Breakfast with a really nice guy
Posted on September 21, 2007
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Scott Loftesness and I have exchanged blog links, comments and email for years, but have never met, despite living in the same town. A couple weeks ago, Scott pinged me and suggested we get together. His office is right by Menlo Train Station and the hip, busy Cafe Baronne.
I admitted I liked Ann’s - a Menlo coffee shop that’s been here for decades - at least as much as Baronne, so Scott picked me up in his very spiffy, new 43-mpg Honda Civic Hybrid, and off we went to Ann’s for omelettes, coffee and a good chat. Scott traded an 18-mpg Audi A6 for his Honda: I previously gave up a 14-mpg Land Rover for our Ford Escape Hybrid. We had lots to talk about.
Scott is a consultant with Glenbrook Partners, an epayments processing practice that seems to have made a very successful transition to the web. We talked about web services, Google apps, Amazon S3, Paypal and buying habits (we both just hit Amazon for a lot of the small necessities because its easy). We had fun… great to finally meet face to face…
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Chris,
Great fun to finally get together and compare notes!
I too am ready for the south of France (or, maybe, my other dream - Australia!).
Best,
Scott
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