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OAKLAND: No Mystery

Stanley Clarke’s Band… at Yoshi’s… first Yoshi’s show for us since November 2019!

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UC DAVIS: Rising Stars of Opera

Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera

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READTREAT: THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING

If mutual aid, social co-operation, civic action, hospitality or simply caring for others are the kind of things that really go to make civilization, then this true history of civilization is only just starting to be written. The Dawn of … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Canyon Snow Iris

For a good new year! It’s the second Canyon Snow Iris in the backyard and the first one doesn’t seem to find its place… hence a warm welcome to the new iris! 🙂

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SAN FRANCISCO: Hills, Steps, Lights!

Golden Gate Heights Park… Aerial Steps… Rocky Outcrop Park… Larsen Peak… Grandview… Mosaic Stairway… Hidden Garden Steps… Golden Gate Park… Facing the Future… Entwined Meadow… Happy Holidays!

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MOVIE NIGHT: Oppenheimer

“Oppenheimer” (2023) Student Movie Recommendation: ‘Oppenheimer’ film is the story of a man who changed the world

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DAY TRIP: New Years Creek Trail…

… on Año Nuevo Point Trail… back from the beach… elephant seals with reservation… bird symphony… rainy mushrooms… beauty!

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SAN FRANCISCO: 49 Mile Scenic Route

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE… DRAGON’S GATE… CITY LIGHTS… to be continued… A Peck Of Gold…

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COLOMBIA: The Great Parranda

Stories about Gabriel GarcĂ­a Márquez by Eszter Vörös The Colombian folk songs that influenced Gabriel GarcĂ­a Márquez’s ‘magical realism’

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DAY TRIP: SF…

… and night JAZZ… Dorado Schmitt & Sons 🙂

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