Something Old / Something New

I'd forgotten how much I enjoy BSing with nice strangers about their financial woes on a tepid summer evening in Silicon Valley. Nice people w/o a financial worry in the world, these were.
After living near the Pacific for so long, it was good to smell the pollen snap in the air... good to feel the radiant heat of the asphalt/ commercial/ housing/ industrial/ retail that makes up the valley's core... good to fly down a straight piece of highway with more than 2 lanes... at 9pm and 70F.