Ok, another San Francisco weekend

Last weekend was full of music. On Friday we got it together and went to see Kacey Chambers and Shane Nicholson at The Independent. Awesome. Here is a picture of Kasey and Shane from a camping trip we all went on last summer when we trekked across Australia.

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The next day we took the T line to the Ferry Building Farmer's market where Chris enjoyed some oysters,

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while Olivia nibbled on some San Francisco-style hot dog.

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The under-the-bridge bluegrass was also pretty rockin'.

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We experimented with some pasta we bought at the Farmer's Market for dinner that night.

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The next day Chris rode his bike to the top of San Francisco's second highest point -- Mount Sutro, discovering a great system of mountain bike trails on the UCSF campus in the process. Good news indeed.

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All in all, another great, local weekend.

Takin' it easy

This weekend, didn't leave San Francisco. On Saturday, we drove to the Presidio to hike some new trails.

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We walked down to a quiet beach,

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and ran into a beautiful example of California' state rock (I think!),

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The mussels made us think of tasty food,

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so when we returned home, we fired up our new deep fryer,

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and made some french fries.

Visit from Mom

Last weekend Olivia's mom visited.

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We had a great time.

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We went to see the Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo (again...).

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This time, the males were molting and practicing their fighting skills.

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pretty impressive...

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We also celebrated this and that...

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Amazn.com return

Title: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Quantity: 1
Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC
Condition: new
Reason: Accidental order
Return Details: Did not want Children's version; not clear on Amazon.com that this copy was Children's version. bought correct copy at small, local, independent bookstore.
Action Requested: Refund

August weekends

For once, we stayed home. We went to the baseball game (take that defending World Champions) with Emily and Casey.

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The weather was typical for San Francisco in August (i.e. down coat time):

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We also enjoyed some locally grown scrambled eggs.

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