Articles about public events that I attended and photographed, like parades and festivals.
There cannot be a duck race in the park without real ducks around, now, can it? :-) So, while all the focus was on the little yellow rubber ducks (and the million dollar they were racing for), the feathered ducks were enjoying beautiful Vasona park in Los Gatos. And they were not the only interesting […]
Wonderful day today at the Vason Park in Los Gatos, where the 4th Annual Silicon Valley Duck Race just took place. The weather seems to have finally caught up with the calendar, and we got a gorgeous bright and warm (even hot) day today. The Silicon Valley Duck Race and Festival is basically a fundraising […]
This last Saturday/Sunday was the 33rd Annual San Francisco Carnaval. I had seen pictures of this festival, but never really knew the date it is held; it was a pleasant surprise to see it overlapping with the Memorial Day long weekend, as it gave me the opportunity to attend. As in many of these events, […]
Attending this event has already become a tradition for me at different levels. Although this was my third year attending in a row, the charm the “dia de los muertos” has on me has not faded by any bit. The procession – masks, colors, noise and dance – it’s all part of a choreography that […]
I was down in Central California over this long weekend. Weather was nice, could have been some warmer (that’s the common complain this year, isn’t it?), but had a very good time. Pacific weather still tricks my expectations, and finding a cold, foggy beach is still somewhat of a surprise to me, but then I […]
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