The Seafood Dinner in San Francisco

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12 year old cynthia and her father had been planning the date for months. They're going to take a trolley car to chinatown, see alcatraz,. catch a flick, grab food from the street vendors. And of course, cynthia here to get a spectacular sea food dinner down at the wharf. She could just imagine how bored she'd be listening to the adults talk all night. But her father immediately said, but not to night. I have a whole evening planned with my daughter.

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Greg McKeown

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Hosted by Greg McKeown
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Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Brent Montgomery, Ed Simpson and Derrial Christon