My Travels

I feel like it always rain in San Francisco. I've been told that it is quite sunny in the Bay area, so I must have impeccable timing. This weekend, Chinatown is throwing a Lunar New Year street fair and parade. The last time I was in SF for the lunar festival, it also rained cats and dogs. Although everyone still perseveres, tough little buggers. Stayed at the Hilton SF and the Hilton Financial District. The Hilton SF is undergoing major renovations in their lobby area including their restaurant area. Apparently, they are expanding the convention space but it was fairly unobtrusive when I checked in. Here is a city view from the room. As I came in early for a Sunday work event, went out and saw an old friend from back in the day. Went to Sudachi on Sutter and Polk. Japanese sushi restaurant, very modern and the food was good. Not super dark as some other restaurants and the staff was super attentive. My friend said that past criticisms of the restaurant was bad service, ...

In Houston for a nanosecond. Ok, not that short but I feel tired this week. Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Flew to Houston at the crack of dawn on Friday and I was kicking myself for scheduling such an early morning flight. Had to layover in SFO for 3 hours and spent fighting with my computer's wireless card to stay connected to the the Tmobile hotspot. These are the times when I envy people with PDA phones and/or national wireless cards. Luckily, when I called at my hotel, they were nice enough to give me back my money. Staying in the Galleria area - Hilton Garden Inn. The area seems pretty nice, reminds me of South Coast Plaza's neighborhood and there are a string of hotels here as well. Ended up deciding to stay at the HGI because of the room rates but I was trying to convince myself to stay at the Homewood Suites just across the way since it was a block closer to my event. It all worked out as the HGI has courtesy cars that will drive within 3 miles (actually all t...