Anaheim Highlights

Photos courtesy of my co-worker (whom I have not assigned a blogonym; if she'd like to jump in and give herself one, that would be great). I didn't take my camera.

This is the pier at Newport Beach. Previously Mentioned Co-Worker and I took the bus down to Newport for dinner one night (paying homage to The O.C. and all). We ate at a restaurant on the water and then made our way down to the pier. Taking the bus took longer than we expected, so we didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked. Taking the bus also involved chatting with a number of crazy people. They were surprisingly helpful crazy people. They really knew their bus routes.

This is a very fine meal I ate. Most of our other meals (except in Newport) were less fine. Anaheim is very fond of the chain restaurant.

This is Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, one of my very favorite books. He was a speaker at the conference and gave a very interesting interview. We also heard Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, speak. Very good.

Monday night we went to a baseball game with our library director. The Anaheim Angels and the Oakland As played. I ate my bratwurst, I ate my cracker jacks, I watched my drunk sports fans. I feel I had a full baseball experience. It was a little snoozy. I have some great ideas for livening up the game. Not to give away all my ideas, but think about this: monkeys on the field.