San Francisco 12 to 18 December

20141212 195646  December 12 - Frank meets me at the airport and we go to Fog City Diner 20141212 201337  Not exactly Greasy Spoon! Frank enjoys steamed clams 20141213 071130  December 13 - traditional first trip to Starbucks 20141213 073316  Odd to feature paintings of Paris in SF (and of SF in Paris)
20141213 073634  multi-confessional Union Square 20141213 112143  The Golden Gate from Marin 20141213 112150  Looking south to the Pacific side of SF 20141213 115817  Parking lot at Fort Cronkhite
20141213 121030  Mark and I scaled the hill behind 20141213 123923  The Pacific Ocean 20141213 133022  Everywhere  I go, light on water 20141213 120605  Surf
20141213 133213  Surf and surfers 20141213 133235  Surfers 20141213 140618(0)  Needed a recharge on the Bay side of Marin 20141213 161802  Out to the Point Reyes lighthouse
20141213 161322  Evening approaches 20141213 161902  The Marin coast south 20141213 160355  The geometry of the Coast 20141213 181701  Cultural touchstones
20141213 183850  Secular Kaaba 20141214 061033  December 14 - I make do in the absence of coffee filters 20141214 061055  Computer station in my apartment 20141214 114023  Cityscape
20141214 133714  Unitarian Universalist Church where I rented a meeting room 20141215 082900  December 15 - registration line at SGU 20141215 124913  History per Jeffrey Sachs 20141215 125359  Szenzhen at we never saw it
20141215 125404  The Szenzhen we know 20141216 072245  December 16 - approaching Union Square in the early morning 20141216 072628  Two blocks of Stockton converted to pedestrian zone 20141216 072842  Visual cacaphony, but strangly attractive
20141216 080837  Our session at the AGU 20141216 080846  My co-chairs and our kickoff speaker 20141217 081228  December 17 - the Swiss watch center downtown 20141217 082133  Office Depot - so much stuff!!!
20141217 195928  In the evening I met Gail at her office 20141217 200002  which struck me as very déco 20141217 201827  Gail at dinner 20141217 214216  I couldn't get enough of her building
20141217 214234(0)  Wow! 20141218 065020  December 18 - morning of the last day 20141218 085232  Details in Moscone staircase that I never noticed before 20141218 094153  A very old tree, artfully carved
20141218 154932  Another never-before noticed feature: a hole beneath Nob Hill. 20141218 160014  I remember 20141218 181323  Site of our Mountain Mixer 20141218 181334  Posters by Erin Gleeson were a big hit!
20141218 184840  Hunk of roast beef, much of which went home with Frank and Connie 20141218 191846  Anne Nolin, speaking to the assembled