I'm still kicking - a little jet-lagged, a little finals-week weary, a little big-interview stressed, but I'm alive and blogging from the San Ramon Marriott. It was a good day, first by phone, then by email, then by interview, then by dinner. I think things went really well on the interview front and I learned as much about them as they did about me, which was the objective of the day. In the evening Chad from 137 NAME days showed me some of the sights around San Ramon and then we had dinner at Bridges in Danville... you know, the restaurant in "Mrs. Doubtfire." It was a great way to cap a good day and good to see an old friend and hear what is going well with him.
The Sun Valley, as they (apparently) say, is really a beautiful place. There are big rolling green (in winter, at least) hills that reminded me more of Devon than anything and lots of space to bike or shop or hike or have a night on the town. Rumor is, though, that it can get pretty hot in the summer and that the Oakland Hills that create the western wall of the valley above the San Andreas Fault keep the temperature ocean layer from reaching and cooling the valley. I'm primed for another trip to this area, but next time for the cities and further-afield areas like Napa and Tahoe.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007