I took advantage of the slow traffic to take some candid shots, first on 880, when things got really thick between Industrial and Whipple, then on the approach to the Dumbarton toll plaza, and finally on the bridge itself. As far as I could tell, there wasn't any good reason for all the slow traffic. Caltrans was helping someone off to the side of the road on the flat section of the Bridge, and things were *way* backed up from the top of the highrise all the way over to the freeway, but there were no accidents...just traffic.

It was especially interesting to me how much Mr. Type A in his BMW backed off after I took his photo... (Ting says "And what's wrong with Type-A Bimmer drivers??  You married one and you ARE one yourself!!")

I got together with Barry Porter for lunch at Fontana's in Menlo Park in order to borrow some of his equipment while mine got sent off to the shop. It's always great visiting with Barry, especially when he does that funky interdimensional transportation thing. Makes it hard to get a good photo, however.

After an afternoon slaving over the Indy's in the Knudsen Lab it was time for tonight's show, the Brazilian Guitar Quartet aka the Quarteto Brasileiro de Violoes, performing at Dinkelspiel Auditorium. According to their promo literature, "In Brazil they are called the 'Dream Team' -- four of the most brilliant guitarists living in that country including Grammy nominee Paul Galbraith, the brothers Edelton and Everton Gloeden and Tadeu do Amaral."
You can read more about the quartet at their website.

Tonight's program varied from Bach (for the opener) to Villa-Lobos and beyond. Most of the pieces consisted of works transcribed for guitar quartet by one of the performers. The second Villa-Lobos piece of the night, the Bachianas Brasileiras #5 was particularly interesting in that it included the soprano Adelia Issa providing vocal accompaniment to the piece.

Unfortunately, my photos came out pretty awful, so there's only a few posted here for your viewing pleasure. Oh well!