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California Chapter 5: San Francisco

Tuesday was our first full day in San Francisco.  We walked around downtown to Lombard Street and had brunch at Caffe Sapore.  Then we hung out in Chinatown for a bit and picked up some great pastries at a Chinese bakery.
In the afternoon we headed out to Berkely and spent about 2 hours walking the UC [...]

California Chapter 4: Goleta

Written by Matt:
We slept off the worst of what Santa Barbara could throw at us, and then we had brunch at D’Angelo Bread.

Pete and I rented kayaks for an 1.5 hour trek into the ocean. After which, we visited the arts market near Stearn’s Wharf and got a beer at Baja Sharkeez. 
We met up with [...]

California Chapter 3: Santa Barbara - Douglas Reserve

Written by Matt:
After finishing up work on Friday, our vacation got off to a great start with five hours of walking and sight-seeing through Santa Barbara. We started out at Derf’s de la Vina for a burger, coffee at Daily Grind across the street, then walked down to the wharf/beach before heading up to the [...]

California Chapter 2: Santa Barbara

First day in Santa Barbara
Up early, with only 2 hours of sleep from Thursday’s late night excursion to Santa Monica, there’s only one thing we could think of - COFFEE.
We setup shop at the Santa Barbara Roasting Company, got wired up with some caffeine, got plugged into the net, and got some work done.
 
 

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California Chapter 1: Los Angeles and Santa Monica

Matt and I landed at LAX around midnight - James met us at the airport and we hit the beach and Santa Monica Pier.  Famished from our flight, we found some sandwiches at Famima on 3rd St.
 
 
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