Tag: vacation
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California Adventure: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
I woke up Thursday morning to discover that my flight from Chicago to Grand Rapids had been canceled 12 hours early, and United had automatically rebooked me for a flight on Friday morning…at 5am. Ignoring the “I don’t want to” aspect of getting up early enough to get there, this was an impossible situation. The…
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California Adventure: Wednesday
Wednesday was Day 1 of the Dry Lent, and (supposedly) my last day in town. My friend had to work and go to a few classes, so I was left to wander. We made plans to do dinner in San Francisco, so I decided to head out there early and wander around a bit. Prior…
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California Adventure: Tuesday
I had previously blogged about some of Tuesday’s major adventures, so rather than rehash it all again I’ll just summarize: Tuesday my friend had class and work, so around 1 I decided to head downtown in search of a local sushi place. The result: Party Sushi. Following the California and Bomb rolls, I moved on…
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California Adventure: Monday
After doing a lot of walking around on Saturday and Sunday, Monday was a pretty calm and relaxed day. With it being President’s Day, my friend had the day off from work and the campus was pretty quiet. We decided to head back onto campus and head up to the top of the tower on…
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California Adventure: Sunday
Sunday my friend and I went on a tour of Alcatraz and then hit downtown San Francisco. I had originally tried to get my hands on tickets to the late-night Alcatraz tour on Monday, but with it being President’s Day weekend, it was a little busier than I had originally anticipated. Sunday morning we took…
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California Adventure: Friday and Saturday
Friday was given over to traveling out to California. I flew from Grand Rapids through Chicago to San Francisco, and then somehow managed to navigate the BART rail system at 10:30 at night to get into Berkeley. My earlier predictions that it was going to take some effort for me to adjust to Pacific Time…
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California Adventure: now with 25% more adventure!
I woke up this morning ready to head back home. I wasn’t exactly thrilled that my trip had come to an end, but I was about as mentally prepared as one can be before being felt up by a stranger, waiting a whole lot, and then finally being packed into a 757 and shot across…
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California Adventure: Triple Rock Brewery
Tuesday was the last day that I was going to do any drinking until Easter, and with an entire afternoon to kill, I decided to visit Triple Rock Brewery, which was just down the road and seemed like a place worth visiting. Triple Rock is apparently one of the older breweries in the area, with…
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Sushi Review: Party Sushi
Tuesday I decided to strike out on an afternoon of wandering, and since I was alone and my friend has a pretty bad shellfish allergy, I figured it was as good a time as any to grab some sushi. I did some searching online to try and find a sushi place that wasn’t either a…
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California Adventure: the Quest for the Beer Wench
A few weeks ago, while planning my trip to California, one of my brewing friends suggested that I stop by Bison Brewing and locate someone known to the Internet as “The Beer Wench”. Yesterday, as part of my afternoon of wandering Berkeley solo, I decided to track down the Beer Wench. After finishing up my…