Friday Replacement Post

Okay, so this morning when I woke up I realized that the post I put up late last night was not actually a photo I took myself (just in case you all hadn't noticed that I was IN the photo) and so I thought I would put up one that I actually did take yesterday. This is a picture of the amazing bed in my hotel room. I stayed in a suite at the Moore Hotel and when I went in and saw this bed, I got very excited. This was not your typical hotel and was decorated so tastefully. I love it and hopefully Chad and I will stay here when we come back in July. I found the staff to be very friendly and helpful, actually I've found pretty much everyone in Seattle to be friendly and helpful. Anyway, if you like more of a European hotel, then certainly check this one out (it is also very reasonable priced and located just a few blocks from Pike Place Market).

Seina and Phthisis

Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting two of the greatest people! Well, I'm not sure if you can really say that I "met" Seina for the first time tonight, considering the fact that we have "known" each other since 7th grade (so about 12 years or so). We were penpals for a class and just kept in touch since then. I am so glad we did because I had a wonderful time with them tonight. I think we were all a bit nervous because there was so much anticipation. We have always discussed meeting each other since we have been in touch for longer than I've known most of my best friends, but it just didn't work out until now. This photo was taken at 520 feet in the Seattle Space Needle. Phthisis is afraid of heights and had never been up before, but it wasn't actually that hard to convince him to go up and he did very well! No fainting or anything! I had a great night and now I'm all alone at the hotel ... At least the hotel is quite nice, especially my room. I've got photos of that, but I'll probably post them on flickr instead so be watching that over the next few days. Sorry this post didn't make it in before midnight but I was having too much fun to make sure to be back early to do my post!

Salty's

So I am at an internal Golder conference with other GIS and information management people. We had some great sessions today and started to get to know each other. We went out to dinner at a place called Salty's that has a great view of the Seattle skyline from across some water (not sure WHAT water it is). They had some interesting sculptures out in the front and this was one of them. At least, I think it was a sculpture and not just something left behind at some point.

I Think I Hate Traveling

So I missed a day for the first time, but it was hardly my fault. First of all, when I got to Philly airport, I found that there was no more free wireless internet in the B-C concourse like there was a few months ago. Then, I wasn't able to connect to any of the wireless internet spots in the airport although Yong could. Then our flight was delayed by 2.5 hours so we didn't fly out of Philly until about 9 PM. I just got to my hotel about a half hour ago and decided to post this even though I need to be up again in less than 6 hours. Anyway, on my way to the airport I saw this truck with what looks to be an old advertisement of some sort for an automobile back when it was a big deal that they were "horseless carriages". I thought it was pretty cool looking.

Packing for a trip

So I'm going on a trip tomorrow to the Seattle area for an internal conference and I thought I would show some of the items that are most important to me when traveling. As you can probably tell, these are chargers for various electronic devices (pictured here are the chargers for my cell phone and my Nintendo DS). On a long trip I would need at least 4 of these. This time, I'll probably take only three, but it could be disastrous if I forgot one of them!

Free Counseling?

Tonight was the first night of the spring quarter. I'm taking two more classes this quarter (I know, I'm a glutton for punishment). They were having the spring resource fair tonight in Main Building and it was a bit bizarre because there was a couch, two chairs and a rug set up in the middle of the court (as you can see in this photo) and so I thought it was kind of strange, like, were they offering free counseling or something??

Delicious Goat Cheese

This is a photo of some goat cheese that Deb and Bud brought over a couple weeks ago for an impromptu wine and cheese get-together. They got it at Whole Foods and it was outstanding. There is a layer of ash in the middle. I love goat cheese. We've had it in the fridge this whole time, so I had it for lunch today. Yum!