San Francisco

Headed down to San Francisco last week for a developer conference. Good times learning, good times hanging out with the Frisco Kid. The conference spanned the week, but come Friday night I caught the CalTrain into downtown SF and hooked with Frisco Kid ... and the good times commenced.

SF in many ways was the start of my North American oddysey. It's very dear to me. I've spent a lot of time there over the years ... every visit great, every visit unique.

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The weekend started with a stroll around Frisco Kids hood and tasty dinner on Fillmore. I've said it once, and I'll say it again ... you can't beat great American hangouts for authenticity. They have a gravity about them that you don't find anywhere else in the world.

Next morning we head up to Napa for wine tasting. Relaxed and refreshed we both had a super good time .. we met lots of people in the winarys and had good laughs with them. Napa is beautiful ... a lot like the hillsides of Spain or Italy. The winaries are beautiful - filled with palms, mind-blowing flowers and of course - grape vines.

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On the way back we stopped by Muir woods. Well, given that John Muir is my fave naturalist and nature writer ... we just had to. We strolled amongst the massive and majestic Redwood trees ... super beautiful - super old.

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Sunday we headed to Frisco Kids gospel church - Glide - quite the experience. He's got some nice friends down there .. all positive, all characters. After church it was time for lunch on the water front then over to North Beach for blues + beers ... great afternoon session hanging out the cool dudes of North Beach listening to wailing blues ... a few Anchor Steam's later ... it was time to head back to the airport and fly into the Pacfic Northwest and Vancouver