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Crazy widows and college life...

A travel blog entry by katiespruce

... farm house that once stood there. And they were still working the night she died of a heart attack in her sleep - 38 years later... To me the house (of which I have no interior photos - a real shame, but it's banned...) is a perfect reflection of the woman. Quite a few bricks short of a finished mansion. The woman clearly had more money than brains. Case in point - she was obsessed with the number thirteen, so wherever possible she had this incorporated into ...

Let's Go Oakland!!

A travel blog entry by sebsingh

... the mental faculties weren't there, and he retired early, after a mediocre career that left him feeling worthless. He moved into baseball scouting, determined to put into practice the lessons that he had learnt, namely that good physical attributes do not necessarily make you a successful baseball player. In this attempt to understand his own failings and to successfully scout others, he came across alternative baseball literature that placed importance on objective ...

Love It Or Haight It

A travel blog entry by liamandkelsey

... on our San Francisco tourist map, we ended up walking straight up Haight Street and enjoying all of the weird. Marijuana leaves adorning every second store and hippies in just as many, but amongst the throwbacks to 60s psychadelia were a few awesome stores – a Kid Robot retail store (vinyl collectibles) and a place called Super 7 (clothing and toys and other geekery). We picked up a bag of curry popcorn called Cobra Corn from a little boutique grocery then dropped ...

Oakland and Memories

A travel blog entry by h.o.t.

... Drive where she had lived and Jess told us about the time that she had spilled her container of "slime" all over the beautiful carpet in Lou and Pat's house. This was after she had been explicitly warned about being super careful. She also recollected when she and Ben used to sneak into the super nice and formal dining area which was always roped off for their visit. Lou could always tell when they had been in there due to the way that she vacuumed the carpet, but Lou being Lou, ...

Prisons and bridges

A travel blog entry by skierdude

Woke this morning to find the blue skies had disappeared and there was high cloud, but the wind had dropped and it was a little warmer so decided to do a boat trip around the bay in case the wind picked up again later. The highlights of the trip were getting right up to underneath the GG Bridge and getting close to Alcatraz. It was very hard to get a good photo of the bridge because of all the Asian tourists pushing in front just as I clicked the shutter. I am gradually learning not to ...

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