Leo and I took the nice cruise down to Monterey today, to go for some whale watching. It was a really really really REALLY great experience to see these gentle fellows enjoy themselves and their friends, sea lions, seals and seagulls. One whale actually blew up some air 10ft from our boat - but I wasn't quick enough with my camera to take a picture from SO close. The other pictures are on flickr.

After we watched the whales we decided to check out the Monterey Aquarium (they have webcams!), because they have a greate white shark. Unfortunately we arrived at 5:30, and the Aquarium closes at 6pm - and stops letting in people at 5:30. We got rejected, even though we were willing to pay the 2x$20 for the tickets, so we had to sneak into the Aquarium through the exit for free. Ha! ;-)

Good night!

Even though it has not been a particulary gassy day, I thought I'd share this one with you!

[via Sterling via Scott, spelling powered by Kirk]

The quieter the blog, the busier it's owner. So here you go with a few updates!

• Monday: First day sitting at Renkoo.com's Redwood City office. Great people, great project, great time! Wohoow! And also the main reason for me posting so infrequently these days.
• Wednesday: Renkoo sponsored me with baseball tickets to see a Giants game in SBC ball park. It was very cool, and actually not at all boring (like Baseball used to be, for me. But then again, I only watched it on tv, so..). I took a lot of pictures of course, they're in my photoset and start here. Thanks for the ride, Joyce & Adam!
• Saturday: Leo and I took a trip to the San Francisco Zoo which was pretty cool, if it wasn't for the fact that my camera's battery died after 7 pictures. Damnit! But I bought a Charger (I left mine in Augsburg) and a car adapter the next day at bestbuy, so I could take pictures at:
• Sunday: Alcatraz! I've been there about 11 years ago with my dad, and went again on sunday. This time with Leo! It didn't change a lot, but was a very cool trip once again. I took a lot of pictures, which I will upload to flickr once I had the time to load them from my camera. If you plan on going too, I can recommend to buy your tickets from blue & gold fleet, the tickets are $16,50 and you get to stay on Alcatraz as long as you like. I saw some sites that were offering Alcatraz trips for as much as $36, and in the fine print you could read that they don't even let you go on the island.
• Monday: Eric of zazzle.com invited us Renkooks to check out their facilities. They make T-Shirts, Mugs, Stamps and Posters with custom pictures on them. It was a really cool trip with (funny) insights on their business. Thanks, guys!

While strolling around on flickr today, I stumbled upon this shot.

You have to admit, they look alike. In case you want to know who invented that portrait style in the first place, it was my man Andrij Lukowicz: