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December 6, 2012

Best Wine May Possibly Be in Santa Cruz

Went to the Thomas Fogerty Winery in Woodside today for a work event. Beats the office for sure! I was so tempted to buy one of their $70 bottles of Pinot Noir which was one of the best pinots I’ve…

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December 4, 2012

Rock Wall Winery

Not only did we go to the Rock Wall Winery this past weekend, we became members too. Cannot wait to share this hidden gem with friends. If you love Rosenblum wine, which we do, you’ll love Rock Wall. The Rosenblums…

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November 25, 2012

Best Ever Day Trip to Half Moon Bay

We spent Thanksgiving locally here in the Bay Area. The following day I volunteered at my high school’s homecoming event. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was itching to get out of town. I spent Saturday night researching places…

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October 24, 2012

Le Diner a San Francisco

Last Friday we went to the Le Diner a San Francisco event. These all white dinner parties are held world-wide. Pasting in some pictures I found on the web. I’m not a photographer so no picture I take will do…

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October 23, 2012

Potrero Hill

Ok, this is the last post I’ll write about Potrero Hill since last night was our last night. It actually reminds me of Alameda. For those of you who haven’t been to my hometown, it’s the type of city where…

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October 3, 2012

This Has To Be the Best Weekend in San Francisco

Here’s what’s going on this weekend. Am I missing anything? I put them in order of importance 🙂 A’s playoffs Giants playoffs Litquake Burning Man Decompression Fleet week Cal Homecoming, Cal vs UCLA Raiders Niners America’s Cup Hardly Strictly Bluegrass…

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June 9, 2012

Pictures from Henry Coe State Park

Dean took some pics with his cell phone. Notice I wear the same clothes every time I hike. We only go once a week and during that time we do laundry. So yeah, no need to buy a ton of…

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June 3, 2012

Henry W. Coe State Park

Dean and I have sort of been on a health kick lately, trying to take better care of ourselves. One of the things I’ve instituted is a weekly hike. I’ve been browsing pictures and websites of regional parks, state reserves,…

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May 1, 2012

Which City is Better: San Francisco vs Oakland

On my way to work, I saw the newspaper headline asking which Bay Area metropolis is better. I don’t remember which periodical it was. I didn’t stop to read it. I only made a mental note to blog about it….

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December 10, 2011

Hark the Herald Angel Island Run

Saturday, we ran the Hark the Herald Angels 24th annual 12K/25K put on by Enviro-Sports. It was our 4th and last scheduled race of the year, but there were two factors that made this race unique: 1) it was a…

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