electric relaxation

Warren Tang and Joe Crampton, two old and close friends of mine from high school, came to visit this past weekend. They were on their way home from a business trip in Vancouver. Despite only having around 36 hours to work with, we managed to complete a whirlwind tour that included:

• A midnight ride in the Z over to the San Francisco VMware office (to pick up my new iMac)
• Breakfast at Universal Cafe
• A drive through Bernal Heights, the Castro, and Golden Gate Park
• A trip across the Golden Gate Bridge and through Marin and San Rafael
• A guided tour of Pixar headquarters (with Fareed graciously playing the role of docent)
• Lunch at Jamaican Soul in Berkeley
• Bowling at Strike in Cupertino (Nolan’s birthday party)
• Dinner at Pakwan
• Drinks at Velvet Cantina with Eric Tang and Joanna Lai
• Drunken Frisbee in the rain at 2:00 AM in Dolores Park!
• A screening of Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (since neither Joe nor Warren had seen it)

Frisbee stood out as the highlight of the adventures. I was pretty proud of how much we managed to accomplish, and it goes to show that I’m a better tour guide (and a better friend) when I’m under the gun as far as time pressure. We weren’t so lucky with the weather; it had been sunny and gorgeous all week, but Saturday started out grey and by noon the entire Bay Area was getting drenched. And of course today was beautiful again.