I was in the Bay Area last week and I had a great time seeing everyone. I was out everyday for lunch and dinner with friends and family who I hadn't seen in a while. It was a lot of fun.

I really, really miss being at Apple. I love being inside the Apple campus. I miss having an office and showing up to work and being surrounded by my coworkers. I miss going out for lunch and coffee breaks, after work at BJs. I now realize what an incredible group of people I work with and I love going back and seeing them all.

Besides being at Apple, I saw all the Stanford folks as well, which was great. Monday night i took care of my craving for Mexican food and then went to Josh's place in Boulder Creek. Tuesday was the long standing weekly dinner. Wednesday was SFWednesdays, Thursday was Aki time in Mountain View (spending time in "The View" scared me to not want to move back to California), and Friday was casual drinking and hanging out with great friends in Noe Valley.

Usually my photo albums are pictures I've taken, but this time I was able to get other people to take pictures with my camera. I think putting an SLR out on a table makes people want to pick it up and start shooting. I just set it at ISO 1600 and f1.4 to maximize low light shooting.

Click for the pictures (there are a lot!)






When I was off getting coffee on Friday, Eric decided it would be funny to release the hand brake on my car (I don't lock it), push it out of its spot, and feed it some rubber ducks. Such a punk!

Thanks to everyone for hanging out with me last week, and for letting me sleep on various couches across the Bay Area :)