What did The Idiot do when a 4.5-hour delay on a United Airlines flight from Redding, CA, to San Francisco caused him to miss his usual Airbus to Paris on New Year’s Eve?
He profusely thanked the airline for hotel/meal e-vouchers and spent part of a sunny New Year’s Day on a relaxing and reflective walk around the Stanford University campus where he raised havoc during the tumultuous 1960s.
What fun! Just look.
“Ya gotta get a Gott’s ice cream cone at Town and Country Village in Palo Alto before and after a stroll around Stanford” insists The Idiot.
Hoover Tower is one of many iconic structures that have been at Stanford before and after The Idiot.
A sunny Stanford Quad on January 1, 2023.
Old school social media flourishes at tech-rich Stanford.
“Climb Every Fountain” was the theme song at The Idiot’s Stanford graduation ceremony in 1970. He skipped it.
A moment of real reflection during The Idiot’s relaxing New Year’s Day stroll around Stanford.
The Idiot wonders what will happen to Stanford’s newish football stadium now that its hapless (but academically tip top) team is reduced to playing against local high schools.
The Idiot takes a rare photo of the back of Memorial Church at Stanford.
The Idiot chats with headless mannequins at the Stanford Athletics Shop.
The soon-to-be-iconic Bing Concert Hall arrived in 2013, long after The Idiot left Stanford.
Ever inquisitive, The Idiot wonders why this approach to Stanford is named Palm Drive.
The reality of winter hits when The Idiot crosses El Camino Real into downtown Palo Alto.
Old school social media flourishes in downtown Palo Alto.
A Mediterranean meal in Palo Alto reminds The Idiot to catch his flight to Paris on January 2.
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