Mincing meat, not words

The Ferry Building has been reinvented as an upscale food market. I browsed there for gifts (and lunch) a few times. Besides all the usual specialists in cheese, coffee, sweets, etc., there is the pork stall. Or as they put it "Tasty Salted Pig Parts."

City by the Bay

I'm in San Francisco for a few days for a conference. Unlike most of my conferences, this one's actually at a really awesome location -- in the Embarcadero right across from the Ferry Building. I took this from the elevator lobby in my hotel.

Gutsy

Hanging out with cousins at the Pretend City children's museum in Irvine. I particularly like the "Brain" headband.

Home alone

Rachel is off to New York for her grandmother's funeral. Ellen and I went on a "date" to Johnny Rockets. I took a few pictures of us to text to mommy to let her know she was missed.

Carnival

Not a great shot of our local synagogue's Purim carnival. Games, prizes, costumes, hamantaschen, the usual.

Mission Control

At work, I'm running a study on a new assessment battery for simulated healthcare patient encounters. In the control room, a bunch of faculty are observing the student-doctors at work and taking score.

Batteries very definitely included

Another trip to Disneyland, this time with an old friend I hadn't seen in almost a decade. We both have five year old daughters now, and they hit it off famously.