It was time to get to the outside world and see the characters who make it great (and enjoy wearing PU hats).
I began by bringing my rental car
with this license plate
to the garage at UW and made my way to Ed Lazowska's
office. We went for a walk around the campus and met
his executive VP
who seemed to be sweating about over runs in their
new building
which didn't seem to be over-running to me
though I was glad we didn't have to go onto the walkways in
the old EE building.
After this elegant lunch
Ed posed
with the hat and then with the father of our country
after whom the university was named. And the state for that matter.
For some reason, I was asleep at the switch and so missed the opportunity
to catch Rich Tong in his new hat. That will have to wait for the next trip.
Maybe I was thinking about this wonderful neon sign
that we would pass on the way to dinner. My salad
looked better than this and Jane's salad
looked exactly like this. We each had the same main course but the
difference between my photo
and hers
can be attributed either to the fork in the picture or maybe to
the angle at which the flash executed.
The next day, Chris Larsen
came to watch me eat this breakfast
as Jane
watched and ate her fruit.
After a picture of the Mariners shop across the street
and a few street scenes
and some flags pictures
reminding us that it was 9/11, it was time to head to the
headquarters of Amazon.com
where this woman
was nice enough to give us badges so that we could go see Jeff
Some camera manipulations led to these multiple pictures of me
with the company founder
then the president
then the CEO
then the chairman
and finally the inspirational leader.
Jane posed with Elizabeth
her counterpart in the organization.
After driving to Avis rental return at SeaTac
and getting a receipt from this gentleman
we were off to San Jose.
Our first stop was to see Phil Goldman
who eased into the frame
as he told us all about his new endeavor. We left him for dinner
with the Warmenhovens
though Charmaine being not a hat person held her hat for the photos.
After one last stop
we were ready for the long ride back to the hotel so that we could
debrief on the day.
The next morning, Jane
posed at Buck's to allow me to check my camera for the
picture of my breakfast
and the breakfast
of Eric Schmidt
who seems delighted with his job situation.
My work done, I headed to the international
headquarters of Ductus
where the friendly employees
were my next hat picture. After some drink
I could aim the camera better
and so was ready for falafel lunch
with Jacobo
before we headed to the shoreline to watch the pelicans
and see the bigger picture.
Jacobo returned me to Jane
who was happy to see us back in time to capture one last
hat picture
before the journey was done.
I guess this is the picture
that summarizes the Princeton alum part of the trip.