A month or so ago I was catching up on the last season of Silicon Valley and was totally caught off guard to see my old boss.
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Google Summer Picnic
Alden, Grant Park, Chicago
Arun, Grant Park, Chicago
Jeff, Grant Park, Chicago
Joe & Jeff, Grant Park, Chicago
Rachelle, Grant Park, Chicago
Justin, Grant Park, Chicago
Charley, Grant Park, Chicago
Jake Got a Hole in One, Grant Park, Chicago
Green Obstacles, Grant Park, Chicago
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
Cake!
Justin
Champagne!
Dick Chatting
Justin again!
Ed
Eric getting cake.
Cake!
Eric
Justin again!
Cheese!
Steve
Matt
Paul
Pretzels with cinnamon or mustard.
Brent
Rachelle
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 Roast :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Brent, Dick, Eric, Jake :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Steve :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Ed Facing the Opposite Way as the Pinata :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Joe :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Joe & paulbaker :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
The Ladies of FeedBurner are Giuliana, Jessica, Rachelle, Traci :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
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
John :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
John, Matt, Chris, Eric O. :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Haul-Ass & Joe :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Paul & Justin :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Eric L., Chris, Paul :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
John :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Dick & Steve :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
Brent :: Carnivale, Fulton Market, Chicago
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.