Kokochi

Your local Alameda Punk Fest

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Latitude: 37.76942825317383
Longitude: -122.23883056640625
Altitude: -21.3M

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Organized by Marcus.

And then there was dinner

After a few hours walking along the beach, we were dying to get home and eat the lasagna that James and Jack (Belinda's husband and son) stayed home to cook. We came in, and oh the wonderful smell. We had to wait for a bit more before it was done, and when Jack took the lasagna out of the oven, we cheered. A neighbor, aptly called the Pie Master, came by with his cherry pie. Picked cherries in the morning, hand-pitted, and hand-made. What a wonderful dinner. Thank you, everyone!

Walked to the beach.

Latitude: 36.960365295410156
Longitude: -122.0203399658203
Altitude: 27.5M

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A bit of Brasil in Santa Cruz before meeting my friend from Tokyo.

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Visiting Santa Cruz to see Belinda, a dear friend with whom I worked at the IMF in TOKYO. Her daughter just graduated from UCSC. I've never met Belinda's daughter & son, so this is special to meet her family...here in SANTA CRUZ, far away from Tokyo.

Now having lunch at a BRASILIAN Cafe before meeting up with Belinda. INTERNATIONAL!

Latitude: 36.967533111572266
Longitude: -122.03922271728516
Altitude: -1.8M

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Fort Mason

Transcription by Chuck Swenson:
(I've been saving my digital pen paper because I was running low, but got more. So I'm back to writing. Yay!)

We're at Fort Mason for a Long Now Lecture Series. Tonight is about Modern Medieval Cities.

On our way, we saw a Segway gang, lined up like ducklings. Neat. Then we checked out the sailboats since Dav starts sailing lessons next week.

Lunch

Latitude: 37.779510498046875
Longitude: -122.3981704711914
Altitude: 2.1M

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Wohoo! Remember this exciting post? Unfortunately, although I was dying to use it everyday, the GPS moblogging system I got a hold of was a bit buggy. Not to complain, but I couldn't get it to reliably work. Very frustrating to get so close to feeding my posting-with-gps obsession.

Luckily, Dav is back and not working, so he's had time to make his own system. My sweet darling techie hunk of a boyfriend (a title he's earned several times over) is so cool! I am thrilled to bits and can't wait to play with this!!

And just to put things in perspective, my first post with GPS in Tokyo was May 25, 2003. I'm just saying...

My Neighborhood(s)

I was kindly contacted by our neighborhood blogger who just started Potrero Hill, San Francisco, "a community blog for the neighbors of Potrero Hill." He commented on my video skills about this neighborhood's 2 seconds of fame. I'm really glad to learn Potrero Hill has a neighborhood blog. Such is the kind of blog use that is most inspiring to me. Hopefully, the Potrero community will meet together more and share important information that otherwise would go unheard.

I had an amazing neighborhood in Tokyo. Just enough traditional and quaint feel, but also very cool and fun to hang out in. I loved walking around discovering its character. I miss it dearly.

I guess my point is neighborhoods have meaning. Check out your neighborhood.

Mobile Monday

Hosted at OpenWave. Russell Beattie showing off his 25 gadgets that he always carries around. He sure likes gadgets! Cool monthly meeting with discussions about stuff I so want in the market now!

Pinball Machines

Neat place in Alameda that has old traditional pinball machines. The guys sure got into it seriously, while I was more into the funky retro art work.

Scenes from Alameda's Antique Flea Market

Gigantic and fascinating in terms of the stuff you can find (like someone's travel diary from the 1950s or a third of a boat). I purchased a 1920s ladies hat.