The Incredible Hyatt Embarcadero

Mister Battles

Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory

An Escalator for the Shopping Carts

I have never seen anything like this!

So of course I had to tell them to take the cart back up and down again while I filmed it. Since I was buying them a cartload of stuff, they had to do it!

Christmas in the City

Thanksgiving 2008

Thankful I Am...

...for family, friends, home, job. For my students, the incredible parents of my students, my amazing colleagues. For the school where I teach, and the school where I learn without even leaving home. For free Wi-Fi at Panera. For sunshine after the rain, for Rex, for Gladys, for CVS, for my Ford Escape, for American Airlines. For my FlipVideo and my MacBookPro. For iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, iChat and iPod. For great doctors, clean water to drink, healthy food to eat. For the Pacific Ocean which I get to glimpse daily. For a country that did an incredible thing.

Most of all, I am thankful for my four beautiful, intelligent, creative, talented and incredibly brave daughters, my wonderful son-in-law, my step-grandson and my granddaughters who bring me joy beyond measure. I love you all. The prayer today is only "Thank You."