What a wonderful weekend! After a few very intense weeks at work I am in San Francisco for BSR's annual conference of a thousand people. But first I've spent Saturday at a microbrewery drinking some very good beer along with the BBQ and enjoying the very informative tour from the owner. 21st amendment is the place to go. The beer goes down very well in the beautiful warm weather and blue skies.
Next, a quick trip to Golden Gate park to stretch the legs and stave off jet lag as well as overcome the alcohol before the evening's halloween party. Fun but not crazy I won the award for most 'thrown together costume'. I was wearing a shrek mask and a green t-shirt with a jacket stuffed in. Typically I hadn't even made the effort to buy the mask -Andrea had got it for me! Others made much more effort and try to outwit you too. Cleverest costume went to 'aerobic decomposition' of all things.
Today my cousin who lives here took me to Muir Wood - where the tallest trees in the world grow (Redwoods). Very impressive, very informative tour, and great hiking trails. Afterwards we spent an hour on a beautiful beach near by though I had not even brought shorts let alone swim gear. Still - a great nap, snack and banter before a good dinner beside the beach and we caught the end of the wonderful sunset as we head back into town across the Golden Gate Bridge. So majestic earlier in red sunlight I was fast asleep on the retun!
What a relaxing weekend with exercise, beer, sun and more. A fantastic break from winter in Beijing where the pollution has been at record highs. On another note... one of these photos is Andrea with 11 weeks to go and one is me as Shrek:-)
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