Brian's Field

San Mateo - Downtown Views

El Camino Real

View of the Bay

Downtown roofs

Luxury apartment buildings

Abandoned at 100 Years

Morning, Winter, Downtown

Pictures of downtown San Mateo taken on this chilly, lovely morning.

Panettone

This from the bottom of a cardboard box containing one Panettone, the popular Christmas loaf from Italy

Da consumarsi preferibilimente entro

A consommer de préfèrence avant le

A consumir preferentemente antes de

Best before

(and right below these, an imprint of the date)

The point I’m making is that the Romance languages are so much wordier than English.

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Full Frontals

Took my car in today for an oil change and regular service.

Had an hour to kill, so strolled through the neighborhood
and snapped a few photos of some storybook houses.

In these parts, we have fall colors in the wintertime.

A stroll in San Bruno

Forget the Christmas lights. Just repaint the shutters.

No garage, but there's ample outdoor parking.

A sunlit back room in a quiet neighborhood.

A charming entry but no front yard to speak of.

Elina Garanca sings "Ave Maria"

This will bring tears to your eyes.

Pills

It's what you put

into your mouth –

all those chemicals

with long names

that you

don't bother

to question —

that in the end

will meet

their cousins

inside you

to make

trouble.