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    Changes to Stanford Alumni Blogs

    Thank you for reading Stanford's alumni blogs. We want to notify our readers that we're taking our alumni writings in a new direction--forming one big community of bloggers rather than many blogs with specific topics. The blogs you've been reading continue to be available, but as archives only. All new posts will be on a single Alumni Blog (Click here to set up RSS notification). The bloggers whose writings you've enjoyed will, we hope, continue contributing on the Alumni Blog along with a whole new crop of bloggers writing about new topics. So jump in! Become a guest blogger, or simply read and comment on posts.

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    Posted by Ms. Summer Moore Batte on Jun 21 2011 1:01PM | 0 comments

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    Fall in Pretty Pasadena

    Aaah. Fall! Stews, sweaters, long walks on crunchy leaves and COLLEGE FOOTBALL!  It is the perfect time of year for a quintessential tailgate with friends followed by taking in the game. It is hard to beat a sunny fall day in the grove with old friends!

    On game weekends, we like to start our Saturday with a morning hike or bike to earn the requisite brunch before the game.  Even if not in Palo Alto, we will sometimes venture to, dare I say it, another great PAC-10 stadium.  As far as California adventures go, a trip to the Rose Bowl is a timeless and classic California must. (Please see the picture below of my parents at the Rose Bowl back in their Cardinal days!) Although I love Cardinal football and a glass of chardonnay in the grove, there are arguably few places that can compare to the grandeur and history of the Rose Bowl, home for the UCLA Bruins.

    If you mis...

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    Posted by Ms. Hillary Marie Stamm on Sep 24 2010 4:17PM | 0 comments

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    A California "Daycation"

    Hello Cardinal friends! I'm very excited about my new blog entitled, "California Adventures."

    Hello fellow Cardinal friends!
    I'm very excited about my first post in my new blog, which I've titled "California Adventures."
    As a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I thought of California as a magical place.  I fondly recall when my parents took me along to their Stanford reunion; in all of five minutes, I was hooked.  Palm trees, sunshine, and blue sky in mid-October?  I had found paradise.  

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    Posted by Ms. Hillary Marie Stamm on Sep 9 2010 12:13PM | 1 comments

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