Discovery Inn Hayward

Flashpacking in San Francisco

... proof, so there are plans to build a complete replacement in the next 20 years, which is when according to seismologists, the next big earthquake is going to hit San Fran and take out the Marina area and other structures, neighbourhoods etc. It will be an amazing engineering feat, the bridge that is not the earthquake.

Monday, Rach and I chilled in the gardens of the Palace of Fine Arts with a picnic in the glorious June sun. Unusually for San Fran ...

San Francisco, California, United States hess

San Francisco

... of the "Painted Ladies" at Alamo Square and wandered around a few of the streets surrounding the park before heading through Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach and The Presidio, where we got our first view of the Golden Gate Bridge. We got a bit too happy with the camera, even though it was pretty foggy that day and visibility to the bridge wasn't great. Sunday was a fairly lazy day compared with Monday! We headed out on foot up Nob Hill, down through ...

San Francisco, California, United States mikebrookedavis

Taking it easy.......

... free, otherwise it's $5). Swing dancing is easy to find here. On Wednesday night I headed to Savannah Jazz club in the Mission (on mission st) and caught a great band, and danced with some incredible dancers. It feels like there's always a party going on here. On Thursday Bill, Monika and I headed to Shameless Heathers for a shindig with load of food, drink, hot tubs and balloon animals of a crazy nature. I caught up with so ...

San Francisco, California, United States akeakekiakaha

What a P.I.A day

Ok the day started out well enough with the wake up call from the Hotel and mobile phone alarm going off and me being able to get up to get ready for departure and sunny California. This was probably the highlight along with finally getting to California as the day just snow balled literally into a day of frustration and being ****** off with the whole airline thing. Everyone got a seat? I arrived at the airport approximately 2.5 - 3 hours before departure and was feelin good about ...

San Francisco, California, United States stiletto666

Crooked streets and a bazillion steps

... there a little early, so I popped over to the market and savored a spinach and goat cheese croissant. I'm totally obsessed with Cowgirl Creamery. After my meeting, I returned to my hotel and eventually made it over to Boulevard (back near the wharf) for lunch. I had a fantastic salad comprised of organic Snow Queen peaches, goat cheese (I know), mixed greens and pesto. Very refreshing. Also tried their lobster bisque and iced tea ...

San Francisco, California, United States cklenotic

San Francisco

... for a ticket! got the cable car back, was really brave and hung off the outside, it was quite exhilerating when you go down the massive hills, til they have to stop, OUCH, my hip slammed into the rail :( but was still amazing! i went to the aquarium at the bay today, got in free after talking to a guy who works there yesterday, he put me on the guest list. they had divers there with full face masks on so you could ask questions, i think i was the visitor ...

San Francisco, California, United States jennin

last bit of vacation

... laid low once we got here. Except when we got hungry, of course. We went to a local microbrewery for dinner. (The office attendant's suggestion.) It's obviously a favorite with the locals, since it was already packed at 4:30, while surrounding places were still empty. Good choice. Albert and I split an enormous burger. Lots of mushrooms. Mmmmm.... Sunday morning we went to the meeting in Mill Valley. The Kingdom Hall is close to where we are staying, and has ...

San Francisco, California, United States dn3a

Back in the campo

So we just had our fortieth anniversary for peace corps here in paraguay. The world wide director came from washington and all in all it was a pretty fun event. Then we had some training we had to sit through. But itīs good to be back in home in the campo. We have recently gotten a cellphone tower in our community and let me tell you one thing paraguayans love more than mandioca is texting with there cell phones. Everywhere you go everyone has ...

San Francisco, Paraguay almparaguay

Tentative Itinerary

... in all of NZ for choral music). Attend Maori "luau" and explore thermal ponds and steam vents around Lake Rotorua. · June 21 "Stand alone" concert in Palmerston North. · June 22, 23 and 24. Concerts in and around Wellington. · June 25 fly from Auckland to Honolulu. Cross International date line and lose one day! · June 24 arrive in Hawaii · June 25 Day of activities, concert at Saint John ...

Hayward, California, United States so29

we finally beat Berkeley A!!!!

... 2 0 20
UT-Austin: Adam 1 0 10, Eric 2 0 20, Matthew 1 1 5
Bonuses: Chicago A 15 405 27.00, UT-Austin 4 50 12.50

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Round 14
Chicago B 140, Berkeley C 115
Chicago B: Jared 2 1 15, Ray 3 0 30, David 2 1 15, Murtaza 0 0 0
Berkeley C: Ashley 2 0 20, Sydney 0 1 -5, Salpi 1 0 10, Larry 1 0 10
Bonuses: Chicago B 7 80 11.43, Berkeley C 4 ...

Berkeley, California, United States sc_from_or