Pico Iyer on the Value of Travel, at Hana Haus, Palo Alto
On April 13, I went to Hana Haus on University Ave., Palo Alto to hear a talk in their speaker series. First, a few words on Hana Haus, which occupies a special and historic space. It was home to Palo Alto’s iconic Varsity Theater, a single screen movie theater built in 1920. In 1994, it was converted into Borders Bookstore until the company shut down, and remained empty until 2015. Then, the German company SAP, which has a large Silicon Valley office, transformed the uni