AGU == Chocolate!

[reythia]

So today my friend Hiroshi (from Japan) and I were IMing and were talking about AGU, which is this big technical conference in December that's held in San Francisco. Hiroshi, upon hearing that I'd (hopefully) be going this year says, "We need to visit the holy place for you!" My reply: "Hehe -- do you mean the CHOCOLATE holy place?" His

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[snazz]

if you were not so known, i imagine that your chocolate imports would be less.

[reythia]

This is true! Although I was a little disconcerted to find out today, in the hallway, that Greg Holt, who I barely know, is aware of my chocoholism. Srinivas wished him luck tomorrow on his PhD defense and Greg responded, "Thanks. Come: watch and eat my cookies." This, of course, prompted my response: "Cookies? What kind of cookies?" Greg's reply: "There'll be some sort of chocolate, if that's the deciding factor for you to come."

*sigh* I am DEFINITELY becoming too well-known around CSR...

Chocolate Holy Place

[anonymous]

And I thought Hershey, PA was the ultimate chocolate holy place - mmm, the smells of freshly made chocolate wafting through the air, the kiss-shaped streetlights, and the chocolate-themed amusement park = NIRVANA. But even all that was topped by watching you tip a canoe on a Maine lake just feet from the shore. Apparently the weather in Maine is very unpredictable.

-- The ominous anonymous stranger

Re: Chocolate Holy Place

[reythia]

Hmmm... Considering only my family and a few other people were in Maine to see that little canoe incident, you're not very annonymous (or ominous!) Wait! I know! You're the WARDEN who made us tip, right?!

And yes... Hershey Park... Ahhhhh....