1. People keep asking me what our plans are for July 4th and, to be honest we were just happy to get through this week! We haven't even thought about the holiday weekend at all:)

2. I was working in Palo Alto all afternoon yesterday. And as I usually do when I'm on the road, I find shelter in anything besides a Starbucks, no offense to Starbucks. It's just too loud and dark in there for my writing juju. Anyway, if you are ever in Palo Alto, University Ave is the place to be. And I found this great little place called Loving Hut, organic vegan cuisine. They had a great vibe--bright and vegan-y and free internet, but I had to laugh when I looked at the special: Russian Borscht. Rlly? How is that Vegan? I mean Borscht is not a gateway sausage. Isn't it the most advanced sausage on the planet and isn't sausage like the most anti-vegan thing ever? Hmmm. Ok. The vibe was great but after three hours of pounding out prose and drinking tea and eating chocolate, I needed to move. So, where did I end up? Starbucks. And the funniest thing about the Starbucks, other than it was dark and loud? Every student sitting within earshot of me was talking like Jessie Eisenberg from the movie The Social Network. It was a crazy powerful vibe in there. Movers and shakers. I felt like they were all hatching the next big idea, and they prolly were. And then one guy turned to the other guy and said, what do you think about marriage? And his friend said. It's in my plan.



3. I read the The Stanford Daily and found out that Mexican President Calderon spoke at The Stanford University graduation ceremony. The paper featured his own compelling personal story of standing up for your beliefs in spite of the dangerous retribution that could come your way. In the article he quotes Constantine Cavafy's famous Ithaka. And ends with this, "Don't be afraid of sailing against the wind and avoiding the wave of mediocrity. Today your beautiful journey has begun. Enjoy it."

4. I hate spiders. I killed one the other day, a super black one, with one of those things you use to skewer olives for martinis.

5. I hope I see Kate & William on the beach this weekend:)

Happy Holiday Weekend!