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.