i dunno how many of you know where china camp is.. but it is on the coast of the north portion of san francisco bay. anyways... my family all met up there to have a big father's day barbeque type thing. except for the utter lack of things to do.. other than stuff our faces with food.. it was a relatively enjoyable experience,,, tho it did get quite boring after a few hours. also, i got a bit sun burned... kinda sucks since was wearing sunglasses i have this raccoon looking sunburn on my face... except in the area around my eyes. after our feeding frenzie (along with just about every other mexican family in the north bay who decided to congregate at the same spot) we left in search of some ice cream, we eventually found some in the nearby town of San Rafeal. there, as luck would have it, there was a huge "italian" street painting fair/festival/project downtown. we decided to check it out. it was awsome, there were many original works, while others were paintings of other famous paintings as well as photos. i recognized some Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Salvador Dahli works, just to name a few. the center piece was a (scale?) reproduction of the sistine chapel ceiling that was done by about 20 different artists over the course of 4 days.. it was really awsome. i only wish i had a camera.... and i wished even more that i was part of such a project. that would be really cool. street murals. they dont seem too hard.... they are done with what seemed to be (oil based?) chalk and their technique (as some were still working) was similar to that of charcoal on paper. one striking memory i have of today's experiences was a lone artist, she was maybe 7-8 yrs old. among a sea of small squares that were done by kids in a seperate area. every other square was either completed or abandoned. there were maybe 200-300 of them, about one entire city block from sidewalk to sidewalk. and there she sat, oblivios to the fact that everyone else was done, intensly concentrated on her work, which i must say was pretty darn good.. so far. i never saw the finished product.i wish i took a picture of her and the ocean of completed works that she sat amongst.