Adri and I took a day trip to Muir Woods, a park just on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County (ie. not far from San Francisco). Muir Woods contains a some of the largest coastal redwood trees in California – and they are HUGE! After a short hike through, Read More
Here’s a few pics from some of the festivities to celebrate the end of first year. Some of the highlights included a fantastic class banquet at the International House followed by an after-party at Brad’s place up above the school, and a bonfire on Ocean Beach one evening to celebrate Kristin Richmond’s birthday. , Read More
The Haas Wine Club took advantage of some of the good weather we were having in Spring and organized a tour through a handful of Sonoma County wineries. I can’t remember the wineries’ names but they were all high-end Gallo Wines brands – thanks to Joe Gallo (a classmate) for helping organize it! , Read More
My friend Jolien Blankestijn came to visit me from the Netherlands so I took her up to one of my favourite places on campus one evening. If you walk up the hill above Haas, the Stadium and the Greek Theatre, you get some fantastic views west over campus and the Campanile (clock tower) to, Read More
In early 2005 I had my first visitors to San Francisco. First to visit were my great friends James Habersberger and Katie Brown from Melbourne. Katie works for Exxon-Mobil back in Oz and had managed to wangle a weekend off from her work in Houston to come and see me in SF. The view, Read More
Berkeley plays Stanford at football (that is, American Football) each year in the Big Game. It’s been played for the past 100+ years and is a huge event in the Bay Area – it seems like everyone in the city is either a Cal or Stanford alum! I went to the game this year, Read More
Wheeler Hall. Haas School of Business. Sather Gate at Sproul Plaza. The view from above Memorial Stadium with the Campanile and San Francisco in the distance.