Visiting San Francisco for the Filipino American International Book Festival

Leslie Ryan and Cecilia Brainard

I drove from LA to San Francisco today and made it to the reception at the Philippine Consulate. Here are some pictures with the organizers and writers.

From the car, I dared take a few pictures -- that's probably worse than texting while driving and promise not to do it again, but the 6 hour drive got boring.

More pictures tomorrow, stay tuned.

 l-r: Rene Ciria-Cruz, Mike Gonzalez, Patricia Araneta-Gonzalez, Linda Nietes, Robert Little

 Luisa A. Igloria, Evelina Galang, Cecilia Brainard

Marivi Blanco, Leslie Ryan, Albert Mortiz, Jaime Ramon Ascalon, Giovanni Ortega, Linda Nietes, Evelina Galang, Cecilia Brainard, Luisa Igloria

 Robert Little, Penelope Flores, Evelina Galang, Linda Nietes

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