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Academy Of Science Major

academy of science picture display
If there’s one place you have to go in San Francisco, it’s the California Academy of Science. I LOVE this place. So much to see and learn. This place is like the Vancouver Aquarium, Science World and Museum of Anthropology all in one. And more impressive too. One could easily spend the whole day here.

Especially as they had an exhibition on Skulls. The 4,000 square-foot exhibit features 640 skulls – mounted on a 90ft wide “sea of skulls” wall, with video projections, hands-on interactives and a 3D skull viewer.

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Monterey Hijinks


When we were not road tripping to Hearst Castle or reunion’ing at Mike’s wedding, my cousins and I took in some of the Monterey attractions.

We did not do the 17 mile drive to Carmel, as the weather was overcast and it wouldn’t be as picturesque a drive. (bummer) but we did get to walk around Cannery Row, Fisherman’s Wharf and checked out the Dennis the Menace Park. For the kids.

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Did Someone Say Photobooth?


Well, that descended rather quickly.

As with most wedding receptions, when you throw in a photo booth, all sense of decorum gets thrown out the window. I could blame it on the handful of us that partook in the open bar. Or perhaps we were running off the massive sugar high from wedding cake? But more than likely is that my family is just like this. Especially when we all get together. We don’t need a wedding to bring out all the crazy merriment in us.

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A Wedding And A Family Reunion

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A long-awaited family reunion. Plus a wedding. All converging at the Monterey Plaza Hotel. We got to dress up in our finery. And raucously hooted, hollered, clapped and cheered on our cousin Mike for getting married to his long-term girlfriend, Stella. Yes, we were THAT family. The one where we paparazzi’d the entire ceremony and the reception. Subtle, we were not. I can say with certainty that between the lot of us, we did the wedding photographer’s job for him.

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A Visit To Hearst Castle

hearst castle roof
Road trip! As my cousin’s wedding was taking place in Monterey, we decided to leave San Leandro a day early so that we could fit in a visit to San Simeon and see Hearst Castle. Every time I’ve been to San Francisco, I’ve always wanted to see it, but at 3 hours driving time, we never were able to fit it into our schedule. Well! Since we’re headed in that direction…

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