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* Bay Area Wanderer: 19th Avenue and Winston, San Francisco

Flags at half-mast in the cold light thrown by the sunset.

It's been a tough couple days for The Bay Area.

The Oakland Police had never lost more than two officers on the same day before.

Send condolences/flowers/letters here for any of the families involved:

* Bay Area Wanderer: Kietzke Lane and Snow Bird Lane, Reno

When the clouds above the swing state of Nevada formed a giant Obama logo... that was pretty cool.

Drove out to China Camp State Park with Sufjan Stevens on the stereo singing about Chicago. The air sat heavy with oil from the Eucalyptus trees and salt from the Bay.

Bay Area Wanderer: Market and Church, San Francisco

* Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond near Bosworth, San Francisco

Bay Area Wanderer: Larkin and Fulton, San Francisco Among the huge grey bricks of the Civic Center plaza's buildings, there sits a brushed metal sculpture.

* Bay Area Wanderer: Mason near Eddy, San Francisco

* Bay Area Wanderer: Sansome near California, San Francisco Walking north as dusk settled in, suddenly columns lined up beneath the taffy-pulled pyramid.

* Bay Area Wanderer: Market and Mason, San Francisco

* Bay Area Wanderer: Balboa and 42nd Ave, San Francisco Homeward-bound down Balboa, the first morning looks like a success. Crisp and blue overhead.

* Bay Area Wanderer: Freitas and Las Pavadas, Terra Linda The colors of Christmas to me have always been green and red and grey.

At the Expansion Bar, the time came when the candles needed to be lit. As the bartender worked at his task, the little balls of light brightened him.

Welcome to the first post for Bay Area Wanderer, a new SFist feature in which each week we bring you a quick snapshot story from somewhere in the Bay Area. We'll go somewhere, take a picture, and tell you a tale. Simple.

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