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Mountain View trip

I just got back from a week-long trip to Mountain View. I managed to see my good friends Erik and Vladimir (plus wife Maria) who I worked with at Intellicorp, Shibani, Emmett, Michel, Arthur & Kevin, who I worked with at Intraspect, Patty, Jon & their family, whose lab I worked in at U of I, and Samantha, who I worked with at Intellicorp and Intraspect.

For food, I had at least one of the Bay Area's best hits. With Michel, I had Zachary's absolutely authentic Chicago-style pies.

I had some decent food with everyone else, but nothing mind-blowing. Probably the other really nice thing I had was a mini-pizza with really nice tasting heirloom tomatoes at Charlie's. I'd ask where they got heirloom tomatoes at this time of year, but at least two people told me the high-end supermarkets import them from Chile now and sell them year-round.

However, two disappointments: I did not get to eat at Shalimar, which is pretty much my favorite place to eat in the world. And I didn't get to drink a good pearl milk tea. I'll have to leave that for when I go back.

Oh yeah, and the weather sucked. It was relatively cold and rainy, and at one point while I waited for Caltrain one day, very cold and very rainy. I swear I almost got frostbite. Meanwhile, in New York, the weather was incredible, with highs of more than 60 degrees.