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If there’s any reason to give up our early Sunday morning, it’s gotta be for a good cause, & it doesn’t get better than the annual AIDS Walk up in San Francisco. At this year’s AIDS walk, 25,000 volunteer walkers raised $3 million. We were proud to a part of that number.

Cindy joined the Google walk team & tagged along with her fellow Googler Amy, her friend Jason & her little pomeranian Marco. As a member of her team, she raised funds toward AIDS research. Thanks to all her friends & family who sponsored her as a walker!

We walked away (pun intended?) feeling good at the end of the day because:

• we helped an organization & research toward ending a long-standing epidemic
• our mere attendance is the best support we can provide for huge events like this
• we got some good exercise (Golden Gate Park’s punishing hills are a killer for your legs)
• it gave us a reason to visit San Francisco

The best part about visiting the City is sampling the diverse dining. On the way to our car, we unwounded with lunch on 9th avenue at Bistro 9.

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These are my friends who came from far to visit: some as far as St. Louis & Hawaii, others even farther from Japan & Thailand. It has been more than a few years since I’ve seen my international friends, so no doubt, we were really excited. They land in SFO, so it made sense to have our San Mateo apartment the meeting point for all our guests. They got to see our new apartment, too. Also a good opportunity to further explore Downtown San Mateo—it’s always better to do these kind of things with visitors!

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I’m on a photo retouching roll! I got to finish a few photos taken a few weeks ago. Apparently, my new niece doesn’t even look like she does in the photo above. Babies grow quickly!

More photos are in my Flickr album.

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Good news, everyone! We finally uploaded the photos. We’ve been out & about entertaining out of town guests since the conclusion of the party, so but now we’ve finally found the time to upload these lovely photos! We even hired a photographer this time around!

Check them out on our wedding page.

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We couldn’t be happier with the outcome of our celebration. The party was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out!

We got to see all our good friends, family, & I got to make new friends! We were expecting cold weather & rain on that Saturday, but we’re happy that we enjoyed the sun instead. Also, congratulations to our raffle winners & especially those who did really well on our survey! My cousin Myra scored 19 of the 20 questions correct. Very impressive.

For those who were wondering:

• The party was planned & maintained by our good friend (& my former co-worker) Jess.
• The main course was supplied by Sam’s Bar-B-Que in San Jose, the pies are from Heidi’s Pies in San Mateo, & the vanilla ice cream brand is called Treat in San Jose.
• Photography was by yjphotography.com.
• That was the first time I played wiffle ball. I hope I get to do it again sometime soon!

While Cindy & I finally get the long-needed rest, below are the photo highlights from the event for your enjoyment. You can check out the whole photo collection on my Flickr album.

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