Archives: December, 2003

athena — December 31, 2003, 10:12 am

San Francisco’s Zoo

Starting the year off with a pure clean palette like this peacock at San Francisco’s Zoo. Amazingly beautiful!
I don’t expect to post here for awhile but will continue working on taking photos.

athena — December 25, 2003, 7:10 pm

Pacific Grove Butterflies

Christmas with butterflies. Over 25,000 butterflies migrated to Pacific Grove, California this year! Definitely a site to see, next stop tarantulas in Hollister….ok maybe I’ll save that one for next year.

athena — December 19, 2003, 9:08 am

Holidays Nearing

Life is good! The holidays are near! Thankful to for my family and friends, to live in a beautiful place and have a enjoyable job. Looking forward to the arrival of the bundle of kicks coming in the new year.

athena — December 9, 2003, 5:08 pm

Maternity Leave Homework

Got some homework to do about maternity leave. There are over 120 countries around the world which provide standard maternity leave. California is improving, the US Department of Labor has now adopted regs allowing States to give unemployment benefits to new parents.

athena — December 8, 2003, 12:07 pm

Canadian Founder of Sees

Sees Candies is big in California especially this time year. Funny enough Sees has Canadian routes. Charles See arrived in Los Angeles from Canada in 1921 to try his hand in the confectionery business. The first See’s shop doubled as a candy-making kitchen, where Charles’ mother, Mary, used her time-tested recipes to churn out delicious […]