Visiting Michigan - March 2011

We had a great but short visit with Jeff. He took us on a tour of one of his labs at Dow, and we saw his little robot that resembles an Android. Our flight out was one to forget, if only I could. It was a red-eye from SFO to Atlanta, then connecting to Detroit. There was a strange lady across the aisle from us, who made lots of noise, demands, and problems for the attendants. She unpacked one bag into the aisle, drummed on the tray table, and ignored requests for quiet. Also, there was a young boy behind me who talked loudly to his mother for two hours before he finally fell asleep. When he woke up, he was airsick and vomiting. Needless to say, we did not sleep on this flight.
It was a cold visit, getting down to 13*F on the night we took Jeff's telescope out for a wonderful view of Saturn and some amazing galaxies. We did, of course, go to Zingerman's in Ann Arbor for lunch and shopping. What a place! It's like the Pasta Shop on 4th in Berkeley, but much, much bigger. It was a manager in Berkeley who told me about Zingerman's when I went in to get something to send to Jeff in Midland, MI. Great find.
As always, I was happy to get home to the cats.