Valley, that is.... After our trip to Vietnam, David headed to the heart of Silicon Valley to do a rotation through the Cardiac ICU at Stanford's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. So, I ventured down there for part of his stay, hoping to catch at least a glimpse of him. David unfortunately lived at the hospital during his 3 week rotation, so that's about all I caught of him. (I think it was a wake up call to the life of a Cardiac Intensivist, so he may be rethinking his desire to pursue that sub-sub specialty.)
I stuck around Palo Alto the first few days and took in some of the local sights and entertainment. First off, there is not a pleathora of things to do in Palo Alto, so I did a few of the obvious. I went to a Standford basketball game. Stanford lost in the last 5 seconds, but it was a great ending to the game. They were tied when Stanford made their last shot at about 7 seconds and then the other team's player hustled down the court and made the play. Bravo.
I also visited Stanford campus and went to the Cantor Arts Center and saw Rodin's collection of bronze statues including "The Gates of Hell". Lot's of nudes everywhere...
My first weekend in CA, I took the opportunity to visit some friends in Santa Cruz. While I was in Santa Cruz, I went to the beach. It wasn't the best beach weather, but rain or shine, I love the beach. I walked on the pier and then headed up the coast to the Surf Museum and the Lighthouse.
Then I met up with Shannon and we went to see "New Moon" with some of her friends. I can't remember the last time I went to a movie on opening night, let alone a movie where people actually ran into the theater to get the best seat. And, to make matters worse, the theater was full of "tweens" swooning over Edward and Jacob. I could have done without the screaming, hooting, giggling and drooling.
I stuck around Palo Alto the first few days and took in some of the local sights and entertainment. First off, there is not a pleathora of things to do in Palo Alto, so I did a few of the obvious. I went to a Standford basketball game. Stanford lost in the last 5 seconds, but it was a great ending to the game. They were tied when Stanford made their last shot at about 7 seconds and then the other team's player hustled down the court and made the play. Bravo.
I also visited Stanford campus and went to the Cantor Arts Center and saw Rodin's collection of bronze statues including "The Gates of Hell". Lot's of nudes everywhere...
My first weekend in CA, I took the opportunity to visit some friends in Santa Cruz. While I was in Santa Cruz, I went to the beach. It wasn't the best beach weather, but rain or shine, I love the beach. I walked on the pier and then headed up the coast to the Surf Museum and the Lighthouse.
Then I met up with Shannon and we went to see "New Moon" with some of her friends. I can't remember the last time I went to a movie on opening night, let alone a movie where people actually ran into the theater to get the best seat. And, to make matters worse, the theater was full of "tweens" swooning over Edward and Jacob. I could have done without the screaming, hooting, giggling and drooling.
The next day Alan, Shannon and I went to the Oakland Temple. From the temple, Oakland looks like a beautiful city. I guess the temple really can make everything look more beautiful! It was the first time the Dyson's had been to a temple visitor center so it was really neat to be a part of that experience.
One night David was working late, I headed to downtown Palo Alto to the Stanford Theatre. It is this swanky, vintage theatre that offers double features. I Saw "My Man Godfrey" and "The Thin Man".
We spent Thanksgiving with David's cousin Jared and his family in San Jose. It was nice to actually be with family on Thanksgiving.
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