A gorgeous balmy evening with an almost full moon.
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My favorite Vietnamese dish. Delicious!
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It didn’t really make sense to take this trip. I’ll be in Las Vegas again in a few days for work. A week later I’ll leave on vacation for a couple of weeks. But sometimes it’s the things that don’t make sense that turn out to be just what you need. A dear friend from college and her husband were planning to be in Las Vegas for a conference. I generally only get to see them once a year, when I return to North Carolina to visit my family over the winter holidays. I’m so glad I went. We had three fun-filled days, lounging by the pool, eating phenomenal dinners, visiting the marvel that is Hoover Dam, and simply hanging out in a way that you can only do with people who have known you 20+ years. I’m returning to San Francisco completely energized (which I usually can’t say after a trip to Vegas) and even more looking forward to my upcoming trips.
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I’ve been here before, and continue to be amazed at this engineering marvel. It’s perfect being here on a hot, sunny day, learning about how this was built 77 years ago.
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From my colleague Mike – a great way to combine the walk, adventure, and fun!
Michelle and I did our 5+k a day or two early, and all we got were these geocaches.
To complete the 30 YEARS OF PACMAN and The Smiley Series geocaching “geoart” series, we:
- Walked 14 miles in the desert,
- Found 57 geocaches,
- Suffered 95°F heat, and
- Drank one metric ton of water.
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As touristy as it is, I love hearing classical music and watching the fountain show.
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Last year Automattic introduced the Automattic Worldwide WP 5k. The idea was simple – invite all Automatticians (from 79 cities in 24 countries) to walk/run a 5k and blog about it. We work in a distributed environment (no offices, everyone works from home) and this was a way to have a shared experience, even though we weren’t physically together. We’re a friendly bunch, so we decided not just limit it to Automatticians, but to invite the whole internet to participate. It was so fun we decided to do it again this year.
This year the date for the 5k is on Sunday, April 29th. If for some reason (say, you’ll be on a plane) you can’t do it on the 29th, we encourage you to do it anytime the week before. I’m one of those people who will be on a plane on Sunday, so I joined another Automattician, Warren, and we walked our 5k this week. Here are some of the things we saw on our jaunt through Golden Gate Park:
- beautiful flowering dogwoods and cherry blossom trees (this is my absolute favorite time of the year in San Francisco)
- the clock made of flowers at The Conservatory of Flowers
- a trumpet player practicing jazz beside a statue
- the California Academy of Sciences
- a man DJ’ing his own private concert in the bandstand
- evening fitness bootcampers running up and down stairs
- the stark architecture of the deYoung museum
- clear blue skies and white fluffy clouds, right after the rain
- an impromptu hacky sack game on Haight Street
We ended our walk at the iconic intersection of Haight and Ashbury. I hope you’ll join the Automattic Worldwide WP 5k and share your experience!
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My favorite way to spend the morning.
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Jen got a new hoodie. It has adorable animal ears. She said she wanted it to be a kangaroo, but kangaroos aren’t grey. I offered that they might be grey when they grow old.
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We’ve started a new trend to celebrate birthdays – birthday cupcakes delivered to us! Delicious!
