Every once in a while I come across a "You know you live in Silicon Valley if .." story. This week I came across two. First, we dined last night with some very close and dear friends at the Village Pub. Now here is a classic you know you live in Silicon Valley if restaurant. This is an excellent California (French) restaurant - and called a "pub". Its definitely high cuisine but located in a town of only 5,000 people. The ambience is very cushy and expensive and yet its totally welcoming and unpretentious. We had a great meal, and yet did it in a town that allows very few businesses inside it. You know you live in Silicon Valley if you go to a restaurant like this and don't even walk out saying what are the chances ....
The other story is from our dear friend at that dinner. Turns out his gardener came to him recently and pulled out few tattered napkins from his pocket. And unfolding them to share the writing, he explained he had come up with a startup idea. Would my friend care to invest in this new company ? While my friend was still coming to grips with the pitch, the gardener went on to explain, his other landscaping customer was Frank Quattrone, and Frank was already in. You know you live in the Silicon Valley, if even your gardener pitches you startup ventures, and namedrops without meaning to ...... only in the Bay Area !
From checkin to boarding
Whats in a blog name ?
Most of these posts are written from airports between check in and flight boarding times. I fly about two airplane flights a week with at least 30 mins of wasted time in the checkin to board process. That's more than two full days per year in time that could be put to better use. This is written in reclaiming some of that time. Enjoy
