This week’s wanderings took me from La Jolla to Pacific Beach, from Serra Mesa to North Park. I shot a lot of windows during my people-watching. Highlights included an engaging conversation with my favorite local demigod Slomo.

San Diego collectively said “WTF” yesterday when the area received a tornado warning.

Today I was in North Park, strolling up University Avenue for about half an hour.

I did some last minute shopping of my own, and with the hectic atmosphere inside and outside of the shopping center I couldn’t help but hang around and take a few quick photos.

You won’t find any white Christmas here, but you will get an 80-degree Hanukkah. Maybe that’s nothing to carol about for some, but I bet plenty of people would like to be able to drink iced tea on the beach the weekend before Christmas.

Man that guy was hairy. I was editing an essay to go up in the morning when I got sidetracked by some photos I took on the beach during the summer.

I was in La Jolla enjoying the warm weather when I chatted up some beach-goers. Even though I took 42 photos of the same couple I think my favorite shot is still the very first one. My second favorite is the last of the 42, so it worked out.

When I don’t have anything else to work on, I try to put a few miles on my sneakers with a couple cameras around my neck and my big dorky camera fanny pack bouncing down my hips.

I’ve heard more than one complaint about the frigid weather in San Diego lately. Yesterday’s high was 57 degrees…

In his gym shorts and Army shirt, Sinh Tho Nguyen appeared out of place in the front row of a veteran’s memorial ceremony. But, sitting among dozens of servicemen and veterans in uniform, with various buttons pinned neatly to their caps, Sinh was the guest of honor…