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My trips back to SF are always far too short and stressed, with catching up on missed classes, reading to keep up with future classes, and oh yeah...working... usually the whole reason that I'm out there. It's hard to squeeze in time with friends, so I actually laid extremely low this time - yet another reason I can't wait to finish law school! I need my social time, I think. This trip was no exception to the busy ones - three full days, with my mom by my side (or on her own, but hanging out with me during my precious hour or two per day of non-busy awake time) - but a good time nonetheless. It's been 3.5 years since I lived there, and I've finally moved away from eating at the old favorites in the interest of trying new cuisine. Oh, and it was wonderful! Blue Bottle Coffee, Frog Hollow Farm coffee + pastries, Le Boulange croissants (ok, those I get every time)... Tommaso's for pizza, Betelnut for a little Asian fusion... I wish I had more time, if only  to keep...

Snow. Snow, snow, snow. Well, for the most part, it's over, and at least every other state knows how we feel. Yep, snow in all 50 states at the same time. Amazing! Washington saw snow like the city has never seen before, at least on record. The first day, the pure quiet of seeing empty streets covered in a single white layer was calming. You could walk across Connecticut Avenue, a major artery of a major city, and not see a single vehicle. You might, however, see skiers or snowboarders cruising downhill. We went sledding, turned up the space heater, and reveled in days off class and home from work (sadly, it was the one time where working from home was NOT a benefit). By day 5 of the blizzard though, the once-clean snow turned gray and there was a general slushy disgruntled-ness among us. Still, the break from reality was welcome, and the ability to 'swim' in a pile of snow almost as tall as me was especially fun when followed by more hot chocolate. Some photos below. Our...