Google Summer Picnic

Alden
Alden, Grant Park, Chicago

Arun
Arun, Grant Park, Chicago

Jeff
Jeff, Grant Park, Chicago

Joe & Jeff
Joe & Jeff, Grant Park, Chicago

Rachelle
Rachelle, Grant Park, Chicago

Justin
Justin, Grant Park, Chicago

Charlie
Charley, Grant Park, Chicago

Jake
Jake Got a Hole in One, Grant Park, Chicago

Kids Golf Green
Green Obstacles, Grant Park, Chicago

Google Schwag
Schwag, Grant Park, Chicago

Yesterday was Google Chicago’s summer picnic at The Green at Grant Park. There was lots of food and drinks and mini golf. Pretty much everyone sucked at mini golf, but part of the reason was that there were tons of kids running all around grabbing balls and stuff. Yeh, that’s my excuse. I played a game with Dick and Jessica and I think I came in last. It is a really tough course. No edges, so the ball rolls into flowerbeds and onto the next green and everywhere.

Noogler Happy Hour

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Cake!

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Justin

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Champagne!

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Dick Chatting

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Justin again!

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Ed

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Eric getting cake.

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Cake!

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Eric

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Justin again!

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Cheese!

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Steve

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Matt

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Paul

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Pretzels with cinnamon or mustard.

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Brent

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Rachelle

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Googlers

We all became Google employees as of June 1, but it wasn’t until last week that we finally got our Noogler (new Googler) hats. We also were surprised with a cake, champagne, beer, cheese and big pretzels with cinnamon or mustard.

Ping Pong Tournament


Killerspin Table


Jon & Alden Warming Up


Arun


Justin


Arun


Joe, Jessie, Justin


Ed


Jon & Jessie


Paul, Arun, John, Matt, Joe, Jessica, Jon


Eric & Steve


Dick


Jessie


Eric & John


Alden, Arun, Paul


Jessica


Paul


Eric


Jessie & Jon


Final Match: Arun vs. Eric


Brackets

We have a ping pong table at work and a lot of people play, so last week we had a tournament. It took forever to work around people’s .. uh.. actual work and meetings. Pretty much we had the brackets up and whenever you and your opponent had a free ten minutes, you went and played quick. In the end Eric L. was victorious.

Celebrating FeedBurner

Dick Making a Toast
Dick Making a Toast Roast :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Brent, Dick, Eric, Jake
Brent, Dick, Eric, Jake :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Steve
Steve :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Dinner Time!
Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Ed
Ed Facing the Opposite Way as the Pinata :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Joe
Joe :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Joe & paulbaker
Joe & paulbaker :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Giuliana, Jessica, Rachelle, Traci
The Ladies of FeedBurner are Giuliana, Jessica, Rachelle, Traci :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

Rick, Eric, Matt
Rick, Eric, Matt :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

This was our last night out as FeedBurner. We rented some space at Carnivale and gorged ourselves on Latin food and drinks. Dick toasted each employee. The toasts started out completely proper and nice but by the end of the night they were more like roasts! The party was fun and everyone is excited for the future, but there was still that twinge of sadness that our little group is all grown up.

Later on we went to Carol’s Pub because it was Thursday and that means karaoke at Carol’s! paulbaker wrote my name down for a song, but luckily I escaped around 1 a.m. before my turn came up.

The rest of my photos from the night are on FeedBurner’s Flickr photostream.

Feeds & Drinks @ Carnivale

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John :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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John, Matt, Chris, Eric O. :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Haul-Ass & Joe :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Paul & Justin :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Eric L., Chris, Paul :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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John :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Dick & Steve :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Brent :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

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Matthew & Randy :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago

I have quite a backload of photographs and posts that I just haven’t had time to go through and do anything with. So, sorry for the lateness!

Two Thursdays ago, FeedBurner had a party for clients and potential clients at Carnivale. It was really fun and less awkward than we’d joked about, you know, with 15 engineers who like to stare at their shoes at parties in attendance. I’ve never had dinner at Carnivale, but I’ve been to a couple parties there and the food, drinks and service have always been fantastic. Here are some more photos from that night.