Above and beyond the Visions of the Wild event, the monthly Vallejo Art Walk was a lot of fun. We met our good friends Noel and Mark afterward on the gorgeous Vallejo Waterfront for dinner at the Mare Island Tap Room, but not before soaking in the gloaming and taking some sunset pictures from there. We also snapped some pictures in front of my favorite mural in Vallejo at Sacramento and Georgia Streets.

These first two pictures are of a newly displayed statute in one of the storefronts in downtown Vallejo. I noticed right away this Black girl was pledging allegiance to the flag of the USA while giving the Black Power sign. I later found a reference to her online as “Genius Girl.” As you can imagine I thought of my daughter when I saw this, who is now a strong woman of color.