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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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25 August 2004 - 2:18 pm
I've been back from California for nearly three weeks, but I haven't yet said anything about my trip here. I won't bore you with a day-by-day narrative (although if you're interested let me know), but here are the highlights in an unsorted fashion.
- Mystery was a theme for the week as michael and I visited both a Mystery House and a Mystery Spot.
- For me, the highlight of the week was driving down Highway 1 to see Heart's Castle at San Simeon. Even without the castle, the drive alone was worth it. Unless you've seen it, you'll have a hard time picturing the highway running down the coast with the mountains on one side and the ocean on the other.
- Charlie was nice enough to show us around Santa Cruz one day. He took us to the aforementioned Mystery Spot and then we went to the 65¢ night at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Charlie also promised to restart his blog when we saw him, but that seems to have come to nothing.
- michael and I saw the Cardinals play the Giants at SBC Park in San Francisco. We had great seats and through some odd coincidence everyone in our row rooted for the Redbirds. Woody Williams pitched to Barry Bonds all night long and Barry went 0 for the game. I've always had a theory that Bonds wasn't quite as good as everyone thinks he is, so it was nice to see someone actually challenge him. And to top everything off the Cardinals won the game.
- michael would want me to mention the Exploratorium, which is a much cooler version of the St. Louis Science Center.
Posted by on 25 August 2004 at 2:19 PM
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Sounds like a fun trip. Did you visit my favorite sushi place in SF, Isobune? I remember visiting Hearst Castle -- the pool was amazing.
Posted by rkc on 28 August 2004 - 5:31 PM