Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day 2008

There appears to have been some late-night gang signage in Palo Alto, CA.
Catherine and training friends from NY, London, and Johannesburg.
Catherine after going for a run today at lunch but before swimming in the pool...almost made me forget about the 10 hours of class.
Consultants at lunch between training sessions
The Valentine's artwork I surprised the class with this morning (they are MandMs)

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

First week of work

My first week at a "real" job has not seemed very real: I spent two days in New Jersey learning about benefits and then received my precious new toys: laptop and blackberry. My blackberry (also known as Ping) and I are still in the honeymooon phase. After New Jersey, we headed to Puerto Rico's El Concistador resort for the first year retreat. Above is the view from my balcony the first morning
One of the sets of pools in the side of the cliff the resport is built into
another view
In the distance is a small island I swam to from the larger private island (Palomino) owned by the resort, where the office organized a formal dinner on the beach with dancing and a limbo contest. (I ended up representing my new office)
Here is me after my first day of work with a throat losenge