Saturday, May 31, 2014
Breakfast at home with Patrick: mushroom and green onion scramble, 1 hash brown, two slices of toast with butter, hot tea. Virgin America flight to Austin, Texas for DrupalCon 2014. Rode UberX to SFO. At the airport I enjoyed the SFO Museum exhibit called San Francisco from the David Rumsey Map Collection. When boarding the plane I found myself very coincidentally sitting next to Richard B, an ITS employee with whom Eric and John and I work closely. I met his girlfriend Alexia, with whom I later learned I had previously exchanged emails because she works in University Relations. And then, I also unexpectedly encountered Conrad C on the same flight, but he didn't see me, and we talked briefly just after alighting. Baggage claim. Richie, Alexia, and I arranged to share a cab, thinking that we were all going to the same place, but shortly after the driver left the curb we realized that Richie had booked the wrong Omni Hotel. The cab driver dropped them at the wrong hotel for them to sort it out. I continued in the cab and checked in to Omni Downtown. No room issues. Dinner at Uncle Julio's with Conrad and a bunch of his Pantheon coworkers: Sophie J, Riyanka, Ryan, Linda W, Josh K. Barhopping with Conrad: Oilcan Harry's, listened a bit at Cedar Street (hip hop), Rain on 4th, Castro's, Handlebar. At Handlebar Conrad and I rode a seesaw and kiddie-playground horses. We met strangers Madeleine and John, both from New Jersey, now living in Austin and Boston. Great live and DJ-mixed music seemingly everywhere. Late meal from KaBaBeQue: salad bowl with chicken shawarma, about $8, delicious. Back to the hotel.