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The Bar exam is held in the Oakland Convention Center, of all places, rather than some place that might make sense. Oakland is to San Francisco as Tacoma is to Seattle, or Newark is to New York City. It's a short distance away, in sight actually, but it's about 100 times grittier, crime and vandalism is about 100 times more visible, and it's much more obviously a working town, with industrial sounds filling the air. I have no problem walking through the Tenderloin at night, but I would think twice before walking around much here after dark.

Near our hotel in SF, good food was in abundance. Here, I have a...Tony Roma's outside the window, and a Ben & Jerry's around the corner. It's a good thing I'll be spending the next two days back in San Francisco, or I'd have to starve.

We're staying on the waterfront in Oakland, because I needed at least a view to justify being here. The problem is, this is a working waterfront, with those famous shiploaders that inspired the AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back. There's some sort of pounding noise that meters out the seconds, and the view of San Francisco is largely blocked by shipping containers and warehouses.

On the bright side, it looks as if Jacques Cousteau is hanging out nearby, as you can see by this snapshot with a seriously-touched-up transom.

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