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We spent the afternoon in San Francisco yesterday.  Bill got his mom some  McEvoy Ranch organic olive oil at the Ferry Building Marketplace on the SF waterfront.  Walking to the building from the parking lot, we saw a new restaurant that I want to check out soon.  It’s called La Mar Cebichería Peruana and it [...]

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To the best of my recollection, this is what happened…
(SETUP)
I had maybe three bites at lunch, and then only two pieces of hamachi nigiri at 6 PM. Worked till 10, then had two drinks with Cathey, Tim, and Katrina at Jillian’s, then had one more while waiting for the train to take me [...]

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It’s 104 degrees (40 Celsius) outside right now, and it’s too freakin’ hot to do anything else, so I’ll just update my blog. Here’s my report on my visit with Bill.
I arrived in Florida at around 10 AM on Wednesday morning. As I exited the secure area, I saw Bill right away. He was looking [...]

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It’s past 1:00 AM and I have neither energy nor brainpower to write Part 2, so I thought I’d post some pictures…
Only in New Orleans…

On the way to the Big Easy we stopped to look at some airplanes…

Blurry me at the courtyard of the W Hotel in New Orleans…

My chicken legs…

Nice-looking old building near the [...]

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I got back home from visiting Bill late on Friday night. Because there are no nonstop flights between the Bay Area and the Florida panhandle, I had to have a layover along the way.
I flew on Delta Airlines for the first time. They have an interesting boarding process. They board first class [...]

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Yesterday we went to this year’s Pinot Paradise. Last year this festival of good food and pinot noir from Santa Cruz Mountains wineries was held at the Testarossa Vineyards in Los Gatos. This year, however, it was held at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
You may have read something about Mountain Winery here before. We’ve gone [...]

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