san francisco
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Alfred Peet, 1920-2007
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Peet’s Coffee founder Alfred Peet died earlier this week (Wednesday) in Oregon. When Alfred Peet opened his shop in Berkeley in April, 1966 he started a coffee revolution. Nobody had ever seen top-quality coffee like this roasted in this unique style in America. The corner of Walnut and Vine quickly became a gathering place for…
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San Francisco Pillow Fight 2007
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No, it wasn’t snowing, but it sure looked like it was. Now that’s the way to spend Valentine’s Day: whacking the heck outta the people around you. I’ve got feathers in places you don’t wanna know. Check out more photos at flickr.
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X marks your experiences
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Here goes another (I wonder how much of this people know about me): Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not, then answer the following questions and post it on your blog.” My comments in []. ( x )Smoked a cigarette [that’s according to…
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The Day the Earth Shook
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the great quake (check out the old-fashioned design on that site). The earthquake hit San Francisco at 5:12:05 a.m. There were two shocks. The second one was stronger. It lasted 40 seconds, but in those seconds, energy equivalent to several nuclear bombs was released. Some scientists say that the…
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SF Saturday
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My friends came up to last night to stay for a day. They both had been to San Francisco before, …
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Los Angeles vs. San Francisco
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An international visitor’s take on the West Coast cities: Los Angeles is thoroughly uninspired…
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100 Things About Me
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Last updated: December, 2022 Everyone else has done it, so here it goes “100 things about me”: I’m known as simply some girl online, and BJ at Starbucks or Jamba Juice. My real nickname is Beej (short for BJ, from Baby Jen) My REAL real name is Jennifer I’ve always wanted a nickname when I…
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San Francisco getting fat?
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Finally, I get a free morning. Well, I was watching The View today and they talked about a survey by Men’s Health magazine of America’s fattest and fittest cities. San Francisco dropped from last year’s #2 to #4 this year. Sadly, I probably contributed to it’s slide.
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Google SMS
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My friend just told me about Google SMS. You text message Google to get information. It’s like the yellow pages right at your fingertips when you’re out on the road! I tried it at dinner today and sent the following message: chinese san francisco ca. I didn’t get anything back. I wonder if it really…
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Religion of nones
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San Francisco Chronicle (USA), Dec. 4, 2003http://www.sfgate.comBy Don Lattin, Chronicle Religion Writer Growing numbers shed organized church for loose spiritual sensibility Kellee Hom was raised in the Roman Catholic Church but never imagined she’d become a religious none. No, not “nun.” That’s “none,” as in “none of the above.” Hom is among a growing number…
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Summer…finally.
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I went to take out the garbage tonight and it was so pleasant! T-shirt and shorts weather…IN SAN FRANCISCO!!! That’s what I remember summers to be like. I love it.
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People Watching
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People intrigue me. What can I say, I am easily entertained. I spent some time downtown today and was filled with deep thoughts everywhere I went.
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Sonic was violated today
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I was awaken this morning and was told that my car window was broken. I knew they must have gone for my stereo. And sure enough, when I got outside, there was glass everywhere and my stereo was gone. It took me a while to file a police report and an insurance claim. Don’t they…
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Interview about Blogging Andrew, from
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Interview about Blogging Andrew, from bloggedy blog, has emailed me and asked me to do an online interview about blogging. I thought they were interesting questions, some of which never occurred to me. Here it goes: 1. Your name and age (or date of birth might be better, since story might not run for a…
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It’s been so cold here
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It’s been so cold here lately. It’s supposed to get even colder tonight and tomorrow. Temperatur…