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These ridiculously tall trees are probably redwoods. For some perspective, I took this picture on the ground and had David stand very close.
Date: 09/29/2010
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A pretty pagoda. I like tea gardens!
Date: 09/29/2010
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Me in front of a zen garden. It was peaceful.
Date: 09/29/2010
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A lot of the city buses (especially near downtown) were powered by overhead power lines. Unfortunately, sometimes the connections would come loose, and the driver would have to get out and rehook them. This was particularly annoying when the bus was in
Date: 09/29/2010
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A statue of the creator of Beach Blanket Babylon. We saw the show - it was pretty funny.
Date: 09/29/2010
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We visited the Metreon, which is a mall that turned out to be really boring. (apparently it used to be cool when Sony owned it) But they still have the Walk of Game! Here's me with Link's star.
Date: 09/30/2010
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StarCraft!
Date: 09/30/2010
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Sid Meier! (he made the Civilization series of games, including Civ 5 which is being played in this house even as I type this caption)
Date: 09/30/2010
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Final Fantasy!
Date: 09/30/2010
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Mario, of course!
Date: 09/30/2010
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Last but not least, Lara Croft!
Date: 09/30/2010
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We took a bus tour to ride around and relax a bit. Here's Union Square.
Date: 09/30/2010
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City Hall, which apparently has the fifth-largest dome in the world.
Date: 09/30/2010
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Our bus tour guide pointed out the funny looking bricks on a lot of these buildings - apparently they were pulled from the rubble of the devastating 1906 earthquake and reused! We had serious concerns as to whether this was structurally sound, but I gues
Date: 09/30/2010
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A shot of the bottom of Lombard St. - yes, those are cars going down. Brave!
Date: 09/30/2010
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For one day, it was vaguely foggy in San Francisco. Weather: what the heck?
Date: 09/30/2010
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