Next it was time to head north, so I made my way through airport security taking this risky picture
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before renting this car in San Jose
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and heading to the Hotel Avante in Mountain View to settle into my room with a sloping bed,
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a limited closet door,
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the best supplied desk I've ever
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and an avant garde sink mounted on, not in, the counter.
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Next, I walked down the street to the Indian restaurant where they served all of this food
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and the bread
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for about #5 which I why I'm happy in the self portrait
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or maybe I knew I'd soon see the laser cut materials in the back of Jacobo's car
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and be able to hold one of the new gaskets
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as we headed off to the Laser Shop
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where Jacobo marked the occasion but the proprietors were not home
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so we went to see OtherChefRob
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but I am not yet able to divulge the details of the secret project I observed there
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but I was allowed to observe OtherChefRon's car and hear the details of its various demises
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and then drive to Half Moon Bay to take our standard walk and admire the cost of real estate
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before stopping to see the dinosaurs on the way back
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and then having bread
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with pictures of Jacobo
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and this self portrait
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before his calzone
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and my pizza arrived
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and I began the challenge of taking a self portrait of myself with my food
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