Monterey

I spent Thursday and Friday in Monterey, California, the language capital of the world, attending a conference for administrators of intensive English programs. My days were packed attending sessions such as "Over to the Dark Side: From Teaching to Administration" and "Bookmarks and Clusters: Two Different Ways of Setting Cut Scores."

 I did manage to slip away at lunchtime to Fishermen's Warf on Thursday to sit on the rocks and listen to the ocean waves and relax for a few minutes before mustering up artificial friendliness for the networking breaks.