2009 – The Year in Review (Photos)

Looking over the Western Addition

A new year, and a new decade are upon us! Here is my annual photographic review of the year. More travels, moving, a new job. So sit down and come along for the ride.

You can also see my past year in reviews for 2008 and 2007.

January 2009

January started out with a short, surprise trip down the coast to Half Moon Bay and Moss Beach. Kerry surprised me for my birthday, and we stayed at a phenomenal bed and breakfast for the weekend.

Moss Beach

Moss Beach

Kerry and Dave at Moss Beach

MacWorld came to town. It was my first time visiting the convention. Naturally, we geeked out on all the cool companies that were demoing products.

Moscone Center

San Francisco residents wasted no time in finding something to protest over.

BART Protest at Civic Center

BART Protest at Civic Center

One of my favorite punk bands of all time, Tsunami Bomb, reunited for one final show in Petaluma.

Tsunami Bomb - Agent M

Tsunami Bomb - Mike Griffen

Tsunami Bomb - Mike Griffen

February 2009

A number of friends embarked on the great Burrito Ingredients Scavenger Hunt: scouring the city’s taquerias for the best individual ingredients they have, and building our own, epic burrito.

Burrito Scavenger Hunt

Burrito Scavenger Hunt - David

Burrito Scavenger Hunt

My sister was in town for a brief visit.

Michelle and Dave

This year, instead of checking out the annual pillow fight, a few of us decided to check out Toronado’s annual Barley Wine Festival.

Toronado

Michelle

Kerry

We paid a visit to the Mission for the Grilled Cheese Sandwich battle.

Mission Dolores Park

March 2009

Donated some blood. (Gross!)

Donating blood.

Awaited the results of the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Prop 8.

Crowd

Police Presence

Had a good view from my apartment of a rally for Tibet, as they marched towards the Chinese Consulate.

Free Tibet Now Protest on Geary Street

I walked across the entire Golden Gate Bridge for the first time in my life.

Golden Gate Bridge

Pi-Day celebrations! 3.14

Pi Day

Took a stroll through Golden Gate Park. Beautiful as always.

Turtle Kisses

Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park

April 2009

We went on a backpacking trip to Big Basin State Park

Backpacking in Big Basin

Backpacking in Big Basin

May 2009

Another month, another backpacking trip! This time, to California’s Lost Coast.

Lost Coast

Lost Coast

Lost Coast - Our Shelter

And encountered wild life.

Curious Sea Lion

Attended the Maker Faire and saw some great art and inventions.

Maker Faire 2009

Maker Faire 2009

June 2009

A curious cat.

Tosh

Robogames 2009!

Robogames 2009 - Day 1, Friday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Day 2, Saturday

Robogames 2009 - Thursday Setup

Robogames 2009 - Thursday Setup

July 2009

Enjoying some drinks on a lazy summer day.

A well deserved drink after the end of a long week.

Kerry and I took a whale watching trip out to the Farallon Islands.

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

Whale Watching Trip

August 2009

We had our gdgt SF party to celebrate the launch of our website!

gdgt launch party: crowd

gdgt launch party: team gdgt

Big road trip time! We embarked for Canada.

Sawtooth Range in Northern Idaho

Sawtooth Range, Idaho - Panorama

Rocky Mountains in Idaho

More of Idaho

Rocky Mountains in Idaho

Snake River Gorge - Twin Falls, Idaho

Hamilton, Montana

Hamilton, Montana - Night Shot

Kootenay National Park, Canada

Kootenay National Park

Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada

Athabasca Glacier - Panorama

Athabasca Glacier

Athabasca Glacier

Banff, Canada

Banff

Banff

Banff

Cave and Basin

Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Vancouver, BC

Vancouver

Totem Poles in Vancouver

Totem Poles in Vancouver

Victoria, BC

Victoria, British Columbia

Ferry to Victoria, British Columbia

Space Needle in Seattle

Space Needle

Space Needle

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens - Panorama

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

Oregon Caves National Monument

We returned from our road trip to cheer our friends on in SF Food Wars.

Random photos from @sffoodwars

Random photos from @sffoodwars

Random photos from @sffoodwars

September 2009

Got to shoot an Apple Keynote / Stevenote for gdgt!

What's in my bag?

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Apple - It's Only Rock N' Roll event

Cal Academy

Lizards at the Cal Academy

Penguins at the Cal Academy of Sciences

Walked around San Francisco and took some random photos.

Old brewery in the Inner Sunset

Tommy's Joynt

Someone in the neighborhood must have been pretty angry with Muni.

Muni Shelter at Geary and Laguna

Someone told this muni shelter what was up.

Flew to New York City at the end of the month for gdgt’s NYC launch party. Hello Virgin America!

All aboard!

NYC!

New York City

Ess-A-Bagel

October 2009

Visited New York City for the gdgt NYC event. While there, I visited the newly created High Line Park.

High Line Park in NYC

Highline Park

Highline Park

gdgt NYC at the Manhattan Center!

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

gdgt east coast launch party at manhattan center

The Blue Angels came to town for Fleet Week 2009

Blue Angel #7 High Speed Pass

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Fleet Week 2009 - Blue Angels

Headed up to Tomales Bay for some friendly oyster shucking.

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Tomales Bay Oyster Company

Wished my apartment of the past 3 years, so long!

Carillon Towers

Last sunset at the apartment. It was fantastic as always.

Last Sunset at the Carillon

Adjusted to living with one of my new roommates.

Tosh

Tosh

The end of October meant that Halloween parties were neigh!

Kerry and Dave

Cupcakes

Kerry

80's Rockers

Group Photo

Jack and his ladies

Walking through our neighborhood at night.

Near Buena Vista Park

November 2009

Since I had recently purchased a Canon S90, I decided that the Cal Academy would be the perfect place to break it in.

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Cal Academy of Sciences

Checked out the museum at SFO

SFO Museum

SFO Museum

SFO Museum

Beautiful fall days in San Francisco

San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge

Beautiful fall nights in San Francisco

Haight Street

San Francisco sunset

San Francisco Evening

December 2009

Kerry and I saw Cirque du Soleil’s OVO show when it came to town.

Cirque du Soleil

(And I got yelled at for taking photos…)

Cirque du Soleil

Attended the Laughing Squid Un-holiday Party at the Gallery With No Name. And saw their neon Jelly Fish.

Laughing Squid Un-Holiday Party

Laughing Squid Un-Holiday Party

Don’t forget, Santacon / Santarchy made an appearance in San Francisco!

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Santacon 09 - San Francisco

Some of my companions during the day. (Because the only currency on the internet are cat photos).

Tosh and Tegan

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