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Swedish Pancakes, Liberty Ships, and Dry Martinis

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JD Breen
Jun 02, 2011
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San Francisco, CA

June 1, 2011

Yesterday dawned cool and foggy. From our eleventh-floor windows, the marine mist obscured the view down Post Street, and covered the spires and banners above and around Union Square. 

Down below, the clanging of cable cars announced the start of a new day in Baghdad by the Bay. In our small room, I awoke, somehow scampered d…

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