[caption id="attachment_2222" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Alta Bates Community Hospital, Berkeley, CA, circa 1965"][/caption] See that hospital? That's where my lovely wife Julie was born. And it's...
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If you read Julie's blog (and you should be), you'll know that she took some time off for spring break. She and Maya did a...
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First off, every restaurant has a bad day. That's a given -- unless you're eating at some kind of family chain restaurant where the food...
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