Feeling SLO

When Will was considering schools, one on his list was Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo (SLO) — a school with a good reputation. Will did well in high school, graduating near the top of his class — so we naively figured he’d have an easy time getting into schools. He applied to Cal Poly, but didn’t get in, even though some of his friends did. We later learned that his friends locked in Cal Poly by using an ‘early admission / I will go if you accept me’ commitment process (don’t remember what it’s called) that encourages the school to take you — since they know you won’t pass on them for a better school. Will ended up going to UC Santa Cruz, and it’s worked out well for him, but anyway — about this photo…

This is a photo of the courtyard of a hotel in SLO that we stayed at when Will was touring Cal Poly, and they were serving 805 beer all evening (cheap? free? don’t remember) which is a nice buttery amber. (805 is their telephone area code.) I drank a lot. It was good. That was my intro to 805 beer.