Category Archives: California

A Tale of Two Californias (and Maine)

So, I am way behind keeping up with this blog as we have been all over the place this fall and early winter.  I haven’t had much motivation to update the site lately, but I’ll take this quiet time after … Continue reading

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California All the Way….Take 2.

It’s been six years since my friend Tony and I took a road trip to California to meet his wife and her family for Christmas, so we decided to do it again.  The last time, we took the central and … Continue reading

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California All the Way / “Not Japanese”

When my friend Tony texted and asked if I was interested in driving with him across the country to San Francisco, I jumped at the opportunity.  I’ve never been to many of the central US states and driving across the … Continue reading

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Back from CA…

We just returned from our week-long family trip to central California traveling 1200 miles in our crappy Dodge rental van in a large irregular circle from San Fran to Yosemite to Carmel Valley then back to San Fran.  We had … Continue reading

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My San Francisco Treat and the Iran Wait

Nine weeks post shoulder surgery and it feels like I was operated on yesterday; my shoulder is killing me. Still, I managed a cross-country flight to San Francisco for a conference, with the very real possibility of a much longer … Continue reading

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