FRIDAY 25TH APRIL 2025 With a marriage scheduled to take place in about thirty hours, the first order of this day was to get a Marriage License. This saw us accompanying the bride- and groom-to-be to a County Clerk's office. We drove to Contra Costa County in Martinez, California. I have no idea why. It … Continue reading Insights from a Day in San Francisco: Marriage Licenses, Public Transport, and Local Culture
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Bridesmaid Adventures in California
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April 2025 The compelling reason for coming to the US is to be brides"maid" for my friend. We started kindergarten together and have stayed in contact on and off for the next 65 years. Although she now lives in Texas she has elected to marry in San Ramon which is … Continue reading Bridesmaid Adventures in California
Traveling Across Time Zones: My Journey to San Francisco
TUESDAY 22ND APRIL 2025 We left home at 3pm on Tuesday 22nd April and 21 hours later landed in San Francisco at 5pm on Tuesday 22nd April. Some kind of mysterious physics at work there. Aka the International Date Line. The Qantas flight #73 was no drama. We did the fourteen hours easily. There are … Continue reading Traveling Across Time Zones: My Journey to San Francisco
The Reluctant Retiree 