Daughter played the Statue of Liberty this week in a school play about immigration. It so happens that the crown of the actual Statue has just opened today for visits, and I got tickets for mid-July. Yay!
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset [...]
The wife had a conference in Washington DC, so we made it into a long weekend. It was the kids’ first time in the Capitol, and it was my first visit in many years.
Tags: Family Vacations
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Classic view of downtown San Francisco from Coit Tower.
Fort point and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.
Inside a jail cell. Alcatraz prison, San Francisco Bay.
Prison cells at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay.
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