The Web can teach you wonderful things. Like how to take good pictures of fireworks. I really wish I'd read that last week.

The Fourth was a lot of fun this year. The Gs threw a party at their delightful loft near Jack London Square. From their roof, these are the northwestern and northeastern views:


For those of you who don't know the Bay Area, that's Downtown Oakland in the northeast view. Now then. After dark, here's what happens to the northwest: