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Oakland Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Oakland, United States
Farewell to Central America
Wed. I traveled back to Oakland (well…Wed and part of Thursday :) Somewhat strangely, I’m pretty sure this two months was the longest I’ve gone without being on a plane for at least 5 years. I took a tiny tiny plane from Caye ...
Hmmm...change of plans
... pretty quickly and start the long journey back. Vientiane --> Phnom Penh-->Ho Chi Minh City-->Hong Kong-->SFO-->Oakland-->Seattle...not the most fun ever. I was reminded one more time why I love this part of the world so ...
Travel day...SFO to San Jose
So the first day wasn’t the most exciting. Since I’ve only been away from work for 2 days, I’m going to stay true to consultant form and summarize it in 4-5 bullet points: * 5am: Pack * 7am: Sit in ...
Home!! & Zoo Wedding Fun
Monday I flew back to Lima, and then eventually (after much stress, chaos, and insanity...and a pledge that I will never again fly American Airlines) through Miami home to SFO. I immediately shifted into wedding-preparation mode, which involved a ...
Robyn's Wedding Week
From the Proud Papa to everyone: Robyn you make me so bloody proud! (That is an Australian expression!) Now, as a wife with a husband, you have given me my first son-in-law that anyone would be proud to say I am related to that ...
Out of the condo - one foot into the world
We have cleaned out the condo and we depart. We have been up all night packing and we are exhausted. Details, if forthcoming, will be forthcoming after ...
T minus 4 hours
Now you know what we know: 6/25 - Depart SFO at 6:40 a.m. on American Flight 1331, arriving Miami at 3:15 p.m. 6/25 - Depart Miami at 5:05 p.m. on Iberia Flight 6122, arriving Madrid at 7:35 a.m. on 6/26 8/6 - Depart JFK at ...
becoming a seed cultivator
the morning is still among the city buzz. But within the hour, the stampeding feet of excited children will fill each room, hockey pucks will blaze by faces, games will be scattered across the floor and lego fortresses will be proudly built. ...
Go A's!!!
... shout out has to be given to my man Crosby who hit a homerun in what has to be known as a magic 5th innings. Oakland A's won 4 -1 and are now close to top of their division. I'm def keep tabs on them when I get back to the UK. If ...
Off to trek in Mongolia!
Sunday AM, bright and early, our son Luke drove us to SFO for our flight to Seoul, Korea. Thank goodness for all those frequent flier points -- there's nothing like flying Business Class to take the edge off travel. I loved being greated with the glass ...
On our way to the Park!
We woke up as early as we could (and began a pattern of sleeping through alarm clocks that we'd follow throughout the trip), and after a quick breakfast at the hotel we caught the shuttle back to the airport. We saved over $50 by picking up our ...
Las Vegas to Oakland
It was time we donned our Capt's hat's and left the strip, we are off too San Fran! (Well Metro Oakland International). Captain Granite had just finished explaining how his late night at the Luxor impersonating Elvis had resulted in him winning a new ...
Yaz
The Yaz (or Yazoo if you are British) show at the Paramount Theatre tonight was really amazing. They hit all the right notes, played the best songs, and seemed gracious and surprised at the reception. I had a great time and was really ...
Silver Lady
Although my wife and I lived in Berkeley for years as students, we never took a train except for BART. For our second trip to Vegas this year, we decide to take the California Zephyr{The Silver Lady) to Reno and then hop a flight to Vegas. The train ...
Vancouver Island Here We Come!
In just a few short weeks, Rabbi Gershon and I leave on our destination wedding trip to Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Tonight I am planning our itinerary for our trip which starts on August 3,2010 and we return 6 days later on August ...
Fire Art Festival
That was a nice evening there. The different fire show's were great. We were VIP's, so we could go backstage and see things who other people couldn't see. We took a lot pictures of the fire show. Some of them are really good. You can see them. Sorry ...
Leaving Day
Ate Breakfast with Bobby ( San Francisco ) & Eric ( Seattle ) at Restaurant Peony. Wonderful Dim Sum. Head back ...
5 More Days
Only 5 more days until Wednesday. I'll be packing my suitcase, making sure I have everything I need. Otherwise I feel ready to go. I'm a bit antsy to get going. Luckily it's a 3 day weekend, and one more day of work, before I'm ...
Raider Nation
Some negotiations with a new client in Oakland meant that we were given tickets to a Oakland Raiders NFL game. Wow - if you thought rugby supporters were passionate, this is another who level! The crowd regularly chanted trash talk at the opposition ...
Did I Really Go to Church?
... and inviting experience that will remain in my memory as a well spent Sunday morning. After church, I walked around some areas of Oakland that you will see in the below photos. Just in case, you are interested in what that plaque reads, that brought ...
Arrive at our new home!
We made it! After a long day of driving, we pulled in around 7pm. We were all very excited about the new house, and were even greeted by the next door neighbors pet chickens. We saw deer in our backyard that evening. Stay tuned ...
This is the day...
This is the day that I start this trek to find something that I am convinced I am missing now. This is the first step. Setting up the blog so that people can follow my travels. I have no idea how much I will blog or what the format with be. ...
A Sweet Experience!
... heart of Oakland's Chinatown, CCUMC is multi-generational in age and diverse in cultural heritage." "Chinese Community United Methodist Church was founded in Oakland, California, in 1887. The church was established as part of a chain of Methodist Chinese ...
The Delta of San Joaquin and UC Botanical Gardens
... ago, artsy people living the free life with all kinds of 'interesting’ people walking the sidewalks. We get to the Oakland Marriott City Center pretty easily though it is rush hour traffic. Let me tell you, they will nickel and dime ...
East to West in 24 hours.
... vinaigrette. So we make our way over to the gate and you guessed, sat for another hour due to delays. We finally make it to Oakland and hit it during rush hour traffic. We drive for 30 minutes and I decide we should go ahead and eat dinner, it is ...