I’ve been living in Silicon Valley for the last two weeks and will be here for another two. So far I’ve noticed two things that won’t go away:

1. Everyone here has an iPhone (by “here” I really do mean the places I go within Mountain View/Palo Alto - when I’m in San Francisco I see much more variety). I know that’s not revelatory or anything. Everyone everywhere has an iPhone. But not like in Seattle. In Seattle I feel like I see as many Androids these days as I do iPhones. Or maybe everyone in Seattle keep their phones hidden while here everyone has them out for display. I don’t know. I do know that it’s reached the point where I would be less likely to get an iPhone again because of how many I see. And I’m not someone who will stop liking something the moment it’s popular. I’m usually too late to the game to be that much of a charicature. But still. They are disgustingly ubiquitous here. That or I’m really embracing the luddite part of my old man charter, rolling my eyes at the young kids these days. (Also, probably because I’m like 30 minutes from Apple’s headquarters. The same way that Seattle might have a high portion of Windows Phones right now. This could also be because in general I get annoyed with any blind fanboy and fangirl and the more I see of one brand the more I assume the whole area is infiltrated with fanboys and fangirls. )

2. People in Silicon Valley know how to dress. So many well dressed men and women. Well, duh, also. San Francisco is 40 minutes away. And the climate tends to not needing to be cozy all the time. But being here has definitely made me turn my head a few times and seriously inspiring/challenging to not get lazy with my own wardrobe. Of course, traveling means that I can only do so much with what I brought. Might be shipping some things home when I finally do get to go home.