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A place for the mind

October 6, 2009

I’ve been home in the Bay for a few weeks now and have slowly started catching up with old friends. It feels great. This place stretches your brain. It is intellectual, driven, innovative. People care about what they’re doing, they care about making an impact in their work, and they believe that change is possible. [...]

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Science is cool

October 2, 2009

Imagine Pitbull’s Calle Ocho blasting throughout a 400,000 square foot building in the middle of Golden Gate park, on a normal Thursday night in San Francisco. Alcohol, low lighting and otter skull dissections. It’s NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences. Here, Science is Cool. Super Cool. We learned about baleen and grizzly bear teeth, [...]

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Some observations about life in America

September 21, 2009

Unlike London, the Super-Rich here in the Bay can look just like you and me. He can be in sandals and shorts and a baseball cap. He can be driving a Prius. And he can be worth billions. I love the understated version of wealth here. SO SO SO opposite to London. Sunshine all day, [...]

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An evening swim before dinner

September 18, 2009

Hot days and warm nights in beautiful California.

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Home sweet home

September 17, 2009

And I’m back (for a few weeks anyway). San Francisco was beyond glorious today. We crested the hill on 101 from Marin and the Golden Gate greeted us in the radiant sunshine. Just magnificent. It feels amazing to be with the ‘rents again. There is no better feeling than coming home to people that you [...]

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