Torsten missed AGU for the first time in his life–Carrie and Torsten didn’t go down to the annual San Francisco. In addition to missing those guys, several of the regulars didn’t attend–we missed you all! Despite that, the week was full of science, full of politicking, full of friends, and full of good food and city. The stats from AGU are that over 15,000 geophysicists got together. There were an amazing number of posters and talks, including some our groups contributed. Bill O’Brien, a friend/prof/mentor from Southwestern, was there for the week, and got to know the gang (we’re hoping he’ll be in Juneau next fall for some collaboration). Dipa (a Bay Area collaborator) came up to meet for lunch, go through the MOMA, meet the gang, see AGU, and catch up a bit–great to see her, and I think we all enjoyed the MOMA, especially the Olafur Eliasson exhibition (that’s all I had time to check out). The only pictures from this whole week that I’ve got are from this exhibition–check ’em out. (This was a mirrored small balcony built onto the outside wall of MOMA–really cool!)
It was great to see Kevin, Eloise, and Haden up from Australia! And fun to catch up with Tom, Laura, and Waylon with a group dinner at their house on Friday night. Always great to see all the rest of the gang–I’m looking forward to next year’s soon! (And I’ll make the Triton reservation as soon as possible–they don’t have any cheap rates at the moment.)