It's back to the Rose & Crown we go, for its chummy atmosphere and killer fish and chips. Friends and family welcome, of course, and the more orange you can wear, the better. :-)

Date:	Friday 5/4
Time:	7-9
Location:	Rose and Crown, Palo Alto
Address:	547 Emerson St.
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Catherine Baker '97 650-283-5936

Join Amy Buchen '03 and Dan Sullivan '63 for the San Francisco Ballet's colorful and entertaining performance of "Don Quixote." Afterwards we will head over to a nearby restaurant for light snacks and conversation. This three-act ballet is staged by the Ballet's Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Resident Choreographer Yuri Possokhov, based on a 19th century Russian ballet by Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus. The ballet is built around an episode in which the confused but well-intentioned Don helps an innkeeper's daughter marry the young barber she loves, foiling her father's plan to marry her to a foppish nobleman. It culminates in a grand wedding celebration before the Don and Sancho Panza bid farewell to continue on their adventures. For more information, visit the SF Ballet website at www.sfballet.org.

Our Balcony Circle tickets are limited, so send in your reservation and check (payable to PCNC) as soon as possible. Include your name, class year, and e-mail and postal address.

Date:	Sunday 5/6
Time:	1:30-5
Location:	San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco
Address:	301 Van Ness Ave @ Grove St
RSVP:	Please RSVP by April 25 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$35
Non-Member Price:	$40
Please send your payment in by April 25 to the contact listed below.
Contact:	Dan Sullivan '63 359 Church St; San Francisco CA 94114 415-626-8153

Trained as an Edgewood Natural Preserve tour docent, Ann Sunhachawee '97 has graciously invited Princeton Club of Northern California members to join her on her scheduled walk on Mother's Day 2007. Ann's tours are quite popular with locals and often oversubscribed so make sure to plan ahead to join her.

If you cannot make Mother's Day, Ann will also be leading a tour on Tax Day (Sunday, April 15) and other trained guides lead walks every weekend throughout the spring season. For further information, please visit: http://friendsofedgewood.org/docent_walks_2007.htm.

Edgewood's serpentine grasslands are renowned throughout California for their lush wildflower carpets and rich biodiversity. You might see dozens of species of flowers on a single walk! The free walk varies according to what is in bloom and covers about 3 miles, at a moderate pace, with frequent stops.

Walks start from the Old Stage Day Camp. Please bring water, a hat, sturdy shoes, sunscreen, and a snack if you wish. There is no stop for lunch, but picnic tables are usually available after the walks in the Old Stage Day Camp area, where restrooms and water are available.

Date:	Sunday 5/13
Time:	10-1
Location:	Edgewood Natural Preserve, Redwood City
Address:	Old Stage Day Camp @ Edgewood Road
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Ann Sunhachawee '97 650 714 1257

Book and loaction is chosen at the previous month's meeting. Please contact Jamye for more information or to be added to the e-vite list for this group.

Date:	Tuesday 5/15
Time:	7-9
Location:	TBA, TBA
Address:
RSVP:	Please RSVP by May 14 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Jamye Jamison '96 650-430-4411

Our speaker, Jim Lugannani '81, is a Financial Advisor with UBS Financial Services, Inc. He works with individuals and families on long range financial planning, and assists in the implementation of those plans. Jim will share his personal thoughts as well as UBS Financial Services' views on retirement planning and how today's decisions will impact your future.

PLEASE RSVP only if you are certain you can join us, as lunches are specificially ordered for the number of people who indicate they will attend. Cancellations can be accepted up until the day prior to the event. We have had large numbers of no-shows in the past and future events will be paid in advance if this continues.

Date:	Wednesday 5/16
Time:	12-1:15
Location:	Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Law Offices, Palo Alto
Address:	950 Page Mill Road @ El Camino Real
RSVP:	Please RSVP by May 11 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$10
Non-Member Price:	$15
Contact:	Karen Drexler '81 650 948-4963

This year's winner for the San Francisco Bay Area Princeton Prize in Race Relations is Aki Shibuya. She is a founding member and President of the Diversity Club of Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA. Initially created to directly address racially intolerant and insensitive behavior demonstrated by a group of students during an interscholastic sporting event, the Diversity Club quickly expanded its message of promoting harmony, understanding and respect among people of different races through the educational activities of a Diversity Week. Drawing inspiration from a day of racial intolerance, the Diversity Club and Aki have furthered their work with other student organizations to promote harmony and understanding through a race relations awareness month and the "Take it Back" campaign recording and reporting the rate of intolerant language demonstrated at the school. This fall, Aki will be attending Grinnell College in Iowa where she hopes to pursue a major in history and political science.

We will be honoring Aki and the rest of the certificate winners May 19, between 12 and 3 pm, in Preservation Park in Oakland. Our keynote speaker will be Judge Henry Ramsey. Honorable Ramsey has served as a prosecutor, private practitioner, law professor, judge, law-school dean, arbitrator, mediator, and special master and as been active in Bay Area Civil Rights for over 40 years. We are very lucky to have him speak at this year's ceremony.

Everyone who is interested is welcome to attend. Hope to see you next month.

Date:	Saturday 5/19
Time:	12-3
Location:	Preservation Park, Oakland
Address:	1233 Preservation Park Way @ MLK Way and 12th St.
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	John Jenkins '97 650-861-1840

"Food for Thought" is a quarterly PWN event that provides an opportunity for alumnae to engage in focused discussion on a wide variety of topics.

On May 20, Princeton alumnae writers are invited to a potluck dinner discussion on the craft and career of writing. Participants will be able to share ideas and resources for creative and professional development and connect with other local alumnae writers. We appreciate your help in reaching out to our alumnae, so please let us know if you are aware of Princeton writers in the area.

When RSVPs are final, the hostess will coordinate potluck plans with the attendees. Attendance is limited to 10.

Date:	Sunday 5/20
Time:	6-8
Location:	Home of Kathryn Bowsher '87, San Francisco, CA
Address:
RSVP:	Please RSVP by May 10 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	$5.00
Contact:	Suzy Tompkins '96 415-412-9299

Please plan to join University technology policy spokesperson Professor Felten, who will share his thoughts on the transformative power of digital technology with Silicon Valley Princetonians, after a social networking hour in Palo Alto.

The transition to digital technologies, which began with the compact disc and the Internet, and continues with TiVo and the iPod, is rearranging the culture and business of music, movies, visual arts, and news. Princeton Professor Felten will explain why digital technology is transformative, and how its arrival has kicked off a broad political, technical, and legal struggle to control the future of the technologies that bring us media, art, and culture. This talk is aimed at a general audience and assumes no technical background.

Schedule:
6pm Networking Hour: light appetizers and beverages served.
7pm Lecture by Professor Felton
7:45pm Question & Answer session

Edward W. Felten is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, and is affiliated with the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. His research interests include computer security and privacy, especially relating to consumer products, and technology law and policy. His weblog, at freedom-to-tinker.com, is widely read for its commentary on technology, law, and policy.

In 2003, Scientific American magazine named him to its list of fifty international leaders in science and technology. He has testified as an expert witness in several important lawsuits, for example as the lead technical expert witness for the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust case. He has published more than seventy papers in the research literature, and two books. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1993.

Date:	Monday 5/21
Time:	6-8:30
Location:	Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Law Offices, Palo Alto
Address:	950 Page Mill Road @ El Camino Real
RSVP:	Please RSVP by May 14 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$15
Non-Member Price:	$20
Please send your payment in by May 14 to the contact listed below.
Contact:	Karen Drexler '81 12580 La Cresta Dr. Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 650 714 1257