A couple weeks ago my husband and I went  to San Francisco for an honest to goodness vacation (something we decided to do more since our honeymoon). We visited Sonoma and drank some wine and spent a night in Guerneville, where we took a leisurely morning walk through the redwoods. Even though we lived in San Francisco for about a year, we had never visited Alcatraz (it’s only $15 a ticket but back in those days…). I have to say that Alcatraz had some of the best photo-ops our whole visit. Next trip back I will focus on my project on photographing all the structures on Jones Street that I adore. Here are some of my favorites from the trip, including one of me on sunny Alcatraz!

I loved the “Be A Litter Getter” sign at the Armstrong Redwoods National Reserve…perhaps Dunkin’ Donuts could join the rest of civilization and stop serving their coffee in styrofoam cups…just saying.

I have to say, it was hard to picture Alcatraz as a miserable place with all that gorgeous sunshine! Some of the cells actually had windows across from them…the guide said that those were coveted cells and sometimes on New Years Eve, if the wind was right, it would carry the sound from San Francisco to the island and the inmates could hear the parties and laughter…