The next morning, I had the first of 3 breakfasts at Hobbee's with Kai Li P1071462 who ordered this coffee cake P1071463 to go with my BDBIT P1071464 all nicely brought by Rey P1071465 our waiter. After a long breakfast, I made my way past the swimming pool at The Westin P1071466 and past the falling roof P1071467 of the building next door to get back to my room and get ready to drive down the peninsula to my next meeting. I was early, so I stopped at the Java Street Cafe P1071468 where I had this simple meal P1071469 and then captured this fine hand washing sign (Chineese translates as "maintain public sanitation, please wash hands often") P1071470 for my collection. Next I drove across the street to Network Appliances where they had the big logo sign P1071471 and the smaller one P1071472 to tell me that I was in the right place. Dan Warmenhoven brought his lunch P1071473 to accompany me with my lunch P1071474 which was more liquid.

Back at the hotel, I ran into Jacobo and we drove out to Princeton-by-the-Sea where we saw this picture P1071475 for my collection of MezzaLuna restaurant signs and this close up of the restaurant P1071476 and this view of the Princeton Inn P1071477 which is not in New Jersey. We drove down Harvard street P1071478 past the intersection with Columbia P1071479 and parked for a walk on the beach by this grafitti P1071480 of little endorsement. Having no dog, we had no need for Mutt Mitts P1071481 but appreciated that others were using them. The walk on the beach and view out over the waves breaking near the rocks were so beautiful that I forgot to take pictures which is just as well since the combination of clouds and waves would have made for very white images. After a visit to the facilities which are not being cleaned once per week for 10 employees (thank me for not providing the picture to prove it) P1071482 we headed back up to Woodside for dinner at the Woodside Bakery and Cafe P1071483 which is adjacent to Buck's. The menu offered great choices P1071484 and they brought this nicely baked bread P1071485 for which Jacobo made an oil and vinegar mixture P1071486 to help us decide that Jacobo should have the calzone P1071487 and I should have the pizza P1071488 nicely delivered by this waitperson P1071489 team. All this made Jacobo very happy P1071490 but not nearly as happy as he would be after we went to Fry's P1071491 and he got to show me all of my options for when I decide to finally build my own machine part by part.

The next day (Tuesday) began with a walk to Hobbee's where we met this man P1081492 who needed directions and insisted on taking this picture of Marsha and me P1081493 as we headed off for coffeecake. My coffee cake looked quite good P1081494 as did this one P1081495 which Marsha P1081496 insisted was taller and she used her knife to prove it. After comparing notes at breakfast, I was given my marching orders for the morning and took my mints and directions P1081497 along with this map P1081498 and the car keys P1081499 to get in the car P1081500 with these plates P1081501 and head off to see John Little P1081502 at Portal for a long and serious discussion of what had happened in the advisory committee meeting and directions that the department might take next.

I left John's offices and headed back to Mountain View where the parking lot offered me 2 choices. P1081503 I saw Marsha in the distance P1081504 and so knew to take this route P1081505 into the building where I would be met by the keywords used in the most recent searches P1081506 their Google cooler P1081507 full of natural fruit drinks and the ever present lava lamps P1081508 that define the place. We began by going to lunch where the sous chef P1081509 from exit 98 on the parkway had wonderful offerings P1081510 for us to enjoy. On the way out of lunch, we ran into Larry Page P1081511 one of the founders and the guy who built PageRank. Next we went to a conference room with Eric P1081512 Monika P1081513 and Rob P1081514 and traded business cards P1081515 while discussing topics of mutual interest. Once back at the hotel, I was met by the maid's cart P1081516 at my room and so had to pass some time admiring this collection of vases P1081517 and this fireplace P1081518 and this tapestry that might have come from a John Nash movie P1081519 in the lobby. Once back in the room, I was able to record my collection of badges P1081520 and a Snapple label from Portal because they had insisted on taking back my badge while getting a short rest between events.

Next we headed to Los Altos to have dinner with the Goldman's. Sydney was shy as she sat on Susan's lap and read the book that Marsha had brought P1081521 P1081522 P1081523 P1081524 as Marsha and Phil P1081525 discussed things. Eventually, she got down from Susan's lap P1081526 and played on the floor P1081527 P1081528 stopping to pose for a few pictures P1081529 P1081530 before we sat down to dinner as prepared by Pauline. My meal differed somewhat from this menu P1081531 but my salad P1081532 was excellent as was my main course of asparagus and couscous which I forgot to photograph. The dessert P1081533 brought me back to my senses so that I could capture a memory of a great meal. As we finished dinner, I was able to record Sydney from across the room as she engaged in the family passion P1091534 P1091535 after which we headed back to our hotels after a happy meal ending a productive day.

On Wednesday, we began at this Redwood Shores building P1091536 where Avistar is headquartered. I had an animated discussion with Jerry Burnett P1091537 Alan Usas P1091538 who gave us his business card P1091543 and Marsha P1091539 about the delivery of video over networks. Before leaving I captured this picture of Jerry's beautiful object d'art P1091540 made of glass from Murano and these 2 paintings P1091541 P1091542 that adorned the lobby of the building.

The next stop was to have this lunch P1091544 with Matthew P1091545 from Nuance, a company specializing in speech understanding. After lunch, we drove back to Mountain View to park across the street from Handspring P1091546 at Pinnacle Systems P1091547 where we met Tim Heidmann P1091548 and took him P1091549 to lunch at this restaurant P1091550 with the marvelous display of hats.

After a short rest back at the hotels, we headed for Larkspur where we were greeted with a plate of bruschetta P1091551 as we met J. Michael Mahoney P1091552 for dinner at Fabrizio P1091553 where the menu P1091554 offered wonderful suggestions. We began with this bottle of P1091555 sparkling water. I began with the insalata mista P1091556 and as I was taking this picture of the salmon P1091557 that Mike had P1091558 this waiter came by P1091559 with my plate of gnocchi porcini P1091560 after which he took this picture P1091561 of the 3 of us. I finished my food photography with this glimpse of the fish P1091562 Marsha P1091563 had. The dessert tray P1101564 P1101565 required 2 pictures before we could agree to share the white chocolate mousse P1101566 with 3 spoons. The meal ended with complimentary port P1101567 after which I went back for some hand washing signs P1101568 P1101569 for my collection. The restaurant wasn't done with us still bringing us some complimentary cookies P1101570 with which to finish our meal. In all, it was a good dinner!