Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“But what about the lurkers?”

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

T R E 4 5 O N

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

You are here: Home / Photo Blogging / On The Road / On The Road – Steve from Mendocino – Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class)

On The Road – Steve from Mendocino – Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class)

by | 21 Comments

This post is in: ,

On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

You may recall some lovely Birds in Black & White from the middle of May, which feels like a hundred years ago.  So perhaps it’s fitting that we have photos today that are 50 years old.  It’s been a rough few weeks, but there is much to celebrate!  ~WaterGirl

Steve from Mendocino

The class field trip to San Diego that produced my bird pictures from the zoo also included an assignment to create photos for an imaginary brochure for the city of San Diego. These are the ones that I still enjoy seeing. These shots are all 50 years old.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 6

This first picture is of the Botanical Building in Balboa Park.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 5

I was wandering around in the harbor and came across these guys busing their fishing nets.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 4

Rough and ready hand carved tackle box.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 3

Scripps pier at Lajolla Beach at sunset.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 2

Night shot of San Diego skyline across the bay.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class) 1

UCSD.  My ex wife had an office on the bottom floor of this building.  She was a student teacher of conversational French during the year that I was enrolled at UCSD.

On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Promotional shots of San Diego county tourist attractions (for class)

The fountain at Revel College, UCSD.  Revel was the only college open that year.  Only 2,000 students.  I parted company with UCSD over a philosophical question of whether learning course material was more important than hanging out with hippy buddies, smoking pot, philosophizing, listening to music, taking the free shuttle from campus to the beach, etc..  Art school followed, once I’d repaired my GPA at Los Angeles City College.

Reader Interactions

21Comments

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    1960 seems like a different world now. These photos feel like that other world sent out a Voyager mission with these images for us to wonder at.

  3. 3.

    JPL

    Fun pics and the photos of UCSD are wonderful. You should share them with the school.

  4. 4.

    satby

    @Baud: yes! B&W is a favorite of mine too. Studied Adam’s zone system in photography school and still think it highlights some detail better than color. Almost two entirely different art forms in the same medum.

  8. 8.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo expat)

    Thank you so much! I have childhood memories of the bay and the fish industry. As an Italian, I spent a lot of time around Little Italy. San Diego downtown has changed so much since then. I’m glad to see the revitalization, but I definitely feel nostalgia for seeing these photos.

  11. 11.

    Avalie

    Lovely pics, especially as my daughter graduates from UCSD (also Revelle) this weekend.

  14. 14.

    frosty

    Cool pictures! I was living in San Diego (Ocean Beach) at just about that time. Broke and looking for work during Nixon’s recession.

    B/W seems like a better medium for night photography.

  15. 15.

    Beth

    These are lovely, but am thinking of my day trip to Mendocino the other day. Wish I could be ‘from Mendocino’, too! The beauty there is incomparable.
    Well, maybe just look for a cabin to rent, and dream….

  17. 17.

    DCA

    Since the comments have Adams, and UCSD, how about Adams at UCSD? UC had him photograph all the campuses in 1966 (for the UC Centennial) and published a book of them (title is Fiat Lux, google  “Adams  Fiat Lux” ). UC Riverside holds the negatives (shows up on same search).

  19. 19.

    BigJimSlade

    @Steve from Mendocino: My sister got married at the Albion Inn on the bluffs overlooking the sea – we stayed at the Mendocino Hotel and had a bonfire at the beach that night (a little over 20 years ago).

  20. 20.

    Steve from Mendocino

    @BigJimSlade: Nice.  I was around then, although not taking pictures.  We moved there in early 91 after I’d sold my business.  I wanted to move to France.  My wife wanted to move to Vermont.  We settled on Mendocino.  Turns out it was the best choice for both of us.  I ate at Albion River Inn a number of times during that period, although I preferred Cafe Beaujolais, where we had a standing Thursday night reservation.  It’s been a nice place to grow old.

Comments are closed.