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Finished the day with a walk on the beach. Unfortunately, it started raining just after this, and we got rained on the mile and half or so back to the house.

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comedy shot.

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Disappearing Tea Cup at our favorite Chinese Restaurant, Full Moon.

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I did so much homework, C had to take a picture of me working.

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Bettie is always on the computer.

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New book case coutesy of Ikea. It took less time to assemble than the conversation with my mother that was happening at the same time.

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Hiding at Ikea.

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A common sight this last week.

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The storm that has been assaulting California for the last week has lent itself to some heavy seas. I am glad I am not out in it, but it was rather spectacular to watch.

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Monterey rainbow.

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Heavy editing job on a fun, if not blurry, picture of Bettie.

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Prosciutto Egg Cups. Thin strips of prosciutto layered in a muffin tin, a spoon full of pesto, a small chunk of cheese (fontina is best, this time I used gouda). crack an egg into it, and bake at 375 until whites are done and yolks are still runny. Tastes great, looks seriously spiffy. Gotten from the Waldorf=Astoria Cookbook.

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Bettie.

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More house projects. We are building a bookcase that I will post about later. Here is Cara staining the back piece of it.

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Took a tour of Hermann Hall (AKA the former Hotel Del Monte) with Cara's coworker/NPS historian. One of the great bit of historic architecture on the west coast, and amazingly owned by the Navy.

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Taken from my front yard of a Porsche 911... driving past that is.

Also a bonus shot. It's throwback picture week on facebook, so I scanned an old baby picture that my mother gave to Cara. I laughed a bunch as I was messing with it on photoshop, and every time Cara would look over, she would crack up.

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It took 2 weeks, but here is a pic of my car. probably the first of many. Many.

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My cheesy recording studio set up at my couch. Audacity recording program, microphone from Rockband (usb hookup to the computer), my djembe as a mic stand, recording my guitar. It works, but I am still figuring out how the whole mixing process works.

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Dammit... first day missed. And not for lack of a picture either. I took quite a few just and got distracted on homework (and BBC's Top Gear) and forgot to put it up.

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3 out of 4. Damn you Cards. I feel bad posting essentially the same picture 2 consecutive days, but I didn't do anything today other than watching football. I was in my PJs until after 5pm.

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My playoff bracket. 2/2 so far, Cara is down 1.

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Diet food doesn't have to suck. Here is a fillet mignon topped with a beer reduction and crimini mushrooms, oven fries, and sauteed spinach and garlic. All of this coupled with a nice Chilean table wine. Dieting doesn't actually suck.

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Sitting in front of my computer all day, so I decided that that would be the theme of today's shot.

(although in retrospect, given the day number, maybe it should have been a dry vodka martini, shaken not stirred.)

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As I said, much less interesting stuff after the trip. Back to mundane daily life. On a plus side, the grocery store had cherries for rather cheap. Cherries are one of my single favorite food items, and I am always thrilled to pick up a bunch, and while I am also not much a fan of still life shots, this one turned out pretty nice.

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As a parting shot for the trip to SF that has encompassed the first few days of the year, I took one of those must take shots while there.

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Alcatraz.

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Union Square taken from the Cheesecake Factory atop the Macy's. This is a panorama where I put together 13 photos, each taken at 18mm. After cropping, and before resizing, the final picture was 67 Megapixels. Every so often you have to do a touristy thing, so we had a piece of cheesecake up there with a stunning view of the square. Silly, but worth it.

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Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco. Had a dozen raw, and some clam chowder.

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Vacation in San Francisco.