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Next morning, we met again for breakfast ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050437 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050438 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050439 at Cafe Divine ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050440 and had our drinks ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050441 and then biscuits and gravy for Ben ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050442 a bagel for me ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050443 Omelettes for Sarah and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050444 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050445 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050446 and waffles for Jane ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050447 before the waiter ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050448 took our picture ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050449 and we recorded the check ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050450 and then drove off to Berkeley where we parked the car ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050451 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050452 and saw this sticker for a cause which didn't win ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050453 as Ed appeared fresh from buying a car ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050454 and here was the car ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//IMG_20101106_101051 and we made our way through the class of 1954 gate ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050455 and the dismount zone ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050456 and by the campanile ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050457 to the boards advertising the graduates in the class of 2010 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050458 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050459 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dyed clothing which Jane admired ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050473 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050474 as we made our way to the shoe store to get shoes for many of us ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050474 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050475 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050476 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050477 and then began our journey back to the car but first stopped to see a wedding gathering ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050478 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050479 and then a fire hydrant shaped like a bear ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050480 and one shaped otherwise ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050481 as we made our way to Chez Panisse ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050482 where the menus came ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050483 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050484 and the bread ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050485 which kept Jane ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050486 Ed ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050487 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050488 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050489 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050490 and me going ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050491 as beer ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050492 cider ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050493 and Straus milk came ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050494 along with our meals of curious description. ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050495 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050496 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050497 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050498 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complete with details ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050513 and we took a final photo before heading off. ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050514

After a break, we walked down the path past these beautiful plants ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050515 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050516 into the night ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050517 and past this elementary school which had been renamed ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050518 but not after Mark Twain ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050519 as we made our way ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050520 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050521 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050522 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050523 to the cable car but while waiting learned that Lizzie Just had gotten engaged ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050524 and so after recording the sign left from the World Series ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050525 and the fare rules ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050526 we boarded for our ride (and a last bit of San Francisco sightseeing) ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050527 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050528 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050529 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050530 ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050531 as I noted my ticket ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050532 and the car we passed ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050533 before we reached the Japanese restaurant which gave us warnings ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050534 and edamame ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050535 and dumplings ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050536 and left the opportunity to switch glasses so that this was Sarah with Suzanne's ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050537 Suzanne with Sarah's ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050538 Jane with mine ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050539 Sarah with mine ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050540 and me with Sarah's ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050541 before some of our meal came and we concluded that the rest might never come ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050542 and so we began the trek home past this cute sign ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050543 and the least of the beat street signs. ../../../Sabbat/2010/10.31-11.07.10California//P1050544