> From: Keith Holce <http://www.Bentley.com/~Keith.Holce> > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:27:34 -0500 > > Unfortunately yes... Hopefully it's been cleaned up now. > > Some how it got through the mail marshal. > > Apologies for any inconvenience this might have caused you. No problem -- I don't use Microsoft products for e-mail. > Did you ever > get back over here? Yes. (This is from my Solstice message which I'll be sending out next month.) We flew into LA on January 19th. On the way to Ca, Noelle had to go through the big security rigamorol -- she wore her "shoe bomber" hiking shoes and she managed to bring a tin can of candy. On the way back, I was the target. I had to take off my Birkenstocks (gotta watch out for the those explosive Birks) and empty out my backpack. Despite all this, the 2-hours-ahead rule was real overkill -- checking in and going through security never took more than 15 minutes. We were surprised how cold it was; there were several days when it was colder there than in Boston! Thankfully, our hosts had lots of blankets. Unsurprisingly, the drivers were much more polite than in Boston. And Noelle and I were amazed how little traffic there was driving through San Jose while driving to San Francisco; I had remembered 880/17 always being packed, but it wasn't. Noelle enjoyed visiting Old Oakland Cohousing. It was cool seeing it finished, 'though it had some funky features. The waiting list to get a unit is very long and we'd never be able to get in. It was nice visiting the people we knew there from years ago when we lived in Berkeley. > Regards > Keith