Monday, July 13, 2009

I Left My Heart in San Francisco


We are spending four nights downtown in San Francisco, right in the midst of all the action (of which there is plenty!). We are down the street from Union Square, and just three Bart stops away from Tim & Sharon's place in the Mission District. There is music everywhere, at street corners, subway stations, cable car stops. Love it!

Our first big tourist stop is the San Francisco office of Atlassian -- the Australia-based tech company where Tim works. The office is in a spacious converted warehouse, which has minimal furniture but maximum technology -- and toys (for grownups). Friday afternoon is usually beer-and-games day -- very different from my former workplace at Fairfax County Public Schools! But by the time we arrive, weekend has begun for most of the staff. There are still a few employees glued to their computer monitors, as well as a couple of dogs which apparently are welcome and add to the ambiance of this friendly office atmosphere. We are amazed at the gigantic double-monitor on Tim's desk, a big departure from the small screen iPhone that we usually see him scanning.

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