Today I had my first American Thanksgiving meal, which unfortunately was 17 years late, as I gave up eating meat on the first of January, 1997, and therefore couldn’t have any of this delicious turkey.
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Month: November 2013
Parental advantage
There are many things you can only do if you have a baby, just as there are many things you can’t do if you have a baby. I can no longer successfully sleep off a[…]
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Out among the redwoods
We got out of town today, up to Muir Woods, a national monument. (Which in this case seems to mean it’s got park rangers, but it isn’t big enough to be a national park.) Muir[…]
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Things To See And Do In San Francisco
Today I took my wife and child to the Betabrand shop on Valencia, where we had a charming photo taken with Santa The Hutt. Betabrand is a clothing startup that uses the internet to sell[…]
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Watching The President
Today, Barack Obama drove past me. I was in San Francisco for lunch, he was in San Francisco for lunch. He was fundraising and giving a speech, I was trying to avoid dropping my grilled[…]
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A full blast
We got up early today and had breakfast at an artisanal chocolate factory on Valencia Street. Ok, we had chocolate for breakfast. We’re adults, these are life decisions we’re (mostly) capable of. We were preparing[…]
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Firsts
Felicity had her first visit to a beach today, outside San Francisco on the way to Palo Alto. It was a glorious day, with not a cloud in the sky, crowds of surfers bobbing up[…]
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Harsh landing
In the 24 hours from midnight at the start of November 22 in Singapore, through to 8am in San Francisco the same day, Felicity had maybe two hours of sleep. She got lots of compliments[…]
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You get what you pay for
Today was our first flight as a family on Delta. This was always going to be harder than a flight with a carrier that didn’t leave at stupid o’clock in the morning, but there’s some[…]
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Eight hours to take off
One good thing about getting up at two in the morning to go to the airport is that you don’t have time to worry about what you’ve forgotten to pack. One bad thing about getting[…]
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