Amelia had a chance to revisit her rock along the Lower Yosemite Falls Trail where she had been in June of 2003.
We visited Glacier Point, Lower Yosemite Falls, Mirror Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Lee Vining and Bodie my new step-sister, Vivienne and step-mom, Maria!
San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Giants invite you to Opera at the Ballpark. This free performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni will be simulcast live from the War Memorial Opera House.
Ouch!
An epic and painful experience. Nothing short of a clove pack could stop the pain of dry socket.
Protesting Trump’s Executive Order to ban Muslims refugees and legal immigrants from certain countries.
December 25, 2016
Turning 16 is a big deal! She wants to spend her birthday with her friends by going to San Francisco’s Chinatown for a luncheon and cake. Later she wants to go to Milpitas and enjoy dinner at another Chinese restaurant.
This is by far AMS’ darkest and most frightening costume. She came up with the idea and we then found bits and pieces of material, foam, yarn, polyester fill. The mask came from a street vendor I ran into in San Francisco while attending a conference.
A vision of a waking nightmare and paralyzing terror in the suburbs.
AMS wore her costume to school for the high school Halloween Contest. She didn’t win a prize but most of her friends thought she should have gotten it.
This was the source of inspiration for AMS’ costume. A more benign bug-like representation.
SFO -> Shanghai -> Manila
Shared a taxi to the White Knight Hotel in Intramuros.
Spend our first full day walking around Intramuros and along Roxas Boulevard in the heat. Still jet-lagged. Drank some excellent coffee at the White Knight Hotel – Batangas coffee!
Departed Manila and arrived in Hong Kong. We’re staying at the Eaton – Kowloon. From the airport we took the K1 bus that dropped us off directly at the Eaton Hotel – Kowloon. We arrived at the hotel very late.
Spent the day walking around the Eaton Hotel. Went to the night market on Temple Street.
Disneyland
We went to Disneyland with Maria, her daughter, Vivienne. It was Vivienne’s first trip to Disneyland – her 6th birthday present. She would never dream of going to Disneyland until now.
Went to Hong Kong by Star Ferry and found the Mid-Levels longest escalator.
Hong Kong -> Manila -> Iloilo City -> San Jose
Hong Kong. Woke up early to rain pouring down. Packed up, got a quick breakfast at the Main Street Cafe and caught Bus A21 to the airport. Our check in counter was in Terminal 2 but the gate was in Terminal 1. Got through security, immigration and customs without a problem and headed off to Manila at 11:30 AM. Arrived in Terminal 3 in good shape.
Manila. Transferred by taxi to Terminal 3, got checked in for the next leg and waited. A delayed flight and gate change and we were off for Iloilo City by 5:30 PM (late).
Iloilo City. Arrived after dark and looked for a van but they were all gone already. Had to transfer to another location to catch a van to San Jose.
Two hours later we arrived in San Jose welcomed by a small group of family kids and a motorcycle taxi waiting for us.
Checked in to the Adelaide Travelers Hotel. Chill.
Amelia, myself and Maya all went to the Maker Faire together by train.
Scenes from the Faire
We ended up eating tocino at a Filipino food truck “Jeepsilog”. Expensive but yummy!