Bay Area, Ca., December 30, 2008. First met them in Singapore, they are from Bandung. Visited them in SF in 2002 and today in Albany (just across the Bay Bridge from SF).
St. Helena, December 24, 2008. Christmas Eve dinner at Tra Vigne. Robert Mondavi white wine was amazing. Cheese custard, oyster, rabbit ragu in sage infused pasta, and seven spiced chicken were "money".
December 23, 2008. On the last day of work before Christmas, we had dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Mexico Tipico, in Union City, Ca. Its front yard picture here.
San Francisco, December 20, 2008. The painted lady, Victorian houses of San Francisco. Dedicated to Mom Nani Sularso on her birthday, who was in a baking class when we called her... :). More pictures at Ine's Gallery: Alamo Square (click here).
December 19, 2008. I went visit Lulu (high schoolmate, from Cicendo, Bandung) in her San Jose home and had late lunch at Los Gatos (15 minutes from SJ). Since high school graduation, almost 20 years ago, we've met again 3 times... in Singapore and now in San Jose.