" To know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom. " John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Half Moon Bay Summer Retreat
Have a stack of files on my desk taller than a golf club. How do I know this? Because there's a golf club (not mine of course) next to my desk. Our derivatives group has been scrambling to prepare for next week's audit by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the federal bank regulator, and it's been an ongoing battle with paper these past few days. The paper is winning at the moment. What can I say? I love audits like the plague. Thankfully, we received our long anticipated invitations to the Financial Derivatives Group Summer Retreat at the Ritz-Carlton Resort & Spa at Half Moon Bay in September. Woohoo! A luxury hotel stay and great food, all at Wells Fargo's expense. Almost makes up for the audit. Last year's event was awesome. A catered outdoor dinner of fresh lobster, prime rib, and wine aplenty, out near the 18th green with the Pacific Ocean cresting beneath us as we mingled atop the high cliffs. We even had a brief impromptu conversation with Frankie Andreu, Lance Armstrong's former captain on the US Postal Service cycling team and currently an Outdoor Life Network reporter covering the Tour de France. The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay rocks.