LHC First Beam Day ended with a bang last night in the SF Bay Area – swissnex, an annex of the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, threw a party! Around 200 folks were there, with physcisists from all around the area. The champagne flowed, the food never ran out (a minor miracle given an entire roomful of physcists) and the consulate even gave out free bags of stuff. What more could you ask for? It was great to celebrate with colleagues and let our hair down.
Wired magazine was there and commemorated the event by interviewing folks about their LHC expectations:
Well, I did say the champagne flowed…. and we were all giddy in our excitement about the LHC! A truly excellent time was had by all.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I thought it was a great occasion & the arrangements were very, very well done…quite classy too! The video is very good & captures the real excitement that we physicists feel about the start-up of the LHC…
September 12th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Great video!
“My wife thinks I’m excited about our new kid, but really, it’s because of the LHC.”
September 12th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Yeah, awesome video. I actually know a few people!
Michaela: Just to clarify- he was talking about his gray hair and stress, instead of excitement. Still, the statement was hilarious!
September 12th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Yay! I was hoping I’d recognize people!
September 12th, 2008 at 12:50 am
What grey hair? I didn’t see any. At least Gordon HAS hair! My hair is sitting in a box on the living room floor.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Besides our own fantabulous Joanne, the video features another blogger, my colleague Gordon Watts, whose blog can be found here.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I think I saw Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter in the back of the crowd!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
You’re adorable.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Thanks for posting that video, I smiled the whole time while watching it. Very sweet, and a lot of fun for me to see people so happy and excited. Good luck to everyone involved.