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After seeing almost every film released this year , her favourites are American Beauty and Magnolia . Anna arrived the following day from San Francisco , having stayed with our friends Craig and Kirsten for a week - - it 's now her favorite city ! We did lots of things in San Francisco . The speaker who preceded him was the Director of Electronic Programs at the Library of Congress , with an annual budget of US $ 50M ; then Ian got up to describe the New Zealand Digital Library project which he runs on an annual budget of NZ $ 0 or thereabouts ; actually he thought ( and plenty of others agreed ) that we came off rather well in the comparison . No one had any idea whether NZ would be thrashed-though most predicted that , whichever way it went , the outcome would not be close . We were hardly ever at home in San Francisco : sometimes we ate at Google , sometimes with friends , sometimes out . We were duly amazed by the Phantom of the Opera , and afterwards we were blown away by martinis in the Redwood Room of the Clift Hotel - - which , following a tip-off by an ex-Californian with whom Ian played jazz in Hamilton , is now a must on every visit to San Francisco . Gulf - - near Maraetai , and just across from Waiheke island , if you have a map handy . Off again to Germany , this time to stay with friends in Karlsruhe and a wonderful day in Heidelberg .