I returned home to map out the trip so far and look ahead. Tomorrow, Richelle and head up to Mountain View, where I am to give a keynote at the Coursera Future of Higher Education Summit. I’m looking forward to the talk, and to meeting people. Coursera has a piece of the action, it sure …
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lunch
My favoriate Cubano lunch stop in LA closed up due to family infighting. Since then I’ve been on the lookout for a new place. I tried La Cubana on Glendale, but they are closed on Mondays, so I headed further down the avenue, to Baracoa, near the base of Glendale where it crosses the Los …
Day Nine: Taking it easy
An easy going day: Lunch with the family—Beth, Senon, and Sabine—at a local place, worked up my presentation for Coursera, and had a chat with an old friend on the phone. Oh, and checked the tire pressure—ten lbs down on the big bike. That’d explain “Gingerfoot.” Onwards!
DAY EIGHT: THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
The day began with a seven am nature hike through Malibu Creek State Park led by Pepperdine Assistant Professor of Biology, Helen Holmlund and her students. We didn’t make to either the filming site of M*A*S*H or of the 1968 Planet of the Apes, but it was a satisfying start to the day, indeed, one …
DAY SEVEN: A MEDIEVAL INTERLUDE
I’m in Calabasas at the Medieval Association of the Pacific conference, which has been quite wonderful. The conference began with a great panel on teaching, which set a inclusive tone right from the start. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a conference on Medieval Studies, and it’s exciting to engage in conversation …
Day Six: Thinking about abstraction
Part of this trip is about getting back into motorcycling. Part involves seeing West Coast Friends. And part is a busman’s holiday: I’m attending the Medieval Association of the Pacific (MAP) annual conference at Pepperdine University, and then heading up to the Coursera Future of Higher Education Summit. This morning I drove down to Manhattan …
Meanwhile, back in Colorado the work goes on.
Day Five: Out and About in LA
Untitled (Man Walking Out of Tunnel), J.T. Sato, 1930 After getting the Sportster back in our garage, Richelle and I headed out and about in LA. First stop: Langer’s Deli. Langers is a landmark, and not for the weak in appetite. It’s famous for the #19, a daunting pastrami on rye slathered in slaw. My …
Day Four: Making Time for Zoom!
The Sportster with the dread Sawicki Speed Cannon: “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Harley made the Sportster from 1957 to 2021, at which point they redesigned it, keeping the name for an utterly different bike. The old school Sportster ain’t particularly fast and don’t handle particularly astoundingly, but it’s basic and mechanical, …
Day Three: A Slow Day in LA
A great recovery day in LA. I woke up feeling good. No new rotator cuff pain. No additional wrist stiffness (I broke a tendon there). A touch sore in the shoulders but only so much as to remind me I actually did something yesterday. Even my bunions were behaving. Ah, age! The weather was cool …
Onwards! 