love from the bay

Sunday, February 3, 2013

looks like Summer and feels like Spring

a little city camouflage

Sunday, January 27, 2013

pizza and editing photos on a Saturday night

After an afternoon at the farmers market and Good Food tasting I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening editing and uploading photos. Before 11PM I raced to Tony's Pizza Napoletana to pick up a pizza to help me work late into the night, and it worked.. along with Saturday Night Live on in the background.

Good Food!

I walked down to the Ferry Building Farmers Market and was overjoyed to see the Good Food event. "The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced." Well, the winners were all lined up at the Ferry Building with their winning food ready for tasting. For $5 you could sample all of the winning coffee, preserves, chocolates, cheese, and charcuterie. I saw a few familiar faces from Portland which warmed my heart and sipped a little too much Portland Heart coffee which had me feeling like I was vibrating with energy. I forgot to mention that as soon as I lined up for the first sample I quickly found myself behind Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and a local hero as she brought gardens to so many public schools. The citrus at the market seemed to glow electric pink. I crossed a patch of clover on my walk home and felt like with my luck there had to be one or two four leafed clovers smiling back at me.

apple pie (scone) for breakfast

I was able to sleep in a little this morning before heading straight to Arizmendi for an apple pie scone and strong cup of coffee before greeting fourth and fifth graders with the days art lessons. The past few Fridays have had me teaching dangerously close to this beloved bakery and is becoming affectionately known as happy scone Friday.

Handful of Salt magazine launch party

I was asked to photograph the Handful of Salt magazine launch party and it was awesome! Handful of Salt is a locally based publication with a focus on craft and design, two of my passions. The event was a success and there were so many talented and kind people in the room sipping fancy cocktails and perusing all the wonderful works on display at The New Black space with crystal encrusted lights, ceramic vessels, and gorgeous furniture. Above are a few of my favorites from the evening. If you want to look at a few other photographs from the event on the Handful of Salt website click here. To see their online publication click here.

hugs and love,

Bayle Doetch

afternoon pick me up at beloved four barrel

I taught art to the little ones and needed a little energy boost so I stopped in at Four Barrel Coffee for a chocolate chip walnut cookie and iced coffee to go. This was the perfect pick me up. Four Barrel has a special place in my heart as Jeremy, the guy who started the business is a friend from when I lived in Portland, OR. We use to sling coffee together there and he was and still is one of the hardest working and most driven people I know. Coming in as a patron and seeing his continued success is always inspring... and the coffee is incredible. Here in California we tried to pass a law requiring food companies to label their products with any genetically modified ingredients. This wasn't passed, but FB decided to swap out their soy milk that wasn't clear on ingredients with an almond milk brand that clearly labeled their products as being free of gm ingredients. This is just one more reason to love this local business.

Queen Elizabeth by the newspaper stand

an evening walk revealed this new wheat paste stencil art just a few inches above the sidewalk. The red enamel background and small light was the perfect placement to illuminate this portrait. Thanks street artists.

adventure is in your future

I picked up my favorite Chinese takeout (garlic eggplant + general tsao chicken) after work from Yum Yum. Of course one of the best parts of Chinese food is the fortune cookie fortune and this one is pretty perfect as I really want more adventure in 2013.

p.s. The fortune cookie is another fabulous San Francisco invention.

so smitten with the tiny thumbnail moon

Photo Hunt Challenge

I woke up early and raced to Blue Bottle Coffee for a New Orleans ice coffee with chicory to wake up my senses before the photo hunt challenge began. The Contemporary Jewish Art Museum has had a few photo assignments through Instagram inspired by their current NY photo exhibit. After snapping pics all over downtown SF I was inspired to keep snapping away as I meandered home. The light was reflecting off the windows and bouncing off brick walls in Chinatown before the thumbnail moon showed up making for a magical night of lights.