Monday, May 20, 2013
Drupal security training. Registration was not crowded. I was surprised that there seemed to be no checking that I was registered for the training I took. Chatted briefly with Craig from a university in Calgary who was another trainee in my training session. Rode transit to the hotel, rested. Made plans for dinner with others from UCSF. John K stopped by my room, then Eric. We walked to Powell's then tried and failed to find Courtney and Sierra, with whom John K had difficulty connecting by cellphone. John K had them paged, still no answer. John then realized he had Sierra's number after all, and we met them at a nearby Whole Foods. We returned to the hotel for a respite, got a restaurant recommendation from the front desk. Outside our hotel Eric encountered and introduced Andrew who worked on the Megamenu module with Eric. Dinner at Gruner with John K, Sierra A, Courtney A, Eric D. We talked about Santa Barbara, San Francisco, East Bay, running, injuries (knees, necks, wrists), food and restaurants, wine, rock bands we've been in, names for rock bands. Eric had coq au riesling; John had porcini mushroom risotto with duck confit; Sierra, Courtney, and I had the same thing: golden trout with asparagus and potatoes. Our receipt said our server was Christin who was terrific (as was our hostess whose name we didn't get). Afterwards, we returned to the hotel's Driftwood Lounge for drinks. Sierra, Courtney, John, and I had Springtime in Paris. Eric had a beer of some kind, probably on tap. John also had a Drambuie on the rocks.