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Catching up…Trip to the Bay Area

It’s been a while since I blogged… Mostly since I’ve been busy at work getting Beta 2 Tech Refresh out the door. Over the long weekend, we did a short, but fun trip the Bay area and Napa Valley.

We spent Day 1 in San Francisco, hanging around and Fisherman’s Wharf and did a cruise to Alcatraz that evening. Key memories include a lunch of Dim Sum at the busy  Gold Mountain restaurant:

Funky street performers at Fisherman’s Wharf:

and the beautiful sunset-time cruise to Alcatraz Island:

 Day 2, we drove to Napa Valley – up and down Highway 29, visiting about half a dozen wineries from the small and quaint Cosentino

to the mega vineyards, wineshop and picnic spot of V Sattui:

As expected, we were exhausted at the end of the day and couldn’t stand to see another bottle of wine!

Later that night, we met up with Karthik, AP & Ishwar at Berkeley before heading back to our hotel downtown.

We spent day 3 finishing up the other must-see spots in SF including the Golden Gate bridge and Twin peaks:

 

As always, photos are at Flickr:

San Francisco: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umeshunni/sets/72157594271385261/

Napa Valley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umeshunni/sets/72157594271416195/

and my favorite photo from this trip: