After a nice long rest last night David and I were able to spend a little time today poking around his old neighborhood as well as getting a little tour of Sarnoff Corporation with John (David’s dad). John also took us on a grand tour of Princeton! We started at the graduate hall with a big impressive building with all kinds or ornate details like stained glass and big arches. Keeping with the school theme we passed by the Institute for Advanced Study (of note, this is the where Einstein spent the latter part of his career), the American Boychoir School (Mark’s brother attended here during Jr. High School), and the buildings in which the SAT test is created every year. We also passed by the governor's mansion and the houses of John Nash (of Beautiful Mind fame) and Einstein. The day of touring culminated with a trip to Palmer’s Square, a little shopping district full of whimsical little shops. I really enjoyed how all of the shops were not cookie-cutters from all over the country, but rather full of local flavor and unique. We had a small bite of ice cream at the Bent Spoon which was quite delightful (dark chocolate sorbet? yes please). The evening finished off with Aljon’s Pizza. I hear about Aljon’s quite frequently from David as the epitome of what pizza ought to be. While delicious, I can’t say I fully agree with him. It was a full day and we are now relaxing at the homestead.
Thanks for reading! Missing you all in Seattle!