I felt very fortunate to find a new job pretty quickly and was able to delay my start date so I could go to Austin for SXSW. It was a huge effort to find a place to stay during the conference. Luckily my friend Ruth connected me to someone on Twitter who was also looking for a roommate. I met a lot of new people and hung out with some old friends.
Since I'm writing this in October and just re-capping the past year, here are the quick highlights:-Meeting up with Ruth and dancing our butts off.
-Riding bikes to have dinner at Uchi with my old coworker, Mike.
-Seeing Seth MacFarlane promote "Ted" with Marky Mark as his special guest.
-Enjoying a Bloody Mary at the Iron Cactus with my hotel-mate Kim O. from Colorado.
-Anthony Bourdain's session on "Digital Debauchery."
After Austin I got to spent some time in Chicago. I finally got to see pregnant Mandy and meet her daughter.
Lisa also rallied Dan and Ducky to hang out. I continued onward to Ann Arbor to see Joc and Jake, even got to spend some time in the Arb, and I spent the rest of the weekend with Dana, Joe and the parents in Detroit.
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| This Van Gogh painting pretty much sums up the theme of the vacation. |
The first day of the new job finally came and for the first 4 days I commuted about 1 1/2 - 2 hours each way to Burlingame. Luckily they moved the office to San Francisco the following week. I also snuck in a fun weekend in Tahoe before the end of the month. Kim B. and Matt were visiting from Colorado so we rented a cabin that ended up being near the Cal Neva. We had wedding pictures taken at this stump.
