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My family’s Thanksgiving tradition has often involved long-distance road trips. In past years, we’ve explored the Grand Canyon (2021) and the Great Canyon Loop (2022) and even visited relatives in Illinois (2023). This year, however, I decided it was time for a change. Instead of a grand adventure,
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For the past two years, Karl (the notorious San Francisco fog) had been the nemesis of our family during Fleet Week. I have so many fond memories of Fleet Week, and in 2022, I even bought premium box seats for the air show for the first time—but Karl dashed
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As the baseball season goes down, football is coming back in full. However, I noticed that 49ers ticket prices have soared compared to last year, which made me hesitant to plan a trip to Levi's Stadium. Around that time, I discovered a promotion offering $4 tickets for Stanford
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While looking for interesting local events, I stumbled upon an Instagram ad for Stanford Live. It was for "Spanish Favorites" by the SF Symphony, held at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus. Classical concerts aren’t usually my go-to, but the idea of experiencing a live performance
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Inspired by my experience with the newly electrified Caltrain, I decided to take on an unusual challenge: commuting by public transport. My home in Palo Alto is about seven miles from my office in Redwood City, a drive that typically takes around 20 minutes. However, I recently realized that it&
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For Giants weekday games, I usually take Caltrain from Redwood City, where my office is, to the City. Last week, I felt a surge of curiosity while standing on the platform at the Redwood City station - I spotted an incoming train, and it was one of the new electric
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Finally, I've found the time to share my fantastic experience as a Giants Season Ticket Member (STM). To be honest, I was feeling a bit anxious about missing the opportunity to write about it with the season drawing to a close. I've been a Giants fan
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The announcement that Macy's in San Francisco is closing added another somber note to the city's atmosphere. However, what truly shocked me was another story: the closure of Lee's Deli. Back in 2008, when I was working on Market St., Lee's Deli
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I touched the lovely Bay Area landscape of Filoli before. It's a place we've grown fond of and have revisited multiple times since our initial encounter. Around the end of last year, my wife happened to hear that the best year-end holiday lighting destination in the
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This week, I had a surprising reunion with an old friend I hadn't seen in more than 15 years. He's an engineer at Samsung in Korea, and here's the kicker – he contributed significantly to developing the first iPhone. It might raise a few eyebrows,
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Due to the incident of 2022, Karl has been an archenemy of my family. So, Fleet Week returned to San Francisco this year, and I wished Karl had spared some generosity to us all. The result was the success of half. The weather was perfect for Friday and Saturday, but
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Last week, I visited NYC for Programmatic IO 2023. It was my third time at the conference and my second time in NYC. The conference was so-so, but I learned that people were now talking and having aligned terminology about CTV (Connected TV) ads - the domain I'm
