2015 California

P001 Happy Boxing Day - good morning from San Francisco...
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P002 Saints Peter and Paul Church, known as the “Italian Cathedral” founded by four Salesian priests in 1884; a Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco's North Beach...
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P003 ... North Beach, a primarily Italian neighborhood, with dozens of authentic Italian restaurants and cafes, conveniently located in the northeast part of San...
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P004 San Francisco in northern California, a city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, known for its hilly landscape,...
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P005 ... finally arrived at Coit Tower after hiking up the steep verdant steps on Filbert, the narrow pathway spiraling up to the breathtaking viewpoint at the...
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P007 ... a picture of us with the rotunda mural as backdrop... murals inside the tower’s base were painted in 1934 by a group of artists depicting life in California...
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P008 ... a picture of me and 大寶 please, before enjoying a 360° panorama of San Francisco - the rooftop observation deck of the simple fluted Coit Tower...
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P009 ... it's getting crowded, let's have a photo together at the rooftop of Coit Tower, a 210-ft slender white concrete column rising from the top of Telegraph...
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P010 ... waiting for the one and only elevator to get us down the observation deck...
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P011 ... view of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Embarcadero waterfront pier from Pioneer Park Telegraph Hill...
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P012-013 ... quick, 大寶 and 四寶 are hungry and ready to chow down the chowder...
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P012 ... slurp slurp, yummy yummy yum-yum...
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P014 ... thank you, so delicious - Boudin flagship location at Fisherman's Wharf, it's said that the bakers make bread with a recipe they've nurtured since 1849...
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P015 Fisherman's Wharf landmark signage at Jefferson and Taylor...
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P017 Japanese Tea Garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park...
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P019 oh, hello and good afternoon, it's me 四寶 presenting to you the Japanese Garden - originally created as a Japanese Village exhibit for the 1894 California...
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P020 ... today's garden expanded to some 5 acres featuring classic elements such as pagodas, stone lanterns, stepping stone paths, native Japanese plants, serene koi...
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P021 ... a family photo by the garden koi pond...
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P022-033 ... authentic Japanese items including tea and sake sets, glazed ceramic bowls and vases, kokeshi and daruma dolls, a variety of green teas, maneki neko...
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P025 at southeast corner of Leavenworth & Lombard, take a look at what's behind me - the famous crooked street featuring 8 hairpin turns, and the nice beautiful...
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