Posted on 16 August 2009.
My friend Valerie from Germany is visiting and we’re having a wonderful time. Today we visited the small zoo by my house. My favorite exhibit was the penguins – they were playing with the kids. No, really. The penguins raced the kids the length of the tank, doing little jumps out of the water while [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2009.
Last weekend Ken and I spent a great day in Yokohama going to Minato Mirai 21. While the name literally means “Harbor Future 21″ I think it’s meant to convey something like “Harbor for the 21st Century”. They have whole bunches of stuff there. (Find bigger, prettier versions of all these pictures on my flickr [...]
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Posted on 10 March 2009.
I popped in my memory stick and found photos of my flight I forgot to post: My leg room in Economy Plus. It’s hard to tell in the picture but I have my long, lanky legs completely stretched out. With my butt all the way back I couldn’t reach the seat in front of me [...]
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Posted on 13 January 2009. Tags: san francisco
The apartment is basically empty now and quite echo-y. After a desk and the bed were gone Ken and I were like, “Hey, this room is actually quite spacious! What did we need a double bed for, anyway?” One night crammed on an ancient twin mattress reminded us. My shoulders are sore and I haven’t [...]
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Posted in life, travel
Posted on 14 December 2008. Tags: san francisco
I have exactly one month left in San Francisco and there’s still so much to do! Today two friends and I went to Rainbow Grocery, the mother of all co-ops. Photo by superamit. It’s absolutely huge inside, probably six times larger than any other co-op I’ve been in. They have everything you expect (bulk spices [...]
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