La Grange

I timed my return home on Hwy. 132 to Modesto, Calif, from my family home in Greeley Hill, Calif, to coincide with the sunset as I passed through La Grange, Calif, Saturday, December 30, 2006.(Photo/ Adm Golub)

Bancroft

Allen Passalaqua holds a regular art night at his house on Bancroft Rd.Modesto, Calif. December 26, 2006.


Marcos Rocha










Joshua Barragan (Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

Nice light on my mom and some random kid

My 91 year-old grandmother, Nai Nai

Lights and people, couldn't decide

I ate at El Compadre in the Roseberg Square with and this the photo I made.





I wanted to make a photo, which said wet and rainy.

Totally relies on a sign

headed the wrong way

I took this driving to work on Christmas. Photo/ Adm Golub

Christmas Dinner with the Wolverines

The University of Michigan football team celebrated Christmas on the road in Los Angeles this year. Amidst some family members, teammates, coaches, and other staffers, the team ate, sang, and received a visit from Santa Claus.
All photos by Alison Yin

And now it is time for something completely different

I saw this girl in the back room at Samy's Camera Store in Pasadena. She looked really unhappy.














Pasadena driver laughs during a cell phone call while driving.






The Wolverines arrive in L.A. for the Rose Bowl.









A bowl of persimmons in the early morning light in Glendale.



Photos/ Adm Golub

Random singles from the past week

Backgammon in front of Starbucks in Glendale, Calif., on Friday, December 22, 2006.






Happy hour at Lucky Baldwins in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday, December 22, 2006.




Taking it back to Westridge School in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday, December 22, 2006.

All photos by Alison Yin.

The Ali G.. i mean Ali Yin Show

It's the Adm Show: all photos by Alison Yin

Reading by window light

I took this at the Starbuck near my house.(Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

Will insulate from electricity, will carry light?

This was a gift from Ted because he snagged the one I unwrapped during the white elephant exchange at the Bee Photo Holiday Lunch. (Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

Last of the gated community

Awwww Kitty

Have to get back on the horse... err camera. (Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

dark, street lights, fog

(photos by Alison Yin)

Rudolph pushes candy

As I was talking to my friend, Rodney Riely, Rudolph wouldn't let us go without pushing candy on us. (Adm Golub/The Modesto Bee)

Muggings

Muggings in Modesto, Calif. December 12, 2006. If someone is going to do a drive-by then I'm going to mug some people.(Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

Tuesday Night Fights

Tuesday Night Fights at The Fat Cat in Modesto, Calif. December 12, 2006. (Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

it may look purdy, but where is the human connection?????!!!!!!

The sun rising over the golf course in Deercreek Community in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, December 10, 2006. (photo by Alison Yin)







My grandmother flys a flag in front of her home in Modesto, Calif. on December 8, 2006, to show her support of the government and George W. Bush. She never flew a flag in front of her home before the war in Iraq except on the Fourth of July.(Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

Stop and go

Getting on the Bay Bridge heading west leaving San Francisco, Calif. December 9, 2006. The traffic was bad, but the jam looks pretty wet from the rain. This was the only time the rain stopped on the way home.(Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)

I froze to take this picture

Lights across the water. A very festive house in J-Vegas. (by Alison Yin)









Raley's shopping center on Standaford and Tully in Modesto, Calif. December 8, 2006. As Allen says "Hollywood spends a lot of money to make streets look like that."(Adm Golub/ Golub Photography)