Archive for June, 2005

San Francisco Pride 2005

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Today, I took a trip to the city to witness one of it’s most colourful celebrations - the San Francisco Pride parade. The parade of (mostly) men and (some) women trooped down Market St and the streets were lined with onlookers and tourists. There were rainbow coloured flags and street parties everywhere I […]

Four Restaurants in the Bay Area

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

One of the little pleasures of travelling for work is that I get to sample different foods. This week, here are the four restaurants I’ve visited for dinner. It’s my first time in each.
First was the Korean Gaesung House of Tofu at 2089 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. It was a quiet […]

A Day in Washington

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

The capital of the United States. Seat of the oldest democratic government. Centre of American politics. District of Columbia.
I spent yesterday walking around downtown Washington. It was barely enough to walk from the Capitol to Lincoln’s Memorial, a total distance of 3 km from end-to-end. I visited the Capitol, the […]

Exploring California

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

So R and I are now at the long-awaited escape from the wedding preparations.
We had already spent a week in Sunnyvale, where I tried to clear some work and allowed R to acclimatize herself to the unique was of California. During the last weekend, we made day trips to San Francisco and to Monterrey, […]