A few weeks ago the king of conventions, Comic-Con, was held in San Diego. The 5-day experience that engulfs downtown San Diego has something for everyone: exclusive premieres and first-looks for the “I saw it before anyone else” braggarts star-studded panels for those want to hear their favorite stars banter, and ask questions professional panels […]
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After a one-year hiatus, the city of Windsor returned to hosting the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic last weekend. Chrystie and I woke up at 4 am on Saturday to make the two hour drive to Windsor and partake in the event. Arriving minutes before the scheduled liftoff, and expecting a field full of
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Following the devastation of the 1906 earthquake and the subsequent depression that gripped the city of San Francisco, city officials decided to raise spirits by hosting a race across the city. First held in 1912, Bay to Breakers has become the largest and longest unchanged race in the world. Sunday May 15th, was the 100th
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Last weekend, Chrystie and I went to the Moscone Center in San Francisco to attend our second WonderCon. I somewhat expected a big hoopla for the 25th anniversary, but aside from a panel with some of the founding fathers, there wasn’t much celebration of their silver anniversary. Even the program was kinda sad, perhaps by
Two weekends ago Chrystie and I flew into Boston to visit my cousin and attend PAX East, our third Penny Arcade Expo and first one on the east coast. Visiting my cousin was great, the gaming convention, unfortunately, was another story. Upon arriving to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, the lobby was absolute chaos
Last Saturday the Stanford Blood Center and the Sharks Foundation held a blood drive at the Shark Tank. The draw for the blood drive was that anyone who tried giving blood would be let in to see the Sharks morning practice skate. Not having given blood in over a year, and seeing a nice reward
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On Tuesday I took the day off work to stand in the presence of the Giants World Series trophy, less commonly known as the Commissioner’s Trophy. As you may recall, The San Francisco Giants Are World Champs! Starting January 4th, the Giants organization began taking the trophy on tour all over Northern California (and some
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Last Saturday morning Chrystie and I got up early and headed to the Shark Tank to see the Sharks practice. Every once in a while the Sharks will allow the public to watch their morning skate sessions – you may recall this post from last year. They were running the same promotion again, so we
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Back before Christmas, Chrystie and I went to the Cow Palace to partake in the 32nd Annual Great Dickens Chrismas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party. Similar to a Renaissance Fair, the Dickens Fair takes you back to the Victorian times of Charles Dickens in ye olde London. We arrived an hour or so after the
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Last Sunday Chrystie and I crawled out of bed at the crack of dawn to stake out seats for the San Jose Holiday Parade. Thanks to weathermen predicting heavy rainfall, there was not a huge crowd on the beautiful sunny morning. There was no traffic whatsoever, and I found street parking within 2 blocks of
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