Tourist Update - December

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It took twelve months and at the last minute

and with the last guest of 2006 visiting ... we took a tour on a motorized cable car. To my surprise, the body is an actual cable car that been mounted on a bus frame. With our Triple A discount, we toured down Lombard, The Palace of Fine Arts, The Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Nob Hill and finally a quick spin through North Beach.

Our next day, we headed North to Muir Woods, snacked in Healdsburg, had dinner in Calistoga and then welcomed the New Year with fireworks from the roof of Frank's building.

New Year Message 2006

New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.

~Hamilton Wright Mabie


Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

~Thomas Mann



The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.

~ P.J. O'Rourke

I hope your new year is filled with joy and that you have family and friends to share it.

Cheers,
D

Christmas Day 2006

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Here are a few highlights from our Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve on California Street.

One of the success stories of 2006!