpacking in Big Basin

May 2009

Another month, another backpacking trip! This time, to California's Lost Coast.

Lost Coast

Lost Coast

Lost Coast - Our Shelter

And encountered wild life.

Curious Sea Lion

Attended the Maker Faire and saw some great art and inventions.

Maker Faire 2009

Maker Faire 2009

June 2009

A curious cat.

Tosh

Robogames 2009!

Robogames 2009 - Day 1, Friday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Thursday Setup

Robogames 2009 - Thursday Setup

July 2009

Enjoying some drinks on a lazy summer day.

A well deserved drink after the end of a long week.

Kerry and I took a whale watching trip out to the Farallon Islands.

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

August 2009

We had our gdgt SF party to celebrate the launch of our website!

gdgt launch party: crowd

gdgt launch party: team gdgt

Big road trip time! We embarked for Canada.

Sawtooth Range in Northern Idaho

Sawtooth Range, Idaho - Panorama

Rocky Mountains in Idaho

More of Idaho

Rocky Mountains in Idaho

Snake River Gorge - Twin Falls, Idaho

Hamilton, Montana

Hamilton, Montana - Night Shot

Kootenay National Park, Canada

Kootenay National Park

Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada

Athabasca Glacier - Panorama

Athabasca Glacier

Athabasca Glacier

Banff, Canada

Banff

Banff

Banff

Cave and Basin

Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Vancouver, BC

Vancouver

Totem Poles in Vancouver

Totem Poles in Vancouver

Victoria, BC

Victoria, British Columbia

Ferry to Victoria, British Columbia

Space Needle in Seattle

Space Needle

Space Needle

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens - Panorama

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

We returned from our road trip to cheer our friends on in SF Food Wars.

Random photos from @sffoodwars

Random photos from @sffoodwars

Random photos from @sffoodwars

September 2009

Got to shoot an Apple Keynote / Stevenote for gdgt!

What's in my bag?

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Cal Academy

Lizards at the Cal Academy

Penguins at the Cal Academy of Sciences

Walked around San Francisco and took some random photos.

Old brewery in the Inner Sunset

Tommy's Joynt

Someone in the neighborhood must have been pretty angry with Muni.

Muni Shelter at Geary and Laguna

Someone told this muni shelter what was up.

Flew to New York City at the end of the month for gdgt's NYC launch party. Hello Virgin America!

All aboard!

NYC!

New York City

Ess-A-Bagel

October 2009

Visited New York City for the gdgt NYC event. While there, I visited the newly created High Line Park.

High Line Park in NYC

Highline Park

Highline Park

gdgt NYC at the Manhattan Center!

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

The Blue Angels came to town for Fleet Week 2009

Blue Angel #7 High Speed Pass

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Headed up to Tomales Bay for some friendly oyster shucking.

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Wished my apartment of the past 3 years, so long!

Carillon Towers

Last sunset at the apartment. It was fantastic as always.

Last Sunset at the Carillon

Adjusted to living with one of my new roommates.

Tosh

Tosh

The end of October meant that Halloween parties were neigh!

Kerry and Dave

Cupcakes

Kerry

80's Rockers

Group Photo

Jack and his ladies

Walking through our neighborhood at night.

Near Buena Vista Park

November 2009

Since I had recently purchased a Canon S90, I decided that the Cal Academy would be the perfect place to break it in.

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Checked out the museum at SFO

SFO Museum

SFO Museum

SFO Museum

Beautiful fall days in San Francisco

San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge

Beautiful fall nights in San Francisco

Haight Street

San Francisco sunset

San Francisco Evening

December 2009

Kerry and I saw Cirque du Soleil's OVO show when it came to town.

Cirque du Soleil

(And I got yelled at for taking photos...)

Cirque du Soleil

Attended the Laughing Squid Un-holiday Party at the Gallery With No Name. And saw their neon Jelly Fish.

Laughing Squid Un-Holiday Party

Laughing Squid Un-Holiday Party

Don't forget, Santacon / Santarchy made an appearance in San Francisco!

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Some of my companions during the day. (Because the only currency on the internet are cat photos).

Tosh and Tegan

2008 - The Year in Review (Photos)

At the beginning of 2008, I wrote a post summarizing my year in review (2007) - featuring photos I took throughout the year. 2008 has been an equally busy year, with a lot happening. Follow along as I do a photographic year in review for 2008!

Click below to read more and see all the photos!

Janauary 2008

January started off with a quick road trip up to Bolinas to check out some surfing action (on the same weekend that the famous Maverick's tournament was happening).

Checking things out

And in a perfect example of the California attitude and climate, it was also a perfect time to go snowboarding. We went a number of times in January. My Snowboarding Ninja made a return as well, when we took to the slopes at Alpine Meadows.

Dave - Snowboarding Ninja

February 2008

February involved a lot more snowboarding.

Dave - Snowboarding Drive-By

Don't forget the annual pillow fight on Valentines Day!

SF Pillow Fight - 2008

Laughter

SF Pillow Fight - 2008

Pillow Angels?

And we went to Tahoe... again...

Crappy Driving Conditions

March 2008

I went to the San Francisco Zoo.

No clue what this bird is...

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Lion

We also had some ridiculous sunsets...

It's like 100 beautiful days anywhere else...

San Francisco - Dusk HDR

Don't forget about Pi Day! (3.14 or March 14th). Here is an awesome pecan pie that I made.

Pecan Pie for Pi Day! (3.14!)

And there was a St. Patrick's Day Parade

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2008

St. Patrick's Day Parade 2008

We did a backpacking trip to Syke's Hot Springs near Big Sur.

Duct Taped Feet

Toilet!

Meghan and Dave

Campsite

Also, I woke up early one morning to try and catch a sunrise.

San Francisco Sunrise

April 2008

Saw a former professor speak about tornadoes at an Ask A Scientist event and shot some photos of it.

The Venue - Axis Cafe

Doppler Slide

The big news of this month was the Olympic Torch for the Beijing Games making its only North American stop. I went to the protests that resulted and saw Desmond Tutu and others speak.

Olympic Torch Mobile - Moving Locations

Desmond Tutu

San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay and Protests

San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay and Protests

San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay and Protests

San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay and Protests

Poster

San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay and Protests

We also had another camping trip to Monterey and checked out the Monterey Bay Aquarium while we were there.

silhouette

Light Painting

Fire

Making Dinner

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Capitola Beach Fossils

Capitola Beach Fossils

May 2008

Our family took a trip to Kauai!

Flight Schedule

Hideaways Beach, Kauai

Trail to Hideaways Beach, Kauai

BBQ

Red Hibiscus

Green Flash

Red Sky at Night (Sailor's Delight)

Catching Fish

Hanalei Valley

More awesome sunsets in San Francisco...

1,000 Sunsets

And the wacky, annual Bay to Breakers race.

Sunburnt Already?

Flight of the Conchords

Ambigiously Gay Duo

Fake Police

Duff Girl

Also, checked out some of the art at the Albany Bulb.

Albany Bulb

Albany Bulb

Albany Bulb

Albany Bulb

June 2008

June was pretty mellow. It started off with my friend Sanjin and I launching a new website.

Hipsterate - Rate a Hipster

Checked out the RoboGames.

RoboGames 2008 in San Francisco

RoboGames 2008 in San Francisco

RoboGames 2008 in San Francisco

RoboGames 2008 in San Francisco

July 2008

This was a big month for me! Traveling to Europe!

First stop, Dublin, Ireland.

Downtown Dublin

Dublin

Trinity College - Dublin

Sanjin leads the way towards Guinness

Guinness Brewery - Wooden Keg

Cool Architecture

Self Portraits - Dave and Sanjin

Barcelona, Spain!

Walking Down an Alley

Dave looking over Barcelona

Barcelona Beach art

Walking around in Barcelona

Mary, Sanjin and Dave enjoying beer in a lounge

Sagrada Familia

Missed Flights, Delayed Trains

Croatia and the Adriatic Sea!

Sunset on Pomena, Mljet Island

Sailing

The group swimming near Prozurska Luka

Hvar at Night

Dave diving into water

Hvar Island

Korcula

Korcula

Sipan Island

Final Port of Call: Entering Dubrovnik with Friends

Final Port of Call: Entering Dubrovnik with Friends

Old Town Dubrovnik at Night

Old Town Dubrovnik from the City Walls

Old Town Dubrovnik - Croatia

August 2008

August ended up being a mellow month. Mostly because once I returned from my vacation, I was laid off! Ouch. So I went home for a bit for a friend's surprise party... and to check on my pets.

Axl and Ariel

Michelle's Persian Cat - Guera

Surprise Nate!

I also managed to sneak in a trip to Dodger Stadium!

Dodger Stadium - Dodgers vs. Brewers

Dodger Stadium - Dodgers vs. Brewers

Dodger Stadium Fireworks

Toward the end of the month, one of my favorite bands ever went on a reunion tour. Hot Water Music!

Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music at The Regency in San Francisco, CA

Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music at The Regency in San Francisco, CA

Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music at The Regency in San Francisco, CA

The end of the month was rounded out by a camping trip up to Lassen National Park.

Camp Food

Camp Dinner Time

Hiking up Mt. Lassen

Hiking up Mt. Lassen

Night Sky near Mt. Lassen

September 2008

Bummed around San Francisco for a bit and took photos. (Of course)

Old School Golden Gate Bridge

Cool Globes in San Francisco

Crabs at Fisherman's Wharf

Golden Gate Bridge Sunset

San Francisco Waterfront at Night

San Francisco Waterfront at Night

Watched the Presidential Debates...

Debate Party

Checked out the Conservatory of Flowers and their great butterfly exhibit as well.

Conservatory of Flowers - Butterflies

Conservatory of Flowers - Butterflies

Dhalia Garden - Conservatory of Flowers

October 2008

Made a trip to the newly opened Cal Academy of Sciences.

California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

Fleet Week in San Francisco meant that the Blue Angels made a return to the skies above the city.

San Francisco Fleet Week 2008 - Blue Angels Survey and Practice Flights

San Francisco Fleet Week 2008 - Blue Angels Survey and Practice Flights

San Francisco Fleet Week 2008 - Blue Angels

Blue Angels from the Roof of Our Apartment Near Downtown San Francisco

Blue Angels from the Roof of Our Apartment Near Downtown San Francisco

And then Angel Island caught on fire. As seen from the roof of our apartment:

Angel Island Fire

Photos from the roof of our apartment building.

Dusk over the Mission

Halloween approaching also meant that Batman was officially on duty.

Batman likes to read.

And the coming election also meant political street art and graffiti were on the rise.

Street Art - Obamarxism?

November 2008

Fog rolling over the Golden Gate.

Shots around the apartment building...

Yet Another Sunset

Carillon Towers Sunset

Shots around San Francisco

Hotel Mentone

Tenderloin National Forest

Tenderloin National Forest

All Alone

Peace in the Tenderloin

Palace of Fine Arts

Photojojo Photo Safari - Treasure Island

Visited the Cal Academy of Science again.

California Academy of Sciences

Living Roof at California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

Also organized some photo safaris for the website Photojojo.com!

Went back to my parent's house in Southern California for Thanksgiving and bummed around Mentone for a bit.

aMentone, California - Water Tower

Mentone, California

Also observed the Happy Face conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon!

A Night in Moorpark

Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon

December 2008

Drove back up to Northern California and did some geology geeking along the way. Here is the La Conchita Landslide.

La Conchita Landslide - 4 Years Later

Back in San Francisco and more photos!

Sutro Tower

Palace of Fine Arts

CupCake Camp 2 happened.

CupCake Camp 2

CupCake Camp 2

CupCake Camp 2

CupCake Camp 2

Shot a private event at the Cal Academy of Sciences.

California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences

Got a press credential for the American Geophysical Union conference too!

2008 AGU Fall Meeting

AGU Press Badge

Don't forget about Santacon!

And finally, went to my parent's house for Christmas to visit the family and see old friends. I managed to get some golfing in...

And also checked out the Mission Inn and it's Christmas Lights.

Mission Inn Christmas Lights

Dave and Kerry at the Festival of Lights

Mission Inn Christmas Lights

Mission Inn Christmas Lights

Oh, and the year wouldn't be complete without protests in San Francisco.

Gaza Unity Protest in San Francisco

Gaza Unity Protest in San Francisco

Ended the year by going up to the Marin Headlands and capturing a few shots of the always amazing, Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge at Night

Golden Gate Bridge at Night

Wow. What a year! Here's to hoping the 2009 is even more eventful, exciting, and beautiful!

Favorite tracks according to Last.FM

According to Last.fm, here is the list of songs I've listened to most often.

I'll embed some of the music I can find below.

1.) "Here We Go" by Dispatch

Here We Go (07.13.07) - DISPATCH

2.) "Drive" by Angie Mattson (I've shot photos of her before)

3.) "King Without a Crown" by Matisyahu

Matisyahu |MTV Music

4.) "The General" by Dispatch

5.) "Camilo" by State Radio (perhaps my favorite song ever... at least right now)

6.) "Mass Destruction" by Faithless

Faithless |MTV Music

7.) "Bongo Bong" by Manu Chao

Fear not... I am alive!

Wow. It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a year since I last posted! Thanks to graduating from college, getting a real job and figuring out how life works in the real world, I've sort of neglected my poor webpage. Perhaps 2008 will be a time to change that.

2007 was an absolutely amazing year though. How do I even begin to catch people up on what has gone on? Perhaps the best way at the moment is through Flickr.

Cathedral Hill HDR - Looking North

Click on through, as I take you on a photographic journey of the last 12 months...

January 2007Moved into a new apartment the previous month and still figuring out the new neighborhood. Of course, the view from our living room is absolutely amazing. This is an HDR photo that I took one evening.

Cathedral Hill HDR - Looking West

Of course on January 9th, I was mugged and fought the attacker off with my tripod.

My Hero.

FebruaryOn Super Bowl Sunday, the Queen Mary 2 came to San Francisco for the first time to pay a visit. Went down to the Bay to watch it come in. What a *huge* boat.

QM2

There was a Valentine's Day pillow fight.Broken Pillow

35 minutes...

Later in the month, my roommates and newfound friends rented a cabin in Lake Tahoe for a weekend of snowboarding and skiing. It was a blast. Fortunately, this wasn't our cabin.

Also Buried

It was also the first time I've ever put snow chains on a vehicle. It's a huge pain when it's windy, cold and snowing.

Putting chains on

MarchMarch was a month punctuated by BBQ's and anti-war protests. I love San Francisco.

Greg

More Peace

AprilIn April, two of our friends left for a two-year around-the-world trip. To celebrate, we ventured out to the East Bay to connect with the flora and fauna.

Just a cow

Posing

Lunchtime!

MayThis month featured a trip to the island of Kauai, as well as San Francisco's annual (and crazy) Bay to Breakers event.

Kalalau Lookout Panorama

Mid Air

Bay to Breakers 2007He's sort of like a gay Robin Hood...

Wheel Chair Race...

I was also the official photographer for a website launch party (www.thebarbook.com)BarBook Launch Party

And I was also punched in the face at a bar. That was fun.Bar Fights are Fun...

JuneCamping trips with friends!

Meghan and Dave

Group eating lunch

And of course, jumping into icy mountain streams...Wow... that is COLD.

JulyWow. July has few pictures. I did buy an iPhone and took a picture with that...

Penguin at work

AugustA pretty low key month as well. Traveled to Southern California for a bit thanks to work. Also took photos of various bands.

This is a friend of a friend's band called Smith Point

Smith Point - 19

This is Little Yellow PerfectLittle Yellow Perfect - 09

This is SquaretapeSquaretape  - 45

SeptemberSeptember was the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. So we celebrated in true San Francisco fashion.

SF Summer of Love - 40th Anniversary - 1

OctoberZombies attacked San Francisco! Luckily, I was there to document the event. And my photos were posted on a variety of websites.

Zombie Flashmob - 10

Chicken John! (This dude was running for Mayor of San Francisco)Zombie Flashmob - 12 - Chicken John!

Zombie Flashmob - 19

Fleet Week also happened this month and featured the Blue Angels paying a visit to San Francisco. Nothing short of awesome.Fleet Week - Blue Angels - 09

Fleet Week - Blue Angels - 19

NovemberVisited my sister in New York City. That was my first time there. Awesome!

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DecemberAngie Mattson came to town!

Angie Mattson

Angie Mattson

And we went snowboarding in Tahoe at the end of the month.Arash, Dave and Sasank

Snowboarding Ninja

And no trip (or year for that matter) is complete without a stop at your local In N' Out burger.Dave and In N' Out

So there you have it. My life in 2007, in photos. What a great year! Here's to hoping that 2008 is even more amazing.