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Being the jaded cynic that I am, I didn’t expect to take much away from a recent business trip to Japan. With only 5 days, 3.5 of which were booked solid with meetings, I suspected I’d mostly be seeing conference rooms. My plane returned Saturday @ 5, leaving me with a few morning hours to explore, plus what I could steal between meetings. Though not what I was expecting (Blade Runner, but flashier), and even with the extremely limited time, I was blown away. The scale, the people, the food, and the sightseeing all impressed me.
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A wonderfully epicurean, world-traveler-extraodinaire friend moved to San Francisco a few weeks ago. She has visited dozens of times and has a good grasp of tourist things to do in SF, but it’s accomplishing the day-to-day errands that prove most challenging for the recently relocated, so I’ve decided to start an abbreviated guide to accomplishing life’s little chores in the Bay Area.
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While in Napa Valley for our birthdays this weekend, we spent two nights at the intimate and charming Vintage Inn, which had the distinct advantage of being just a short block away from the French Laundry. Read the rest of this entry »