Archive for October, 2010

Dad rode a bike and Page rode a pony

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Brendan woke up early to meet Bobby and Meegan so the boys could ride Levi’s GranFondo. It was a grueling 106 mile road race. Brendan came in at 5 hours and 42 minutes, faster than Levi! Apparently it was all worth it due to the enormous amount of Paella that was given out after they finished the race.

Page and I drove up to Santa Rosa after sleeping in a bit. We met Meegan and spent the day listening to music and lounging in the shade. Page also got to ride her first pony, after all, Dad did say he promised her a pony if she got in the bathtub. So she got a head start, not sure she knew what was going on… She was such a good girl this day, I think she was a bit exhausted from all the excitement as she slept almost the whole day away on Sunday.






McSweaty vs. McDreamy

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

McSweaty…

McDreamy…

I think you know who wins… (Meegs, you are right he is at least 5’10”)

Working w/ the Babe – Cupertino Style

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Noone said this would be easy.

We have a big Conference for work on Friday so I have been going in everyday to try and help get things done. I have been bringing Page everyday and she has been a joy, although I must admit I get that guilty feeling when she gets restless and I don’t have time to play with her, but I just hope she doesn’t mind playing alone with her bunny bear or her squeaky zebra. She doesn’t seem to mind and all the interns get their turn trying to sooth her if things are really going south.

One of our speakers at our Conference is a documentary photographer, Doug Menuez. He is presenting his work from his collection called Fearless Genius. His work spans 15 years behind-the-scenes in Silicon Valley and documents the daily lives of engineers, venture capitalists, and marketing and PR masters as they developed new technology that challenged the world. He shipped us a box of printed cards that we were to add to the goody bags for all the guests. Browsing through his vintage shots of Bill Gates, John Sculley, and Steve Jobs, one of his images hit home. Its an image back in 1983 in Cupertino of an Apple programmer Sarah Clarke who often brought her newborn baby to work. Her office had curtains over the glass windows so her fellow workers knew when it was naptime.

My guilt seemed to melt away and suddenly it was all making sense.