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2026.01.08: LON-SFO…

Posted on January 8, 2026 by admin

Rain is coming to town… Good Bye London… NG House… Michelin House… South Kensington… mind the gap… Giraffe… food from around the world… Best British Food… bear gifts… Pret a… décoller… Moving pics… Monsieur Aznavour… Love Actually… The Naked Gun… … Continue reading →

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2026.01.07.London: A British Day

Posted on January 7, 2026 by admin

British Museum… BA checkin the Great Court… on to the temporary exhibits… surprise detour… Reading Room! Missing pieces… a place-time puzzle… Carnaby Street… Handel Hendrix House… music-time travel… The Barbary… deliciously cosy… a new tradition… last bus ride … London … Continue reading →

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ART ITINERARIES: Manet & Morisot…

Posted on November 19, 2025 by admin

…Side by Side More Than a Muse: How Morisot Redefined Manet’s Art A wonderful Wednesday art filled dialogue… airy and hopeful… side by side…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: The Dawn Redwood

Posted on November 9, 2025 by admin

Dawn Redwood, Shui-Hsa, shuishan Sharing the Planet – UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley Tom Killion Exhibition – UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley

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BIRTHDAY GIFTS: Thymus ‘Fragrantissimus’ & Lewisia ‘Elise’

Posted on November 6, 2025 by admin

Thymus fragrantissimus ‘Orange scented’… spicy sweet orange scent… wow! 🙂 Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise’… Fleuroselect Gold Medal… beauty!

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DAY TRIP: Botanical Berkeley

Posted on November 2, 2025 by admin

California Treescapes… at UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley… Journey to Hokusai… Sharing the Planet…

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MUSICAL ITINERARIES: Cal Performances

Posted on October 19, 2025 by admin

Philharmonia Orchestra Encore….

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MOVIE NIGHT: Bottle Shock

Posted on September 25, 2025 by admin

A nice wine surprise… 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay Bottle Shock (2008) Bottle Shock: Fact vs. Fiction That Revolutionary May Day in 1976 When California …

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PLANT.ITINERARIES: Farm.Native.Nursery.Orchard

Posted on September 10, 2025 by admin

Farm Forward… fall hours… will try again, looks great! Andy’s Orchard… delicious! Capitol Nursery… herbs & natives:

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MOVIE NIGHT: Sunshine on Leith

Posted on September 9, 2025 by admin

Film and TV in Edinburgh

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