Best Western Inn Hayward

... of redwoods and grass slopes and meadows. The site of Stinson beach was well worth it. I was then told that Stinson beach is accessible by car, that it’s only a mile off 101 Freeway and you didn’t have to do the hike to get to the beach.... one word, *******! In truth it was a great walk and definitely cleared the head. We headed down into Stinson and a restaurant for much needed fuel and fodder. We then caught a bus back which took the most ...

... then we had dinner at this awesome restaurant that had a small booth overlooking the water and watched alcatraz while we had an amazing seafood dinner. it was expensive but how often can you say you had dinner overlooking alcatraz? then we caught the trolley back. again, me inside. so we are now checking out the digs and are ready to go to bed, wonder if our roomys are back?

... photo from one of the local photographers. We took our last cable car ride back downtown and then did a bit of shopping. There is a massive Westfield on the main drag that is nine stories high! Paul visited his new favourite record store called Rasputin Music - five levels of mostly second hand CDs/DVDs/Records - made a few purchases. Highly recommended! We are packing tonight for our flights home tomorrow evening. Love Carolyn and Paul

Okay - so the last day was a rush and kind of crazy. I take full responsibility for not taking into account my love of procrastination, and forgetting that packing is a long arduous practice. Up until 4 in the morning, up again at 6 AM to finish cleaning and packing. Called in late to work, showed up even later, rocked out some final projects, picked up Mom from the ...

... a posh neighborhood can turn on a dime based on what street you're on. I stayed at Hotel Adagio this week, and I loved it! It's part of a boutique hotel chain, joie de vivre, and right across the street from Hotel Monaco. When I was looking into hotels months ago, I stumbled upon Hotel Adagio after completing a hotel matchmaker quiz based on my personality. My ...

The Countdown has begun! Here are a few reminders: Make sure you have packed everything on the list, and recheck it! This year the tour is departing from Oakland, NOT San Francisco. OAKLAND:-) Call time is 8:00 a.m. Finally, make sure to bring your smiles and beautiful voices:-) Bon Voyage!

... include it and a few other short entries before I leave in order to get my blog up and running before I leave the country. If you're interested in receiving notices when I add entries, feel free to sign my guestbook and add your email to my address book. I look forward to hearing from you and keeping in touch. Au revoir, Christy

Happy New Year! I've arrived safely in California and will be staying with my brother for the next couple weeks as I recover from last weeks move, and Christmas, finalize my itinerary, get together supplies and get some visas. Oh I have to buy my flight ...

... on the place allowing a bit of exercise with the rolling motion. So far so good here, got through security and customs OK including keeping out the way of those sniffing little cute beagle dogs on the search for drug smugglers. I thought only NZ used beagles. Got free pesto pasta ...

... Master of Reality" 3 0 30, "Fyodor, the Idiot" 1 0 10, Rajay 2 1 15, Tristan 4 0 40
Bonuses: Stanford C 3 50 16.67, USC 10 85 8.50

Berkeley A 320, Stanford A 250
Berkeley A: Jerry 5 4 30, David 2 1 15, Kenny 3 1 25
Stanford A: Yogesh 5 1 45, Eric 3 0 30, Chris 1 2 0
Bonuses: Berkeley A 10 250 25.00, Stanford A 9 175 19.44

"Caltech" 355 ...