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I am safely back home… you can all relax…

You know who is good at relaxing? The sea lions that live beside Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. They used to sleep on the docks used by the fishing boats and the ones for people who own their own boats, … Continue reading

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It’s time to say goodbye to the Bay Area… wait, I mean, me, not you… you still have a bunch of pictures to look at…

Goodbye, San Francisco… I will miss you, as always. Goodbye, Golden Gate… it is time once again for that long drive through California’s central valley, then the slog through Los Angeles and the annoying traffic… just to get to San … Continue reading

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Eating history… (Or): Crabby bread!!!

There is one thing you absolutely must do if you are ever in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco… and that is… go to this place… Yeah, it has been a San Francisco tradition since the gold rush! And I wasn’t … Continue reading

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And then there was this guy…

Okay, that is a bad camera angle… let me move… he seems to be doing a headstand on a very tall table. Okay, that’s better. Now he is standing on a plank balanced on a metal cylinder. That is just … Continue reading

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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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Go fish…

  Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco was… and is… a working part of a big fishing port. I saw all these fish on the side of a seafood restaurant. I just thought they were sort of cool… So I am … Continue reading

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The seamen of San Francisco… wait… uh… I mean…

I just meant… the thing is… well, we were in Fisherman’s Wharf… and every time I see one of these pirates, I make Mollie take a picture of me with it… (once again, don’t ask where his hook went)… The … Continue reading

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Chocolate and dogs… but don’t give chocolate to dogs… it is bad for them…

So, we got off the cable car near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. We ambled through the park, and my wife wanted to take our younger daughter and her boyfriend to get some ice cream and chocolate… and where else … Continue reading

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That first photo might be the most San Franciscoey picture ever taken…

Or would that be: ‘the most San Franciscoish?’ That photo was taken from inside a cable car… (note the dangling Christmas ornament, top left)… and is of a VW bus… (that is painted in tie dye, and is taking tourists … Continue reading

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We went over to San Francisco again, and this time, I took 225 pictures…

Don’t worry, I will try to whittle that down a bit… and there are ones with people in them that don’t want to be on the blog… and some won’t come out as well as I hoped they would… oh, … Continue reading

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