One week in Berkeley! And man, do they have weird people back there. At risk of sounding like my father, some people just need to get their shit together.
Berkeley was, and is, republican at its core. Due to some brutal police action, every weirdo in the US gravitated towards Berkeley, and because of the weather, they stayed, creating the first wave of Finkelsteins. I am pro-ACLU, but I also take showers every day, wear shoes and underwear when I leave the house, and pamper my kids more than I pamper myself. So what’s the problem? The problem is frigging nutcase that flows like we are in a continuous acid party. And they get pregnant, and bring kids to this world, and can’t provide for them (as they can’t for themselves). Shameful! That might sound fucking nazi, but some people should be sterilized.
Rants apart, San Francisco rocks. I think it is Paris in the US. Napa it is overpriced, but cute. Vittorio Sattui is one of them (ww.vsattui.com) with a very decent 2006 red wine. Not that I know anything about wine, or grapes. Grgich winery is another, and their installation produces more solar energy than it consumes, with a positive net metering to the network.
What did we learn? This trip jumpstarted the bungee-jumpy project, a portable periscope for the kids, and the rock climbing wall/tree.
PS: The link to decode is Motobit
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