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Sunday, September 14th, 2008

GIARDIA LAMBLIA: "TRAVELERS DIARRHEA"



I was talking to a friend in Foster City, CA, who just spent a weekend in California's High Sierras and now claims to have diarrhea; feels bloated; has, on and off, chills; and has, since he's been back, vomited more than three time in the last twenty-four hours.

He said that the beauty of his trip was the swimming in ...

Monday, July 21st, 2008

FOSTER CITY, CA: KITEBOARDING OFF THIRD AVE



I was on my way from Foster City, CA, to San Francisco, when I decided to stop on Third Ave. where kiteboarding--you ride a surf-board and fly a kite, the kite pulls you across the water--takes place.

After making a right turn off Third Ave., another right, I came across the parking lot, which was full. A car came out: I ...

Monday, June 16th, 2008

IT'S VACATION TIME



So, where are you and the family going to spend your summer vacation?

There are many places to go to in Northern California: the beach, the mountains, or the city. From Foster City, you can take a short ride to the beach, forty-five minutes; to the Sierras, about two and half-hours; or a city, thirty minutes.

Because ...

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

FOSTER CITY, CA.--THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN



The weekend of May 30th, to the 1st of June, is a good time, if you can, to visit Foster City, CA. Every year around this time Foster City celebrates it Annual Arts and Wine Festival.

Several days earlier a carnival comes into town and sets up its rides, so the local safety-agencies can make sure everything is safe. Discount ...

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

NATURE AT WORK IN THE CALIFORNIA SIERRAS



When we heard that there were several feet of snow in the Sierras, we left Foster City, California, and drove for three hours to go cross-country skiing above Pinecrest, California.

When we were putting on our cross-country ski boots, it started to snow lightly: small flakes twirling around like they had no place to go. By the time we were ...

Monday, January 21st, 2008

CALIFORNIA'S BIG DAM IS FILLING



The rains came, the winds came, the flooding came, and the snow came--all of these things were expected in the first storm of California's winter season. The next big storm should start adding water to California's natural dam: the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Snow should start falling in the Sierras which will freeze to form the California's snow pack. This is important ...

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

RAIN, RAIN, WHERE ARE YOU?



After eight months without natures moisture(rain), Foster City finally got some desperately needed rain. Not much, but enough to let the people still know what rain looks like.

When I pulled into a gas station near Foster City and walked up to the cashier's window to pay for the gas, before I pumped it, there was a sign in the cashier's ...

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

"MAVERICKS": THE WORLDS DANGEROUS WAVES



"Here he comes!" "Awe..., he missed it." "Here comes another one!" "Wow, look at him go!"

Just listen to these people talking, makes you feel like your at a very exciting event: such as, skiing, soccer, football, or ice-hockey. But, actually, your at Half Moon Bay, CA, which is about twenty-plus miles from Foster City, CA, east, sitting on a sand ...

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA



While having breakfast with friends, several years ago, in Foster City, I was asked, "Are you going to join the new Jewish Center, when it opens up on Foster City Boulevard in Foster City, California?"

The members of the Jewish Center in Belmont, California, wanted to move into a larger facility. After a long search, they decided, with approval and several ...

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

A Geyser: "California's Old Faithful"



The Bay Area has many fascinating places to visit--if you know where to find them. My wife and I found one place that we didn't know existed.

Because we were staying home, Foster City, CA, on weekends, we didn't have any place to go or anything to do except to travel to San Francisco and see the same sites that ...