Our stop over LA gave us a chance to catch up our breathe so we would start our trek over the Pacific well rested. After we arrived we ate at the hotel - we impressed that they would add chicken to any salad for an additional $12 - the next night we saw a similar offer priced at $2.50. The next day we gave into our miserly instincts and had breakfast at Subway and then we took a bus to Santa Monica - $1.00 ($.50 senior fare) - and noted the $4.39 plus gas prices. We were meeting Qing, a friend from his days as a graduate student at NC State. We were a little early so we wandered surrounded by very hip businesses, e.g., MTV, Yahoo, and a Universal Music Studio. I threatened to try to get a picture of the first man we sawing wearing a tie -even men in solid white and blue shirts didn't have times.
After lunch we visited Qing's office, Edmunds. Check out the company office tour, which they send to potential employees. Now there is a place I would have liked to work - a kitchenette on every floor, white walls all over the place for writing whatever seems relevant, a game room, an area were employees could duck in for a nap, a ping pong table, and a massive snack bar. All in all the office communicated a collaborative interactive environment. Employees are pretty much in charge of their work schedule - getting the task done over working specific hours. If Qing is representative, and I suspect he is, it is a good place to work, to feel valued, and to be productive.
Later we went Santa Monica pier. It felt like Coney Island (or Atlanta City of an earlier generation), but slightly less tacky and no salt water taffy.
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