and when we landed, Liz Ebel
and Michael Cadden
were there and Liz took this picture of Michael and me
waiting for baggage as we headed to the Mayflower Park where my room
had a mini-kitchen
and a nice bath
not to mention wireless internet. Soon, we drove off to see Jeff Sanderson '81
and we posed together
in front of the 1492 poster.
After some handoffs of people, I landed in the Paul Allen building at
UW where Judy Watson appeared
to check in with Larry Snyder
before he gave me the tour and I captured this picture of the stadium
and this picture of Rainier
on an unusually clear day in Seattle. Next I saw Ed Lazowska
who gave me a tour and we had a chance to chat before heading to the
Afghan restaurant
for dinner which involved these salads
that seemed to amuse Lindsay
before the main courses arrived
to our great satisfaction. After dinner, I went back to the Snyders
and had a lovely visit with Larry and Julie including this picture
for the T D Cosine menu
surely to come in our next lives.
On Tuesday, we began the day at lunch with Othniel Palomino
who posed with me
before we headed off to Microsoft for the meeting with Tim Button and
Dave Treadwell
and added me
and then Liz
to the Microsoft picture experience. After Microsoft, it was on
to Amazon where after some hard discoveries about roads blocked
by the freeway, Shirley, Beth and I met with Jeff Wilke '89
and then Shirley and I met with Elizabeth Korrell and Jeff Bezos '86
being sure to take the relevant pictures of
Beth, Jeff and Shirley
and then me, Shirley and Jeff. From here it was off to Palo Alto
where the room at the Garden Court had a canopied bed
and various accoutrements
to help me sleep
and to keep my feet clean when I awoke.
The next day was the Whitman lunch. Beth Lind agreed to take a few
pictures of me with John Little '80
and Temp Keller '98
and this picture of the group
before Meg '77
welcomed us and I watched
as Shirley spoke
and we all admired the floral arrangements
before the luncheon ended. After lunch, I caught up with Josh Ober
(Classics AND University Center for Human Values)
for a long cup of coffee. Later I went to dinner with
Ray Chen '8? , Tom Kessler '86 and Paul Haahr '90.
Thursday morning, Hector Garcia-Molina
came over from Stanford for breakfast and then Jacobo Valdes
joined us leading tot his attempt to take a picture of the
three of us
before Jacobo and I went off for a repeat of our walk in March.
But this team, the waters were too rough to walk back on the
beach. At the end of the walk, we got this guidance
of the trail
about dogs on the trail and this warning
about the water. After the walk we went into Half Moon Bay
for
Jacobo's sandwich
and mine and pictures of him
and me
at the place where I learned to take self-profiles
when last we were there. After coffee (at the same place)
and a shot of the Town Hall,
we went back to the coffee place
to get this picture of me with Shaye Farwell (who
remembered our previous picture
and her co-worker who displayed some good ink. Next it was off
to the international headquarters of Stop Look Sign where
Larry and Miguel
were at work but soon we went to their house where the cat
welcomed us and dinner was salad
and couscous
with vegetables
as I recorded Larry
and Janet
and then did the same
of Larry
and Janet to see if it improved before the ice cream sundaes came
to end the meal.
Friday morning, I returned to Stop Look Sign to say my farewells
and the color lady
was there with Krispy Kremes
which looked better than the box
as I bade farewell to the president and CEO
and to the workers Juan and Pascal
before heading off to Santa Monica and lunch with the Lidows.
I posed with Derek, Diana and Shirley after the good meal and the beautiful
house and then headed south. The drive was long because of heavy traffic at the
start and then very heavy traffic at San Diego which left me as blurry as Jeanine
who later posed with her helper
as she brought me this salad
which lifted my spirits.
Saturday began with an elegant breakfast
and then I took a picture of the orchid
as Dan watched
before we headed off to See's candy
so that Dansyl could send some chocolate to New Jersey before we convened for
a lunch that was every bit as elegant as breakfast.
After going to see Motorcycle Diaries (quite a good movie) we went to dinner
where Kelly
was our waiter and Syl had crabcakes
Dan had duck
and I had King Salmon (hold the salmon)
which made for a good dining experience.
The next morning, I dropped off my Avis car
and followed their sign
to the terminal where I captured this sculpture
before eating fruit
and French toast
and many too many pastries on the plane ride home.
