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UC Berkeley

So the reason we flew out to San Francisco at all was to help my little sister, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, move off campus and start her sophomore year with sufficient food and toilet paper. We rented a car and drove her and her roomates around the Bay area to gather all the necessities [...]

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Marin, Sonoma, Napa

Once we crossed the Bay we saw Sausalito in Marin County and then spent a day seeing Napa and Sonoma. There’s an interesting rivalry between those two counties, in Sonoma I saw a t-shirt that said “Sonoma makes wine; Napa makes auto parts.” Sounds a little below the belt, no? If you just want to [...]

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Golden Gate Bridge

And it’s not possible to blog about San Francisco without some pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge, so here they are. If you just want to look at all of the pictures, with minimal commenting, you can view the Flickr set. After crossing the bridge we explored a little bit of Golden Gate State Park.

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San Francisco, tourist highlights

So now that we’ve covered the Ferry Building Market in deliciously, excruciating detail, how about the rest of the city? If you just want to look at all of the pictures, with minimal commenting, you can view the Flickr set. There was really only one day that we spent in the city proper, and my [...]

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Market Finds

And, of course, it’s not just food at the market (although I think we can all agree that the food is the most important part). There were also some interesting gifts to give, beautiful packaging, and whatever it is you think that last store would qualify as. If you just want to look at all [...]

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