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