San Diego Yale Alum Mixer

Today, Neill, Dave, and I decided to go to the Yale Club of San Diego Annual Mixer. As Dave and I have never gone to any Yale Club events anywhere, we figured we might as well go to something where we plan on settling. It also helped that Neill wanted to go, because at the very least, we'll have somewhere else to talk to. In case you didn't know, Dave and I are big introverts at heart...

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So the event was at an alum's house out in Point Loma. What a beautiful location! It was on top of a hill with gorgeous views of San Diego harbor. I took a picture from the street, but the views from the house were even more amazing (I was too uncomfortable to whip out the camera and snap away in the house).

It was an interesting event. The house we were at belonged to an alum that graduated in '47. Ha ha... I'm guessing half of the people there were from the 40s. One guy told us a bit about fighting in Italy during WWII. Wow. I briefly met one guy who graduated in the 50s, a Yale Law alum from the 70s, and then there was a small contingent of more recent grads: one '87, Neill and Dave '96, me '98, two kids '03, and one '04.... We also met a couple with a great story: The husband was a Yale Med professor during the '50s-'70s. He came to Yale Med for a fellowship in the 40s. First of all, the wife was born and raised in New Haven. Her father was an administrator at Yale. Apparently, they were super chummy with the higher-ups at Yale, that when the couple got married, they were gifted a huge plot of land in New Haven from the President of Yale (or someone big like that, I can't remember). Cool, huh? When we got home, I googled them and found a Scientific American article on the husband! Wow, I'm totally impressed.... I didn't really get a chance to ask what the other alums did with their lives, but it wouldn't surprise me if a bunch of them did amazing things.... Oh, and one of the kids that graduated '03? Well, his great great grandfather graduated '03, too. 1903 that is. Wow, talk about Super Legacy.... Anyways, I do have to say that I dreaded going to the Mixer thinking that it was going to be full of stuffy old geezers (it didn't help that Neill just went to a Harvard Alum Dinner event in San Diego which WAS full of stuffy old geezers, and was no fun), but I was pleasantly surprised. The people were SOOOOO nice and genuinely friendly. The older ladies were so vivacious and fun. I gotta schmooze some more and see if there are any Yalies in the biotech industry. ;)

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A picture of the house with the MASSIVE Yale banner in front (as we were leaving)

Afterwards, we decided to stop at Neill's workplace for him to pick up some stuff. Of course, I had to take some shots of PROFRESSOR Neill's office.

Neill in his office

Neill's walls are super boring since he doesn't have anything up, but at least he has some cool pictures of him surfing in Hawaii.

We get such a kick out of this since it's hard to imagine a peer being a Professor. Ha ha ha....