Even though I have been to the Chabot Science Center a number of times I always find something I have never seen before. This space toilet f...

Visited a cozy lamp shop owned and operated by Sue Johnson . I was delighted to meet Sue. As she talked about her craft I could tell how ...

Quick 15 minute sketch. People were coming and going at a frantic pace even post holidays. — Vivian Aldridge

The Long Branch Saloon is a cozy  place for a chat or making a sketch with 12 of your closest amigas. — Vivian Aldridge

At Salesforce Park in Downtown San Francisco I am very lucky to work across the street from a rooftop garden/park that is three blocks lon...

Spent a few hours sketching on a Thursday night at Old Kan Beer with my sister and friends. What a cozy place and great music too. Not too ...

Artist Enrique Martinez uses a hammer and punch to create papel picado ("perforated paper".) You can find him at night next door ...

Met with our urban sketching group at Bierhaus. Across the street was an oddly shaped residence that I felt compelled to capture. -- Vivian ...

Thursday night we went to a tiny brewery in Albany. Such nice people there! Turned out the bartender was a bit of a female Michelangelo. She...

I enjoyed hanging out with the actors at the Civil War Re-enactment at Angel Island. As I sketched them I could listen to their banter. It ...

Enjoyed the warm weather last night at Jack London Square with our urban sketching group. A one legged bird came to visit us and became the ...

Enjoyed hanging out at Bierhaus located in  Oakland’s Temescal district (foodie central.) We arrived on a rainy Thursday evening so it was ...

When I go to a museum I typically get antsy but not if there are maker stations! The Museum of Craft and Design not only had maker stations...

On a cloudy Thursday evening I stood outside this shop fantasizing about what I might look like dressed as an Indian queen. I was courageous...

I do like the long bar at Picante Cocina Mexicana in Berkeley. Had fun watching the locals plant themselves on a stool for hours. Great for ...

Jack London Square: the New Chicago? Well maybe in my own mind. On a grey day I wandered around Jack London Square discovering some eclect...

Very close to the middle of town stands the Petaluma Mill built in 1854 as a storage place for wild game. In 1853, the building was used to...

Built in 1915 this building was a store but later it was converted as office space for tomato sauce (Heinz.) Now it is a French American s...

One day before the transit center closed down due to a crack in a supporting beam I painted this desert garden in the park. If this transit ...

Underneath the transbay terminal exists another world...not a world of trees and grass like the park on the top level but a world of massiv...