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Dinner in the City Comments

A night on the town… Then Suzie’s birthday at The Ambasador.

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King’s Mountain to Skyline Comments

More more doable than heading up Page Mill. Unfortunately the part down 92 has no bike lane, all downhill and quite a lot of traffic. However, the drip down Skyline was amazing. Wish I brought my camera. I will have to head up there via car soon with my camera and [...]

coit tower Comments

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circle @ coit tower, originally uploaded by griphiam.

Trying to take advantage of a spectacular day (Saturday) we decided to leave our confines (Palo Alto) and head north (San Francisco). While it was a great [...]

Cherry Blossom Festival Comments

This weekend saw the annual explosion of white and pink around the Tidal Basin and National Mall — blooming of the Cherry Blossoms. We when down on Friday evening, which was a good plan because it avoided most of the tourists that flock to the city for this weekend. I would say it [...]