Just back from a really nice 90th birthday party for my uncle Phil. He’s amazing .. super sharp, and fun to hang out with.
here he is
with my aunt sis
It was fun Hanging Out with all the relatives down here for Phila birthday
Phil definitely had a good time
More birthday tomorrow !!!
Nite all, nite sam
-me
Happy pi day everyone.. 3.14 . A sacred day for us nerds!
We had a nice quiet day down here in Sarasota. Not much to report . It’s nice and warm and breezy.. and even though I am not a big fan of warm, it feels good
we’re down here th celebrate the 90th birthday of my very cool uncle Phil . Totally amazing
It’s so tropical down here i could almost get used to it
Almost !
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
Greetings from Saratoga . Diane and i are here hanging out with my mom. It will be nice to have a few days just hanging out and relaxing. Today we went to Lido Beach . It had great sand and cool pelicans
We hung out long enough to see an awesome sunset
We then walked back on the beach to a really excellent Greek place for dinner
We ended the day in the hot tub outside
Not a bad start to a vacation
Nite all , nite Sam
-me
Dan and I both woke up feeling pretty sick. Just a little bit of SXSW flu. We were slow in getting out of town… But we got an Uber to the Hertz place picked up her car and started driving the strangely familiar Route from Austin to Houston. Are used to drive it quite a bit when I was in high school… And then again in the 90s. Hadn’t done it for quite some time.
Took us about 3 hours to get to Houston. First stop was memorial high school, then memorial drive elementary. Then a stop by our old house .. then back to the middle school. Brought back lots of nostalgia!
We Got to Billy slab around 4 PM… We’d never seen it. It’s truly amazing. He has every tool, every fabricating technique… An expert in all of it working on so many cool projects. I was so proud to see him in his element. I am certain amazing things are going to come from this lab !
(For some reason, my camera won’t let me post pictures… I’ll have to do that tomorrow)
After CDI… We went back to Billy and Shawn’s house. Got to see all the kids except for Kris. It was really fun hanging out. Around 9 o’clock we went out for sushi. Had a truly wonderful meal. Towards the end my cousin Leslie and her husband Bret Showed up. Quite a lot of family around that table!.
Now trying to get to sleep in order to wake up before 5 AM for a flight.
It’s been a great visit. I’ll post the pictures tomorrow
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
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Got the pictures working so i will add them here
The drive to Houston was made prettier by the wild flowers
Even if there were snakes !
We got to Houston.. and first stop was my old high school
Then my old elementary school
Then our old house !
Then my old middle school
From there across town tonbillys amazing CDI ( center for device innovation) its the lab billy built from the ground up for medical device innovation. It is simply amazing and 100% Billy’s creation !
CDI is in an old nabisco plant
Here are some of the shops 
Billy is duly proud of the plave
Lots of models of body parts everywhere 
Billy gave us a demo of a new invention f
Lots of spare parts
!
a wall of inventions
Learning to use the laser spot welder
holding hands in IR. 
Billy teaches us VR surgery 
What an amazing place
Turn off thisgFrom there we headed back to Billy’s to see Shaun and the kids
We went out to a huge sushi dinner and were joined by our cousins Leslie and Brett
Ok. There are the pics from yesterday