Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2006 - 8:56 a.m.

Alameda is a pit. Or, rather, it's one large strip mall. Gross. I can't believe that anyone thought it was a good idea to plan a town like that.

And it was cold the whole time. And the food we had access to was not very good, by and large (except for the Chinese place in the airport, which was excellent).

The ceremony was nice, in a beautiful setting, we're glad we went. But apart from the ceremony, blech.

Well, there were lots of nice nasturtiums. I guess I envy the gardening available in the Bay area. There were magnolias! I didn't know they could grow that far north.

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