We’re on our way to Seattle right now, in the middle of a wonderful 12 hour drive. It shouldn’t be too bad now that we have three drivers (I guess it’s not so bad having Smelly Elle around after all), and also because I’m really excited to get to Seattle. I’ve been looking forward to it for a while now.
There isn’t much battery left in the computer, so I’ll briefly recap the past couple of days for you all. On Tuesday, Elle and Sam took the car and headed to Lake Tahoe and then eventually to Sacramento. I stayed in Santa Clara with Bob for one more night and some much needed “man time.” It isn’t that I can’t handle being around women all the time, I mean I lived with four gals for a year. But when you spend so much time without any male bonding, things start to get a little feminine all the time.
Anyways, on Tuesday I slept in, caught up on emails, and eventually made my way outside. I walked around Santa Clara’s campus, downtown San Jose, and eventually settled at Panera for lunch. When Bob got home from his second day of work (much better than his first according to him), we had left-over fajitas – which were still delicious. Then, we went to the movie theatre and saw Funny People. It was a pretty kick-ass movie, and I usually hate Seth Rogan. But I have to say he did a good job and even made me laugh a little. As a whole, the movie was a mix of funny, sad, and inspiring.
Moving on, I spent much of Wednesday on various trains. In the morning I took the Caltrain (like a commuter train) near Bob’s house to just south of SF. From there, I took BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit – more like a subway system) to Berkeley. I spent the day in Berkeley just walking around and exploring. The campus there (Cal) is beautiful and felt like a small town even though the campus is so big. It was cool to see Bancroft Way – named for Ann Bancroft from The Graduate of course. Now I need to go back and watch The Graduate for the umpteenth time and see if I recognize any of the places. All-in-all, Berkeley is a really cool and interesting place.
Finally, I took another BART train from Berkeley down to Oakland to meet the girls for the A’s game. I can honestly say there was nothing interesting about the Oakland Coliseum, except for the fact that it’s right next to Oracle Arena where the Golden State Warriors play. The game was all right, and kind of exciting because the A’s hit a lot of HRs. There was one that hit a sign about 10 to 20 feet away from me, just out of my reach! After the game, we drove back to Sam’s Aunt Sandy’s place in Sacramento, crashed for the night, and that brings us to where we are now…driving again!
THANKS AGAIN MR. FENNER FOR SHOWING US THAT YOU’VE STILL GOT IT. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME IN THE BAY AREA AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US A PLACE TO STAY AND TREATING US SO WELL (PAYING FOR DRINKS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF!). I’LL BE BACK TO VISIT SOMEDAY WHEN MY BODY FULLY RECOVERS FROM THE WEEKEND THAT DESTROYED IT. P.S. - I SAW A MEESE POSTER WHILE I WAS IN BERKELEY.
- Matt
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