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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 2…

The flaming plum pudding, a staple of our fancy English Christmas double-dinners. I won’t tell you about plum pudding again. I do every year. Search back for it, or Google it. But it is hard to take a picture of … Continue reading

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That crazy Christmas dinner… that we do twice… part 1…

Christmas dinner at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area has evolved into a complicated, two-headed beast. We do a full, traditional English Christmas dinner on Christmas day… and then we do it again the following day. It … Continue reading

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Christmas monkey!!!

Hey, don’t judge us… we have weird Christmas traditions. Okay, technically, giving cheap rubber masks as gifts isn’t really a tradition… yet… It might be, starting next year. My 94-year-old mother. She makes a good koala. Ummm…. We do have … Continue reading

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Christmas, space ships… and a monkey…

Christmas at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. Did I even do a post yesterday? I was so busy, I can’t remember. A huge, fancy dinner for 18 people… which we will do again tonight… with all the same … Continue reading

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Well, you knew we would end up in San Francisco during our Christmas trip, right?… part 2…

No, that isn’t a really long cable car. That is three cable cars in a row. But you can’t have a post about San Francisco without cable cars. Right now, we are getting ready to eat dinner. It’s Pizza. Because … Continue reading

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Well, you knew we would end up in San Francisco during our Christmas trip, right?… part 1…

I had to go up in a very tall, scary, glass elevator for that photo. It’s Christmas eve, and we did our annual pilgrimage to the city. Bong, James Bong. That’s not even a real dog. We always head across … Continue reading

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More stuff I see hiding in my fence… part 3…

I almost didn’t see the cute little fish hiding in there. But the baby elephant, I didn’t even need to squint. Okay, it is only his eye and part of his wrinkly little trunk, but still…

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Cows, cars, and Christmas…

Well, we are back at my mom’s house in the Bay Area. The Christmas madness is going to begin. There will be 16 or more people living here for the next few days, and more coming in and out. And … Continue reading

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Getting in the mood for Christmas… Old, recycled posts of the holiday season… the final chapter… maybe…

So, I am going to be busy doing the usual Christmas trek/family gathering thing. And we will be doing lots of cool stuff that requires me to take photos, and then do posts about them. So, I am running out … Continue reading

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Getting in the mood for Christmas… Old, recycled posts of the holiday season… part 16…

Obviously I was just messing with you in that last post… that wasn’t a real Christmas ninja… this is a real Christmas ninja…

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