Monthly Archives: April 2014

An adventure within an adventure… part 2…

After I took the girls exploring in that fancy hotel, we drove through the back streets of Berkeley… which also happens to be the name of a song I wrote a long time ago… The Back Streets of Berkeley. Once again, I … Continue reading

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An adventure within an adventure… part 1…

Whenever I travel, even when it is to go back home to the Bay Area, I like to throw some mini adventures into my bigger adventure. My friend, Chris, who I have known since I was 6 or 7, has … Continue reading

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And of course no trip to the Bay Area would be complete without a walk down by the bay…

I took a little walk with my brother, Sid, and my daughter, Mollie. San Francisco was nestled in a blanket of fog, as is so often the case. This is a view I will never get tired of. That is … Continue reading

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Other things I saw on my mom’s deck…

It turns out that the crack squirrels that live in my head really like cat food… I happened to glance out the window and saw this little guy, who had obviously snuck out of my cranium while I was sleeping. … Continue reading

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And you know I always visit my friend John when I go back to the Bay Area… even though he is dead…

For a dead guy, he sure has a nice view… Okay, technically it his memorial tree growing over his ashes… or most of his ashes… that has the good view. I am pretty sure I did a post a long … Continue reading

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And of course, the sun continued to set in the West…

You know, like suns do… I took all of these from my mom’s deck… The Bay Area has some awesome sunsets, but there were two nights when we were there that just called out for me to grab my camera… … Continue reading

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Something else I brought to the Bay Area with me…

It was another birthday gift from my lovely wife… she got me a computer game called: Rome, Total War, which is awesome… but she got me a Magic Bullet also… It is a blender… only much better than a blender… And … Continue reading

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What to feed your ex-hippie Dead Head…

(or): How I won the genetic dice-toss… I suppose I have mentioned that Mollie is one of the coolest fifteen-year-old girls on the planet. I don’t say that only as a proud father. She really is sweet and kind and … Continue reading

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So, yeah, driving to the Bay Area again…

Not long after we saw the helicopter on the freeway, we got to the top of the Grapevine, the pass through the mountain range just North of Los Angeles… At the top of the mountain, we drove right into a … Continue reading

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I have been away…

I went on a little adventure. Mollie had a week off school for spring break, so the two of us went to visit my mom in the Bay Area. Now I have a few days of pictures to share before … Continue reading

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