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- Vesuvio Cafe
Need more practice on the art of wasting time and chilling. Walked around Chinatown and saw the Chinese Historical Society, now tired. Headed out into North Beach, so joining the Beat generation seemed natural. Ginger beer and green tea available. (Vesuvio Cafe, Columbus Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, California) 20170319 - Golden Gate Bakery
Assessed egg tarts warm out of oven as very good, but maybe not worth a 45 minute wait, unless you're with family and friends that you haven't seen in a while. A shared experience. (Golden Gate Bakery, Chinatown, San Francisco, California) 20170319 - Golden Gate Bakery
Reputed as city's best egg tarts, they had better be pretty epic for the line to shake across the sidewalk on Grant Avenue. AHI had never been here when they store hadn't already run out of supply. Sunday meeting should have full inventory. (Golden Gate Bakery, Chinatown, Dan Francisco, California) 20170319 - Sam Wo Restaurant
Sunday morning at 11 a.m., no line up at business over 100 years old. Food is older style Chinese, with rougher noodles, and wonton with no shrimp, a style predating 1970s immigration from Hong Kong. (Sam Wo Restaurant, Chinatown, San Francisco, California) 20170319 - Cantor Center, Stanford
Cang Xin (2002) Hostess, from the Identity Exchange Series. Couple is still technically newlyweds. Eight of us wandering the galleries, occasionally crossing paths. (Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California) 20170318 - Cantor Center, Stanford
Tsuba Auerbach (2009) Crease 1. Lots of visitors pacing forward and backward, observing the dots changing. Family day extended by new friends, everyone is a migrant to the Bay Area. (Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California) 20170318 - Cantor Center, Stanford
Claes Oldenburg (1977) Soft Inverted Q, is inside the Cantor Center courtyard. Leisurely California weekend, still jet lagged after a week on the west coast. (Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California) 20170318 - SJSU Art Building
Relaxed 6-hour studio @rarar @SJSUArt Advanced Digital Video covering motion graphics in ART 105 course. Students showed work-in-progress video, and reflected on the craft they're developing. Watched some VFX to aspire towards, then hands-on learning. Conscious of how post-production budgets could balloon if frame-by-frame detail is done. (Art Building, San Jose State University, California) 20170317 - Veggie Garden
Vegan goose, beef, pork, gobi cauliflower and potato pancake excellently prepared and served at a strip mall Chinese restaurant. Discussed the shift from Ontario to Silicon Valley, enjoying the easy lifestyle of American suburban living. (Veggie Garden, El Camino Real, Mountain View, California) 20170316 - Hayward Area Historical Society
Hand pump fire engine @HaywardAreaHist made circa 1825, used in San Francisco 1849-1870, and then in Hayward until the mid-1880s. Part of the collection of local history, including an exhibit on internment of Japanese Americans in WWII, and the subsequent return of their property. Encountered museum sign downtown, after the GPS decided that I should leave the freeway and drive city streets. (Hayward Area Historical Society Museum of History & Culture, Foothill Boulevard, Hayward, California) 20170315 - Montclair
Book @MitroffCrisis pointing out Four Orientations to Spirituality and Religion, in our discussion about people sometimes feeling lost. I'm well read on Ian Mitroff's publications, but then he's said that he has written on yet another topic. Semi-annual visits surface more content: A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America (1999), based on field research. (Montclair, Oakland, California) 20170315 - Santa Teresa Park
Singing chairs were quiet until the wind started blowing. View of the valley with springtime greenery, an opportunity to think. (Santa Teresa County Park, San Jose, California) 20170313 - IBM Research Almaden
Servers behind glass, for new technologies under development in research. Strolled through the building, a quiet contrast to the contemporary understanding of technology companies where disorder reigns. Reviewed stories of a multinational enterprise with a history of more than 100 years. (IBM Research Almaden, Santa Teresa Hills, San Jose, California) 20170313 - NIO
Silicon Valley tech experience tour at NIO USA, in front of the mural when the NextEV building was opened by the Governor of California. Lots of engineering talk about technology directions and different strategies. Enjoyed Cantonese and vegan curry lunches, plus ping pong upstairs. (NIO USA, North 1st Street, North San Jose, California) 20170313 - Cafe Stritch
Timed jambalaya @CafeStritch for Eulipions Jazz Jam, @timlinmusic calling the tunes. House band plays 7pm set on Sunday, so no impact on sleep schedule or work. Visit to California is for business, but there's always time to squeeze in pleasure, with a little planning. (Cafe Stritch, South First Street, San Jose, California) 20170312