Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Oakland Airport

... and crafts, though mostly food oriented. All kinds of things I have never seen before such as they were selling the leaves and blossoms of squash plants, all kinds of unusual greens, melons, and tubers. I sampled some white peaches and pluots and thought I had died and gone to heaven. The pluots were so packed with sweetness I don't think I could eat a whole one but I bought a couple each for snacks.<br><br>I head back to the hotel about 10:15 to ...

... We had ordered a chicken fried rice side dish that was served on a platter &#8211;it was enough to feed a small family but some of the best fried rice I have ever eaten. Marshall had the Sauteed shrimp and scallops and that is what both of us ended up eating. Fresh and light with traditional vegetables with just the right amount of flavor without being too salty.<br><br>We walk over to the Trappist who has over 15 Belgian beers on tap but it is elbow to elbow ...

... rainy and Julie cooked a great dinner and I have a shuttle to the airport at 530 in the morning, so i'm quite happy to be in. I also managed to chat to Donna today and all systems are go for a visit to Chico after I'm back in SF, and it looks like Hungry Steve and I might get to hang out in Ohio..AND I got flights for toronto booked in time to get me there for Jake's birthday. My smile could not be wider. I am so very blessed. So this is my list of things still to ...

... a sign for a party in the downstairs bar with FREE drink (the magic number) so I went up to my room to get changed and get ready for a night of heavy drinking... Once in my room I met one of my room mates, An English guy, also called James, from Surrey. He seemed nice enough but then he went up in my estimations when He handed me a beer. We chatted and had 3 or 4 beers before deciding that we needed a few more so he went across the road and we got another 12 ...

... began! Again, we were surprisingly alert! We had slept about 10 hours, so that helped considerably (we found out later that the mattress we were sleeping on was handmade and awesome, so I'm sure that helped!). Evelyn took us into the city and dropped us off in the Financial District. We had found out that Evelyn has been marketing a home decor line from India that they named "Zeba," Hindi for "beautiful," and the company has two jewelry towers in Macy's there, so ...

After dropping off Mom, Dad &amp; Brandon at SFO. Jeff, Collin, Lauren and I drove over to the BART station for long term parking. We got off the BART train from Millbrae to the San Bruno station to catch the SFO train and who did we run into? Graham, Briana, Geoff and Hailey--all with very perplexed looks on their faces wondering why we would be coming off the train at the same platform they were catching one! We soon met up with Mom, Dad, Brandon and the ...

... river in Tibet, pushed a bus for an hour through mud in Cambodia, drove and unstuck a woman's SUV from sand in Siberia, rode horseback through rain, hail and snow in Mongolia, helped assemble a family's yurt--ger--in Mongolia, witnessed a woman survive a suicide attempt by jumping off a bridge in Xinjiang, hired an entire bus in Tibet, pirated seats on a bus hired by a Polish ...

Today the people at the apartment I am staying went out of their way to accomodate me, and now I have finally moved in to my new place with a gorgeous view. The only thing I could complain about would be the loud train honking sometimes, but I am happy. Saw some people racing (rowing) on the river in those long boats. I'm tired, going to bed.

... but annie had an ensalada de camarones which was disgusting. Later we went back to the apartment to get ready for that night and went to the Eddinburgh Castle which was an awesome scotish bar. Ther was some appreciation for some scottish historical person and ppl were reading poems and playing thr backpipe there was also a scottish buffet and dope drinks.after the traditional music they played funky british songs i really enjoyed that place n tried haggis 4the time ...

... questions put to me, whether verbally or on a formed that I swore I answered truthfully (under penalty of perjury), I made it out of the controlled area, and into the arrival area where people had gathered to meet family, friends, clients, husbands, wives and/or lovers. I had expected to be greeted by my wife of almost three months who had taken off work early to meet me, but no one was there. Hmmmm. I could see that there was another arrivals area further down ...