I'm very sad to hear about Dave's passing. We flew together on his first trip to Singapore for the SIN 'Do. He was so excited to be in Asia for the first time. He was such good company, and it was clear that being out in the world brought him a lot of pleasure. We talked about his Starbucks city coffee mug collection, and I helped him find a Tokyo mug at Narita. We corresponded off and on over the years. On my first trip to China four years ago, I was thrilled to find and send him a Starbucks mug from Hangzhou.

For some reason he came to mind just last week. I had intended to reach out to him, so it's doubly hard to learn that he's no longer flying with us.