First-time Travels

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Farmerbrown

First-time in Farmerbrown San Francisco, California

Farmerbrown. The name wasn’t familiar to me before until I encountered it and it definitely stuck in my memory bank. Not only was the place[…]

San Mateo, California

First-time in San Mateo, CA

I’m not referring to a town in Rizal Province in the Philippines. Rather, this is San Mateo, one of the suburbs near San Francisco, California,[…]

Los Angeles

First-time in Los Angeles, California

“LA is great big freeway…” so the song goes. And big freeways, indeed, fill the Los Angeles landscape. Next to rows of palm trees, of[…]

NCVS 2009

NCVS 2009 with Michelle Obama and some Hollywood stars

Forty-five hundred people. Thirty-something new friends. A grand opening session. This has been the biggest conference I have attended so far. This was the National[…]

San Francisco

First-time in San Francisco, California

It was my first time in San Francisco, California. In fact, it was my first time in the US. On a bigger scale, it was[…]