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Not another San Francisco adventure!… part 2… the fog…

So yeah, some of us are still in the San Francisco Bay Area until Saturday. There are my younger daughter, Mollie, and her boyfriend. My wife is still here too, but she doesn’t want to appear on the blog… ever. … Continue reading

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Not another San Francisco adventure!… part 1… the tease…

Wait, I hear you asking, why is the city obscured by foamy water spray? And how did you ever get a photo from that delightful angle? And… are you under the Oakland Bay Bridge??? A railing and a big, fat … Continue reading

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Squirrel nuts, a snake, some dogs, a city, and some big, heavy balls…

Yup… that is a squirrel, hanging upside down on a palm tree… eating, what I assume, is some sort of nut. Now that we are all caught up on the Comic Con/Hamilton/sunset pictures, I can start to fill you in … Continue reading

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Comic Con… because… wait, Comic Con has aircraft carriers???

No, those are not people wearing aircraft carrier costumes, those are real carriers… San Diego has a big Naval presence… at Comic Con, I saw a lot of navels. I walked around the outside of the convention center, to show … Continue reading

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Some last photos of our little adventure yesterday morning…

Yes, my daughter, Mollie, and I drove down to Mission Bay in San Diego. We got to see the sun rise. We took my little kayak out. No, I didn’t shave. It makes me look more like a salty sea … Continue reading

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A step-by-step guide to getting into an inflatable Kayak that might be just a little bit too small for you… with photos…

Step 1. Approach the boat carefully. They are slippery devils. (As I mentioned, my daughter and I got up early to go out on the water. The kayak, a birthday gift from some time ago, is awesome. It fits in … Continue reading

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An early-morning adventure…

Why do Mollie, my daughter, and I look so happy? Because we got up super early and drove down to the bay here in San Diego. We watched the sun come up. And we brought my boat. Yes, Mollie dyed … Continue reading

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I told you I was going to be all up in San Francisco’s business… district…

Ironically, as much as I do like the joke in the title, I wasn’t actually supposed to end up in the Embarcadero portion of San Francisco at all. The original plan was to meet up with my friends somewhere else, … Continue reading

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A bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco… the final chapter… in fact, these are the last pictures of our Christmas trip to the Bay Area… except for a couple of really nice sunset photos that I am saving to do weird stuff with…

Oh man… I love that fat ceramic samurai cat… he was like five feet tall… I want that in my living room!  

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Stuff you might see if you ever end up in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco…

The Golden Gate through the rigging of an old sailing ship! Lots of people and buildings! A guy hiding in a small tent doing a lip-sync puppet show! Cute dogs! I mean really cute dogs! People swimming… without a wet … Continue reading

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