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Food and Rain

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October 12th 2007
it's frickin' raining here. not a blinking good start to the trip on the meteorological front, but otherwise it's all cool. hotel has free wine from the napa valley, which is where we're headed tomorrow. i think the conditions have put paid to the romantic balloon ride, so we're just going to stick to what we're good at and get nice & pissed. i can report that san francisco is a rockin' to ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more