jajja gringos weooones jajaja

opa ahe marcileizinhom uuiuiuu vai nao vei volta .. opa que isto deu para entender ...

www.fotolog.net/illusionword

everybody is very welcome!

o bigode do mario eh preto..
eh bem grande
mas naum sei o pq disso..
vai sabe o porque

hi...how are you??

i'm from brazil...my name's samira...

writte me www.fotolog.net/sah_mirinha_

bye kisses

Moderator: Your City


_ > my pictures represents normaly something important like a social reality .
what do you think to break some rules in case of good ideias as my pictures?

que xuxa se supone q es un fotolog?

k es esa wa ta ma fome la xuxa

emm, see vos california..

k es esto no cacho.........

Don't miss this opportunity...

http://www.thecountryclub.us/webamerica

que onda a esta wea nadie se mete jajaja ta como medio muerto este sitio jajajaja xao

holas

k wea es esta

GRINGOS CULIAOS

Edited by author 12-12-2005 08:57 PM
isUHAUISIUa....seus gringo de merdaaa...
vai tds vcx a puta q nos parilll....hiusHAUIHS....
motherfuckers.......bye bye.....
 eh Bodyboard de ITacoatiara-niteroi-BRazil....


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yeah man california boarders are the best

awe visitem www.fotolog.net\chambleria
falow gringos

vaum se fudeeeeeeee seus gringo filhos duma puita do caralho verde...

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I like very mutch this!!!!

filha duma puta vcs são

Does anybody know what is going on with Fotolog? Are they making upgrades or did they completely shut down forever? I haven't been able to connect for the last three days.

Me ;)
San Diego

Anyone from OC? Newport Beach? Balboa? Anyone?

clifornia is a blue state, hate the red, not the blue, we know how messed up is W. we want him out as much as the rest of the world.
now let's get to the fotologs, and share your world with the rest of it.

is anyone here actully from california?

the west is the best

Hello!!!!

this is a weird weird ass board

HELLO AMERICANS FRIENDS! HOW ARE YOU?
FINE, I HOPE IT. YOU SHOULD GO TO BRAZIL. IT IS WONDERFUL!
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE BRAZIL AND USA.
BRAZILIANS AND AMERICANS ARE OLD AND GOOD FRIENDS.
GOODBYE

TO NA CALIFORNIAA

My brother lives in LA, (with greencard) hehhee...
Visit my fotolog http://www.fotolog.net/paulo_arena it´s a historical and night shots of my city...

Hi,I'm brazilian and I love E.U.A!I will go to live in California a day!www.gecika.flogbrasil.terra.com.br

alguem de san diego, precisamente encinitas?

oi

oi or hi, from/de san francisco, check out my www.fotolog.net/lleite
heve fun!

Edited by author 05-03-2004 03:49 AM
tô na bay area.
san mateo / peninsula area
http://www.fotolog.net/sfcabbie

Hi. I am Mainzelmännchen. I´m very nice, too. Hello to all San Carlos Fotologgers!

Hi, here is Vanessa saying hello for the guys of San Franscisco!!!
I am brazilian, kisses!!!!

alguem ai tah perto de san franscico?

 Paula docinho de coco cade vc?

Hi im in Los Angeles, CA.
im really really nice.

fotolog.net/jerk

Cyber Stalking dont be next
http://www.toxicpink.net

IT MUST HAVE IN THE FOTOLOG AN OPTION OF SEARCH FOR OF THE FOTOLOGS

Hellloooo....this is Bia, saying hello from rio de janeiro, brazil...

i agree with the previous post. my dad is a union negotiator, and what the supermarkets are doing is cold, calculated, and mean. i went with my mom to buy all our groceries at trader joe's, which is non-union.

Don't hate me for not discussing a fotolog matter here. But I think this is pretty important. If you buy your groceries at a Safeway, Kroger, Ralph's, Vons, or Pavillions, please consider an alternate source for your groceries. If you have a job that give decent wage and healthcare, imagine yourself without it. If you ever aspire to have those things, consider that someday soon, it might be nearly impossible to attain. Unions matter, corperations a.k.a. "The Man" do not care if you or your children are sick. You can rot in hell and the C.E.O. wont give a flying F***, he wouldn't waste the energy to do so, assuming he (or she) noticed. Money makes the world go 'round, and that's what they want. Right now, these grocery chains are trying to take away the benefits of current and future employees, because it's easier than making up for their sales losses to competition in a responsible way. If you think the way that this situation is being handled by the union workers is unfair, consider that the head of Safeway is taking a hardline on the issue, preferring to starve out his employees, rather than even consider a negotiation. Please don't cross the picket line, because with every purchase at any one of these chains you are effectively saying that a person, and their family matter less to you than a gallon of milk. It's worth it to support the union, because when one union wins, that victory will strengthen all unions, by showing that the people support them, and showing their opposition that they are stong, and that all the money & power doesn't afford them the right to throw workers and their families by the wayside for an extra buck.

Ooh, I'm so down. I got to remember this.

Hi ALL! I am shamelessly promoting for the other half of hoyumpavision. He's left the East Coast and is now out in your neck of the woods with the punk band Stupid. (he's the drummer) You can see the Stupid website at http://www.stupidband.com . There's tunes on the site if you wanna check it out.

They have 2 gigs in LA this week. I was kinda hoping that there's a f'logger in the area and that they were totally down for hearing some Stupid punk. PLUS, you'd get to meet Ben from /hoyumpavision, /toughguyoliver and /stupid! Say HI for me!!! And take some pictures!!!

Thursday, October 23
9PM @ The Garage
4519 Santa Monica Blvd. (&Virgil)
www.garagela.com

Friday, October 24
8PM @ Whisky A Go Go
8901 Sunset Blvd. (&San Vicente)
www.whiskyagogo.com

bay area f'loggers! join us in dolores park for the second human scale chess game. a team of fotologgers will be documenting the event, which covers eight square blocks of san francisco's mission district. you can post your photos of the event to our group log at http://www.fotolog.net/humanchess . find out more about the project at
http://mysite.verizon.net/johnnieutah/chess/sfchessmain.html

Just checking in to see what you guys are up to.

Shout out from NYC to all our CA f'log buddies!

Hi...this place looks familiar, but I can't remember if I commented here before. Too much computer time....anyway, I live in Long Beach and am at fotolog (masouth) also I can be found at southlenz.com. I work in Long Beach also and am involoved with fine art reproduction/giclée printing. I get all my work output there as well. We can do large format. Anyone interested, give me a holler for details! :-) My email is on my website. Glad to be here.

I've been to the LA Zoo twice in the past six months.

There's a lot of interesting photography challenges there. One great example is their nocturnal house which has echidnas (a monotreme... an egg-laying mammal) and koalas.

They've also got Komodo Dragons. Dual challenge, there. First, the nasty things are behind glass and secondly, they're about as slothful as well a um sloth.

And don't forget right across the street from the LA Zoo is a museum. I haven't been inside of it yet, but I'm told its worth while every now and again.

LA Zoo. Haven't been there in years.

Shaven: :)

I don't know about the LA Zoo - if you go, let us see the results...?

Johnnie: I love your idea - don't know if I'll be able to get to the City on the 18th but would love to know where you're going to be and when so I could try. :)

Well, Fotolog is still in this transition period. It will take time for everything to balance out.

Glitches are being worked out. Crackdowns on cheating are occuring. Eventually everything should get to the point we all hope for.

i think fotolog will find a way to stay ahead of the crush. its such a great community, no matter how slow the servers are.

they didn't take long to realize that new accounts are enabled again...new accounts are gushing in already. can fotolog survive the continuing onslaught? well, i’m staying on board regardless.

What a neat project. I wish San Francisco was only oh... 100 miles away instead of 375 or so.

san francisco fotologgers! i need your help documenting an art piece i'm doing in san francisco on october 18.

i'ma brooklyn-based artist and i stage giant chess games using humans as the pieces and the grid of the city as the chess board. i organised a game in new york in may and it was a great success. we even got in the new york times! here is a link about that game: http://www.bossanova.com/lasell/humanchess/chessmain.htm

if you want to learn more, please email me at dbasr@yahoo.com . thanks!!!

Carla: oh, yeah. I shot about 150 pics in the botanical garden w/o thinking twice, back in the spring. Super-great stuff.

I'm thinking of going to a zoo for a sketch/photoshoot -- how is the LA Zoo? My new toy, a Minolta F300 should appear by then -- woo!

Hi, MaryAnn! Hey, no one is responding to my suggestions about going to UCB Botanical Garden - but what about you and me going to the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek (I think it's Walnut Creek!)? We have to make an appointment. I'll look into it if you're interested. :)

Carla, thanks for the native plant link. UCSC has native sales, too. Not that we have room for any more plants... :O)

At 06:44 PM 8/22/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I felt the first few drops of rain, looked at the
>clouds, and thought 'time to go!'. :)

Good thing. It was a real gullywasher!

Bev: No, I felt the first few drops of rain, looked at the clouds, and thought 'time to go!'. :)

At 11:26 PM 8/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I spent a marvelous afternoon at the UC Botanical Gardens today
>with a friend new to digital who works on campus. I spirited
>her away for her lunch hour and got her excited about taking pix
>up there then took her back to work and went back myself to
>spend some time leisurely taking as many pictures as I could fit
>on all of my compact flash cards.

Did you get caught in the downpour??

I spent a marvelous afternoon at the UC Botanical Gardens today with a friend new to digital who works on campus. I spirited her away for her lunch hour and got her excited about taking pix up there then took her back to work and went back myself to spend some time leisurely taking as many pictures as I could fit on all of my compact flash cards. :) That place is amazing and, although it's late in the summer, there thousands of plants to look at and take pictures of. As I've mentioned in here before, it's free on Thursdays.

Sorry to hear it, Rich.

Everyone else... remember to vote for your Meetup location.

If you could take the time to peruse your F/Fs and remind your friends to vote & go, too!

I apologize for having completely forgotten about this message board, with the press of summer activities, vacations, job etc.

Unfortunately, San Jose meet-up in August was cancelled, and I'm going to find it next to impossible to make Wed., Sept. 10. Sorry folks.

I can tell you that Cypher has a lot of other things on his list of priorities. These small things are way down on the list. I can tell you the email validation problems and the new limitations(captions, guestbook, and uploading of photos) are the current problems being worked out. This, coming from an inside source ;)

Sorry it took me so long to post this - here's the front page for the Botanical Garden in Tilden Park (devoted to Calif Native plants) - http://www.nativeplants.org/. We could always try for one of the docent tours of it on a Sat or Sun if people were interested but I'm up for anything. :)

Dear TeraGram,
I don't know why I'm having such a difficult time trying to explain my problem. My fotolog link appears on the right side of the screen on the coolcars friends/favorites because I elected to put it there myself by clicking on a link which allowed me to put it there. The same type of link appeared on other community fotologs. Now I cannot find where this link disappeared to. This has nothing to do with adding others to my own fotolog's friends/favorites.

I don't recall ever seeing such a link, but I sometimes play on Fotolog with one eye on the screen and another on my daughter.

I think the link that you're mis-remembering is "Add {groupname} to Friends/Favorites" which adds the group to your own list, not you to their list. That link now sits in the center, beneath the title banner of every group log.

I've emailed Cypher and asked him to address this just in case you did see such a thing and my brain is finally and completely cracking from lack of sleep and toddler-antic-induced paranoia & worry.

Cypher, as you may be aware, is in NYC, though and well we all know what's going on out there right now so he may not be able to give you/us an answer anytime real soon.

Dear TeraGram & lotusgreen,
In addition to the "upload your photo to this group" there was another link to click which said "ADD YOUR FOTOLOG TO THIS GROUP'S FRIENDS/FAVORITES". I clicked on it and the current photo on my own fotolog appeared on the right-hand side of the screen under where it says "COOLCAR'S FAVORITE'S/FRIENDS".

Lotus:

The entire phrase was "in my view you should".

IN MY VIEW.

tera — I don’t think there’s an *should* about it. As you keep reminding us, each log is run differently.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!

You mean the "upload a photo to this group" link!!!

You must be logged out.

Go to www.fotolog.net and log in under your own account name. If you are logged in, log out and log in again.

Then go to the group logs and I bet that link is there again.

Dear TeraGram,
That's very interesting. The reason I am on the coolcars site is because I added it myself. There was a link on all of the community sites that allowed users to add their own links. I simply clicked on it and presto!- my link appeared. Since the very next day afterwards I haven't been able to find where that clickable link disappeared to. What happened?

Mr. Goleta:

I didn't put it there. The Group Manager of Murals put it there. I've contributed several pictures and the owner (whoever it is... can't remember... preschooler running amok... aiieeee) put me in the F/F list.

If you want a sure-fire way into a F/F list, contribute to one of the following groups:

spyshots
fotocats
your_city

I manage all of them and try to maintain the F/F lists as best I can. Spyshots and Your_City are a little behind right now but will be caught up by the end of the day. You've already contributed to CoolCars and you are on the F/F list for it, but feel free to contribute more!

I do think that the popular Group Logs are a great way to increase your exposure and garner interest among other users to your own log. Just make sure you upload quality photos that fit the context of the group log as much as possible.

TeraGram, You have your link on the friends/favorites on murals. How did you put it there? Thanks.

I believe the administration is working on a way that you might be able to add yourself in the future....

No where have I seen Cypher even hint at that.

It has, however, been suggested several times by users.

It is an idea which I am fervently against.

Mr.Goleta, "signs" is a "private log" and just like you that person adds people at their whim or leisure. Did you mean "signmaker", perhaps?

"Neon", however, is a group f'log.

Have you contributed to that f'log? If so, in my view you should be added to the F/F. If you've contributed more than once and aren't on the F/F maybe the group manager is just busy or overlooked you, or has a more laid-back approach to managing the group than I have. Check the "about" of the group f'log for the admin's email addy and shoot them a polite message.

I would not, however, ask for it publically.

mistergoleta — you can’t do that right now. For some public logs, the managers are adding people, and some not. I believe the administration is working on a way that you might be able to add yourself in the future....

Dear TeraGram,
How do I put my link on the friends/favorites on the right side of the screen on a community site such as fotolog/signs or fotolog/neon, etc?

Lol... I'll have to look it up to actually tell you where it is - I just know how to get there. :) I come from Richmond so I usually take the wildcat canyon road across the back of the hills through Tilden. I'll look it up - I have a brochure from them and there is an address on that I think. :)

good points. Where is the place, carla?

I'm in as long as it's a day and time I can show up. :)

Just curious, why do you want more than 3 people, LotusGreen? I'm thinking we can take pictures that day as well as talk - too many people and that gets difficult. Or, were you just thinking of meeting and talking?

BTW, the place in Tilden I was referring to is really cool and hidden out of the way and quiet with lots of places for 3 or 4 people to sit and talk. But there is no way I'd want to go there and not take pix as well. :)

Carla

well, it doesn’t look like tilden is on the approved list ;^) — in fact it all seems a lot about coffee, beer, and or pizza. None of which i’m as into as tilden. We’re on our own. We have a month. Who’s in? :^)

in fact — i’ll see if I can go figure out a way to “nominate” it for an actual meetup time — then we *can* vote :^)

let’s start planning now for a berkeley meeetup :^) tilden sounds great. If we plan far enough in advance, folks from outlying areas will be able to plan? There are too many folks from san francisco and sacramento to ever actually vote for a berkeley one, I know.... but we can do it — what do you think? What’s the second wednesday in september?

Hey there neighbor.

I'll tell you how if you promise to vote for the next Meetup.

And to better answer the question, what exactly do you mean? Can you better describe what you want or where an example of it can be found that you wish to emulate?

Can anyone tell me how to put my fotolog link on a community fotolog site? Thanks.

And P.S. to Carla... I would love to go to Tilden. I've never been there and I feel a little foolish about it. SO many of our beautiful selections at CalFlora Nursery were made from Tilden!

Like me! I said that I would consider it... and I'm still interested, particularly in any destination that's garden related.

i’d like to wait for more than three.... I think.... what about folks in outlying communities who have said they’d come to berkeley?....

I'm sorry jplanet. I would go, but i have my eng 101 final on thursday so for me it wouldn't be a good idea. But it pisses me off. So close, yet so far.

I signed up for Santa Monica too. Hmmmm, to go or not? I've never gone to a meetup before, anyone else?

Queenkv and Lotusgreen: That's three of us - how do I contact you? I'm carlacryptic@yahoo.com. Shoot me an email and we can set something up...?

Carla

i’m with you :^)

I'm in Richmond and thought about going to the San Rafael meetup but would prefer something where I don't have to cross a bridge to get there. :) I do a lot of photography in Tilden at the native plants botanical garden there and also at UCB Botanical Gardens and have done lots over the years at and around the Berkeley Marina (grew up in Berkeley and worked on the UCB campus for years). So, I'd be up for Tilden especially - easy to get to from where I live and more parking opportunities than most places in Berkeley. Another great places to take pix in Berkeley is the Rose Garden (not just for the flowers, the views of the Bay from there are phenomenal).

Being the one person in Santa Rosa, I decided to cast my vote in sunny San Rafael with the three souls there... Alas we're cancelled there, too.

I signed up for Santa Monica because san fernando has one other person. However, i have my final for english the next day. Hmmm, go or don't go? :)

I am so bummin'.

Santa Barbara's Meetup was cancelled because I'm the only one who voted and well... one person just isn't enough.

(I'll wait while y'all pull out your violins and start playing pity music for me.)

Here are the final tallies for all Meet-Up cities in CA.

San Francisco, CA (57)
San Jose, CA (16)
Sacramento, CA (15)
Santa Monica-West LA (12)
Orange County, CA (7)
San Mateo County, CA (6)
Pasadena, CA (6)
Long Beach, CA (6)
Oakland-Alameda, CA (6)
Hollywood-East LA (5)
San Diego, CA (5)
San Luis Obispo, CA (4)
Eureka, CA (3)
San Rafael, CA (3)
Visalia-Porterville, CA (2)
Santa Rosa, CA (1)
Torrance-Manhattan Beach (1)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA (1)
Fresno, CA (1)
San Fernando Valley, CA (1)
Stockton, CA (1)
Riverside, CA (1)
Salinas-Monterey, CA (1)

Be sure to GO! For those of you whose Meetup site didn't garner enough votes, look at this list for any town near you which has five or more participants. Go there!

C'mon, Californians!

i like berkeley.....anybody else? plenty of neat places - at least to meet at.....anybody did any fotologging by the berkeley pier?

Hay I'm down in L.A. I just found fotolog and i think its great :)

just saying hello after following a link posted in my photolog, i think it's really interesting, what you've got here. wish i was closer to berkeley :)

so that makes three of us — if there’s a quarum we could begin to plan something — anyone else wishing to plan something for berkeley? (I know basykes... we’ll have another one when you heal!) :^)

i work in berkeley....

what about at Tilden Park?

Hey,

I am in berkeley, would love to meet and perhaps also go out and shoot together?

Michael.

I'd love to go,Indigau, but I'm in San Jose and I have to work on Wednesday. Have fun!

Hey all. I'm going to take my little girl to the SF zoo on the first Wednesday in August (free admission and all). Didn't know we could get in free to the Exploratorium too. Maybe if our stamina holds out we'll do that too! I am all for setting up a meeting window somwhere on that day w any Floggers who might feel like saying hi!

At 06:40 PM 7/29/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>--QT-------------------------------------------------------------
> Reply by email or visit
> http://www.quicktopic.com/22/H/UiFpc5YhCRj/m98
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>
>hey folks....would anybody be interested in just grabbing a
>beer, sometime this weekend...and talk about some fotolog ops?

Under normal circumstances, I would be there in an instant--either SF or Berkeley (80 miles from here, but no biggie). Unfortunately, I'm still recovering from my dislocated shoulder and can't drive yet. And about the time I should be able to drive, I'm going to Australia (talk about your photo ops!). However, I will be delighted to meet people in the Bay Area sometime after the end of October.

-Bev

more interested in things in berkeley :^)

hey folks....would anybody be interested in just grabbing a beer, sometime this weekend...and talk about some fotolog ops?

I had a funny idea....there are some free museum happenings in SF - basically, some nice corporation allows folks to free admission, one night in the month - i thought it might be a cool idea to do some fotologging at these places:

SF Exploratorium - free admission on the First Wed of every Month

Asian Art Museum - free admission on the First Tuesday of the month or after 5pm (5$ admission)

what do you think?

Teragram. Hahahahah.

Almost a year and a half of no english. My essay writing is rusty. :(

Greg,

1. English is your native language.
2. Cliff Notes.
3. Spell & grammar check.

What more do you need? I think I have my A+ paper on Sir Gawain & the Green Knight around here someplace.

I'll think about Santa Monica. Having English 101 for summer session makes going to a thing iffy. I'll think about it. I guess i'll sign up anyway since there's 9 people. :)If only it could be a thursday.

Here is an updated list of available Meetup Cities already registered within the system.

San Francisco, CA (52)
San Jose, CA (13)
Sacramento, CA (12)
Santa Monica-West LA (9)
Oakland-Alameda, CA (7)
Orange County, CA (7)
San Mateo County, CA (6)
Pasadena, CA (6)
Hollywood-East LA (5)
Long Beach, CA (6)
San Luis Obispo, CA (4)
Eureka, CA (3)
San Diego, CA (4)
San Fernando Valley, CA (2)
San Rafael, CA (3)
Fresno, CA (1)
Stockton, CA (1)
Riverside, CA (1)
San Bernardino, CA (1)
Visalia-Porterville, CA (2)
Torrance-Manhattan Beach (1)
Pomona-Claremont, CA (1)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA (1)

Salinas-Monterey, CA (0)
Santa Rosa, CA (0)
Bakersfield, CA (0)
Ventura-Oxnard, CA (0)

There has been some shifting going on, so evidently some folks in smaller cities are deciding to make the drive to a more populated region.

Excellent.

Hi all. Hope to meet some of you soon.

I think that'd be fine some other time. The Meetup system is already in place. I'd rather not tinker with too many variables all at once. Let's first get some critical mass going in some of the other CA Meetup Cities.

why don’t we float queenkv’s albatross idea ourselves, no matter a meetup vote — if enough of us can make it and want to, let’s just do it. We can put it on our own logs if we decide to do it the way cronai has been doing.... what d’ya think?

Hey -thanks for your eloquent tree shaking metaphor Teragram. Up to this point I hadn't seriously thought about how far I would go for a Fotolog meetup but I think Berkely may actually be do-able. A month ago I would have said no way, but I really like the idea of Meet-up. ANybody in SOnoma COunty? PLeeeeeze?

Hey Gang!

It is TIME TO VOTE for your Meetup Place!

Please peruse the list of cities in CA carefully and see which cities have at least five people. Try to vote in those venues. If you can't because you're too far out (sniff, like me) see if you can beat the bushes to scare up some others in your immediate vicinity.

Be polite on others' Fotolog pages if you decide to leave messages to them.

Let's see how this goes for the next week and we'll double check the numbers and see if we need to shake the trees a bit harder.

hey folks!

it's my first time posting :)

i actually work at uc berkeley and i think it's a great midway point for folks to meet-up at. I would recomend the Albatross Pub because:

• it's close to the 80 freeway
• it has a great selection of drinks
• plenty of games to keep ya occupied....which is cool, when you're meeting new people: trivia pursuit, boggle, weekly brain teasers, more board games, pool, and darts

queenkv

Completely off the meet-up topic, I think Treebeard is cool. ;)

At 02:54 PM 7/20/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>isn\t berkeley kinda middle ground for the northern california
>folks? Partway between sacto and san jose and sf.... a we don\t
>need to do an official-style meetup where votes can determine
>placement a we can just plan something.... :^)

Berkeley is a good idea--definitely do-able for me, but I'm not available until November. Right now I can't drive until my arm comes out of this sling and then I'll be in Australia, but I look forward to keeping track of plans for this group.

Edited by author 07-20-2003 10:54 AM
isn’t berkeley kinda middle ground for the northern california folks? Partway between sacto and san jose and sf.... — we don’t need to do an official-style meetup where votes can determine placement — we can just plan something... :^)

hi everyone, just an introduction and thanks for all the great photos. looking forward to meeting up with the bay area fotologgers.

It's certainly reasonable to combine SF-Oakland-San Jose-San Rafael-San Mateo for large NYC-style group meetup purposes. 2 of our Sacramentans (eel_03 and polaroid_billy) have managed to drive the 90 miles from here to SF for the last 2 meetups there, and I would surmise they felt the drive was worth it. I'm not saying everyone in the Sacto. area should forego having our own meetup -- I think we're turning into our own sizable community, it's just that not all here are signed up on Fotolog Meetup yet.

And a welcome invasion it is!

It occured to me last night, as I was putting together the previous list of CA Fotolog Meetup Cities that one problem we face here in CA is that while our state is very large, it seems to be fragmented into too many regions.

Now, before I go on to my proposal, let me all remind you (or inform you in case you didn't know) that I'm a CA transplant. I hail from Chicago originally. While I have lived in CA for more than a decade now, some of the CA cities' locations are fuzzy in my head. And, I don't have access to a map at this very moment.

Anyway, let's look at the list. It seems to me that if we were to attempt to focus on Central Locations instead of individual cities the chances of meetups increase.

Perhaps the Bay Cities aren't the best example to look at because SF already has a great number of voting members in Meetup.com, but I shall proceed anyway.

San Francisco, CA (48) +3
San Jose, CA (13) +1
Oakland-Alameda, CA (7) +2
San Mateo County, CA (6) +1

Aren't all these places (are there more on the list in message #78 that I'm overlooking?) within a comfortable drive's distance?

Could we convince folks who have previously voted for other locations to go to SF instead?

What other cities could be combined into a region? Which city would best be considered central to that region?

Yep, invading your space! Looks like SF has the bulk of membership at meetup. We expect more photos next time!

Yay, 2 in San Fernando Valley. Maybe I'll join the Santa Monica group although now i have summer session for english 101 so makes it hard to get out on a wednesday night. I'll see. :)

I got curious as to which cities have seen an increase on the Meetup list.

Here for your amusement are the stats.
Numbers in Parentheses are the total "members" in each city. The number following (if any) is the increase since the last time I did this list.

San Francisco, CA (48) +3
San Jose, CA (13) +1
Sacramento, CA (11) +2
Santa Monica-West LA (8) +3
Oakland-Alameda, CA (7) +2
Orange County, CA (6) +2
San Mateo County, CA (6) +1
Pasadena, CA (6)
Hollywood-East LA (5)
Long Beach, CA (4) +1
San Luis Obispo, CA (4)
Eureka, CA (3)
San Diego, CA (3)
San Fernando Valley, CA (2) +1
San Rafael, CA (2) +1
Fresno, CA (1) +1 NEW!
Stockton, CA (1)
Riverside, CA (1)
San Bernardino, CA (1)
Visalia-Porterville, CA (1) +1 NEW!
Salinas-Monterey, CA (1)
Torrance-Manhattan Beach (1)
Santa Rosa, CA (1)
Pomona-Claremont, CA (1)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA (1)

Bakersfield, CA (0)
Ventura-Oxnard, CA (0)

Treebeard: there's a few other So.SB.Cty. F'loggers that I've found. You're the only one (besides meself) to post here, though.

Greg: You're welcome. It does look like it has grown more. Indeed, quite a few of the Meetup Cities have bumped up a number or two since this little board was started.

WTG Folks!

TeraGram, thanks. I'll look into that area. In the past it wasn't carrying enough, but maybe since its grown more. :)

Hi, finally checking out the California log. I appreciate the formation of a community! Hope I can participate in the meetup, and maybe some other local photo-flavored events. I'm on the SF peninsula, soon to be in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Hi TeraGram, thanks for the invitation. I think we're neighbors in Santa Barbara. I'm close anyway, up on the Pass. Are there more of us? - http://www.fotolog.net/treebeard

That's fabulous! I only wish I could attend. Unfortunately that's my FIL's birthday and we'll be in Hesperia. Nevermind that SB to SF is one hell of a commute. I wish you the best.

here's a note out to all you san francisco/east bay fotologgers - sk8rsherman and i will be showing photos at the red devil lounge on the corner of polk & clay this coming monday, july 21st, starting at 7pm.

message me on my log if you want to come and i'll put you on a discounted entry ($3) list. there will be short films and a few bands playing as well.

-utt

Greg: the Santa Monica/West LA group has a decent number of people signed up. Maybe try that group?

Edited by author 07-16-2003 04:46 AM
LA county/the valley contains so many people. I guess none except for me really use Fotolog. :)

Pasadena has 6 people signed up for the meetup so far. Anyone out near San Bernardino care to join me there? I don't mind giving rides, unless you smell or are crazy.

Edited by author 07-16-2003 01:18 AM
Hey Lorrene,,,,,,cental valley in the house!!,,,,,Coolio to know that more than ME are representing the central valley,,,,lol,,,,,*phew* getting pretty excited with this new adventure,,,,, %)

Hi lkchula (and everyone)

I'm in Porterville--we were in Visalia for lunch today. For a while it looked as if everyone was from the Bay or LA areas.

WOW,,,,sorry I join the party a little late,,,,I had no idea about these meet up deals,,,,,sound great!!!!,,,,btw,,,,greetings from Visalia CA - San Joaquin Valley- ,,,, I'll go anywhere,,,, I love to travel and driving is not a problem for me,,,after all, it pays to live in the central valley,,,, thanks for the invitation!!!!!!!

Hello again Californians from your neighbor to the north. If any of you have pictures from Joshua Tree National Park or that general area, please post them on http://www.fotolog.net/joshuatree. You have a lovely state.

Oh oh, one more thing. Take the time to join Quicktopic. When you do you get a nifty little star next to your name. You'll also have access to a link called "My Topics". You can use it to bounce between this board and the general Fotologger board (and any other Quicktopic boards you join). I find it very useful.

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

If you just got here, please take a minute and preview the first 62 messages on the board. It won't take long. Most are "hi here I am" first-posts. (I'm NOT knocking those! They're very important.)

California is a huge state. Most people outside our borders don't understand how big it is. Alaskans and Texans probably relate, but East Coasters are generally lost.

When I had my daughter I was the grateful recipient of many gifts from friends I've met across the globe through the internet. A lot of those gifts were gift certificates. I can't tell you how many were for stores that were only in SF or SD! It worked out, though. We needed to visit family and friends in those cities anyway.

(I have no idea why I went off on that tangent other than to give an illustration as to other's perceptions of the state.)

This is one of the reasons I thought it necessary to create this board and to "spam" every Fotolog in the CA directory. The only way for us to gel is to know who we all are and where we all are.

The next Meetup is scheduled for 29 days from now. Voting begins July 23.

What I propose is that everyone look at the Fotolog California directory. There's over 60 pages so it will take some time to go through it. Note (bookmark?) those Fotologs in your area. On or about July 23, leave a gentle message on those Fotologs: "We're having a meetup. See this link. Join us!" or something to that effect.

When I left my initial messages (over 1,000!!) on the Fotologs announing this board, I fully expected at least a handful of complaints. I got one. Not a bad ratio. I think that speaks to Californian's tolerance. Let's not abuse that, but at the same time let's not be lax. I think some "activism" is necessary to get the ball rolling.

Well my daughter's about ready to get out of her high-chair so I must bid farewell.

Hi all. Ms. teragram (!) invited me to stop by.. Am
in sunny SoCal, in La Crescenta. Nice to meet y'all :)
Saty [fotologger:saty]

Hi everyone, lookin forward to gettin together.
Fotologger...cosmicsurfer

we are all space beings so who thinks my photos suck?please go see and dis all you can i need some hate posts please

Sounds like we're spread out across the state.

so when's the party?

Sure, I would love to meet other fotologgers!

Thanks for the invite, TeraGram! Hello from Fresno...

I'm in Long Beach. Anyone need to know info about printing gicleés contact me though my fotolog!

yes we need to do more meeting-up. polaroid billy and i have been to the SF meetup a couple of times and it's really fun. we are hoping to have enough folks in the sac area to get one going here but now i have friends in the sf group and want to go to BOTH!

Message board, wow! hello from San Diego...

I love Fotolog, and I think it would be fanatstic to meet up with other people who make up the local part of that community -- I voted and RSVP'd on last months Santa Rosa Meetup and was all geared up to go. Alas it was cancelled to due lack of interest. Let's meet at some great location in SOnoma COunty (the possibilities are endless) have a picnic or something and shoot it up! --Indigau of P r e t t y W i s e Landscape Services

BevSykes, you are DEFinitely not the only oldster shaking a fotoleg out here. I am at/approaching retirement age; have pretty much decided being a crusty old fart with lotsa wiseass young fotosnappers is better than the alternatives. Besides, some of those young wiseasses may be curious about what happens to a wiseass when he/she gets older. I hope to be one of the more acceptable answers.

I just wanted to drop in and say hi and good luck. I started the Seattle discussion board, which hasn't been very active, but we managed to get together a small meetup by piggybacking on an existing non-Fotolog photo bloggers' meetup. - http://www.fotolog.net/seattle

Nevermind. I'm dumb. I'm under Sacramento (geographically and "meetup-wise")
At 08:25 PM 7/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
< replied-to message removed by QT >

Hey--what happened to Davis?


At 08:21 PM 7/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
< replied-to message removed by QT >

Here, for your complete ease of use and future reference is a list of the California Cities which have Fotolog members already registered.

San Francisco, CA (45)
San Jose, CA (12)
Sacramento, CA (9)
Pasadena, CA (6)
Hollywood-East LA (5)
San Mateo County, CA (5)
Oakland-Alameda, CA (5)
Santa Monica-West LA (5)
Orange County, CA (4)
San Luis Obispo, CA (4)
Eureka, CA (3)
San Diego, CA (3)
Long Beach, CA (3)
Riverside, CA (1)
Stockton, CA (1)
San Bernardino, CA (1)
San Rafael, CA (1)
Salinas-Monterey, CA (1)
Torrance-Manhattan Beach (1)
Santa Rosa, CA (1)
Pomona-Claremont, CA (1)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA (1)
San Fernando Valley, CA (1)

Other cities could be added to this list, of course.

Bakersfield, CA
Ventura-Oxnard, CA

> Once we've joined...what's the next step?

Once you've joined, find the Fotolog Meetup Page.

fotolog.meetup.com

Voting for a location within a city starts two weeks before the Meetup is to occur.

When you can, vote. Encourage others in your area to make the time to vote & attend.

Then we can paste pictures of wild & crazy Californians enjoying a meetup and make those East Coasters jealous. (g)

At 04:24 PM 7/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Well, you may notice on the front page of Fotolog, down at the
>bottom a red & white logo.
>
>Sign up! Push that link and poke around a bit.

I've looked there a bit...didn't make much sense of it (that ol' "not intuitive" bit, I guess!) Once we've joined...what's the next step? (It's a pain because Opera, which is my browser, doesn't like Meetup, so I have to log in with IE).

Bev, Lotus, et al,

Here we come to the crux of the matter, eh? It is time to band together and ensure that CA meetups occur with proper numbers, diversity and well... general California craziness that we make those East Coasters green with envy.

Yes, that is my nefarious plan.

Someone asked "how do these meetups happen?"

Well, you may notice on the front page of Fotolog, down at the bottom a red & white logo.

Sign up! Push that link and poke around a bit.

Their interface isn't as intuitive as I'd like. But it is better than nothing.

Edited by author 07-13-2003 11:17 AM
hey bev — I know what you mean — I look at some of those meetup photos and just think — they’re all so young! but there’re more of us than you think ;^)

Dreamrevolver - I am in Redlands!

http://www.fotolog.net/sgsmith/

BevSykes, have a look at <a href="http://www.fotolog.net/ignatz/">Ignatz fotolog!

Hey - I'm a Berkeleyite, as is the titular rabbit of my page. Not retired yet, but not young either...

Hello. I'm DreamRevolver. I'm more than willing to try for a meet-up. I live way out near San Bernardino (socal) but I don't mind driving out to L.A. How sad, the only thing I got from fotolog all day. I think it's gotten too big for it's briches or whatever. ;)

At 04:24 AM 7/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Now, as to what we can talk about here... well whatever comes
>up, I suppose.

I'm curious if I'm the only old fart in the group. All the meetings I see seem to be peopled by fotologgers the age of my children. Anybody approaching/at/past retirement age?

At 03:59 AM 7/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I have had enough of California heat!

Move to the coast! I am longing for some SF fog about now.

-Bev

I'm local to the LA area and I know of another local Fotologger that would like to participate in a meet up. One idea, about getting the word out, would be adding a line to your comment section asking people to join in.
http://www.fotolog.net/onesock/

Edited by author 07-13-2003 02:10 AM
Hi! and thanks for the invitation. I am still learning how to take great pictures and I really enjoy other's photos. Please come and see mine in http://fotolog.net/otty

Thanks for the invite, Maggie. I don't know that I'd be available for meets in Sacto (I live 45 miles up I-80), but I am interested to see what others find to shoot in the general area. I've been shooting mostly structures and a few people in the downtown, and almost made my way into the underground when I took my latest shot of the demolition site/graffiti. http://www.fotolog.net/straightnochaser

Edited by author 07-13-2003 12:41 AM
Hey, I'm from San Jose, as well. Tons of people from the bay area. When do you guys meet up? Actually, heh, I'll be in both areas, norcal and socal, seeing as i live in the bay area only during the summer. Let me know! my email is Noava22@hotmail.com, and my photos are at http://www.xanga.com/noava22, with more coming.

C

thanks for the invite, teragram! i'm in san francisco and am thus privy to the weekly meetups here, but i'll keep an eye on this board anyway.

I've just finished spamm... err um informing everyone in the F'Log CA directory. That was a much bigger chore than I imagined it would be. Still, things worth doing are worth doing well and all those other platitudes.

If anyone is upset about those messages I put up (Announcing the California Fotologgers Board! Please stop by and spread the word.) please just delete them.

Now, as to what we can talk about here... well whatever comes up, I suppose.

My main intent is to bring CA F'loggers a little closer.

Month after month I see those Meetup Pictures from the East Coast and I'm starting to get real jealous. I know the Bay Area crew gets together, but I've yet to see any activity from LA, Ventura, Santa Barbara or other CA cities.

So, how 'bout it? Think we can generate enough interest to spark some other Meetups here in CA?

How do we go about doing it?

Thanks for the invite Teragram. I'm in Saratoga, near San Jose. Originally from Pasadena, though, and will soon be visiting my sis down south (near San Diego) and making our obligatory pilgrimages to the low weirdness of Muscle Beach and the high weirdness of new Getty. I still mourn the closing of Gorky's!

Known here as artpaws

i meant thanks for the invite teragram... but, hello Tangent and everyone else

Hi from Campbell...San Jose area. Thanks for the invite Tangent.

www.fotolog.net/slab

It's about time somebody started a messageboard. My name is tangent and I'm from Los Altos. It's a pleasure to meet everybody.

Edited by author 07-12-2003 11:59 PM
anyone ever lived in New England? I'm thinking of moving there. I have had enough of California heat! But there is a great deal of beauty in this state:)

If you like handcrafted beaded jewelry, check out my web site and let me know what you think! http://www.karenfarrowdesigns.com/ keegret@earthlink.net

hello - my fotolog is @ http://www.fotolog.net/culturesponge

Hi, I'm new to fotolog. My photos are at http://www.fotolog.net/smudge/
I'm a nature and animal lover and alway look forward to meeting people who are interested in similar topics!

Edited by author 07-12-2003 11:38 PM
coolio - SF rocks the house. What are we gonna talk about here? I'm Marc's Eye.

Hey, I am in southern California, but I am planning on moving to the Santa Rosa area in the next couple months.

Hello everyone. Greetings from Palo Alto.

I'm located in Venice. Fotolog at www.fotolog.net/f_haines.

greetings from la ciudad de los angeles...thanks for setting up this board

Edited by author 07-12-2003 10:31 PM
Greetings from OC, CA.
Fotolog: http://www.fotolog.net/inspiration_info
more info: http://users.adelphia.net/~johnson3000/home.html

Hey all, I'm in Santa Rosa - indigau on Fotolog 8 )

Hi. I'm in San Jose. :)

Kristine

Yello! I'm in San Jose. My fotolog is here: http://www.fotolog.elkit and my website over here: http://www.elkit.de

Nice to meet you all!

Hello & God Bless!! from beautiful Downtown Azusa! Canyon City USA

Thanks for starting the message board... I'm in Palo Alto but am about to become a Boston fotologger, temporarily. See you back in Cali in July '04!

Hey ho, Berkeleyite here.

thanks for the notice of the new board. i'm in san francisco.

Greetings and salutations from Los Gatos.

Another from Sacramento. :) Thanks for setting up the board.

Edited by author 07-12-2003 05:56 PM
what up all u digitalgirlies.. hit me up if you are in LA, SF or NYC and want to shoot.

digitalgirlsf@hotmail.com
rox

Hello from Sacramento -- quite a few of us in the area, including basykes in Davis :)

Edited by author 07-12-2003 05:03 PM
A big howdy from San Jose. Thanks for the invite, TeraGram.

Ooh i'm in lowly Los Angeles County. Hi anyway.

Waving a hand from Davis. Would love to do something with other loggers in the area. At the moment, I am not mobile, since my arm is still recovering from my fall, and then I'll be heading off to Australia at the end of August, but when I come back, I'd definitely be interested in a face-to-face. In the meantime, I look forward to meeting others via the board.

-Bev

hi! Thanks for starting this! I’m in Berkeley, and I was just thinking it would be neat to go out shooting with others some time....

Welcome to the California Fotologgers QuickTopic Board! The purpose of this board is to foster closer ties to other California Fotologgers. Ideally it will help more California Meetups occur.

This forum is open to anyone who wishes to participate.

Please be warned: I will use a heavy hand deleting messages which are overtly vulgar (that does not mean that certain words are banned) or are unwarranted personal attacks.

What is a "warranted personal attack"? Well, for right now it means that you can say almost anything you like about that Randall Simon.

Enjoy and please tell other California Fotologgers that this board exists.

- TeraGram