Travel

So I'm in SF this week on some business, and today I had lunch down on the Embarcadero, and I got one of these "eco-friendly" cups. I've never heard of them before so I thought I'd pass a link over to the eco-friendly manufacturing company. Good for them.

From there web-site:


Greenware® portion cups and lids are a line of crystal clear, American made premium portion cups manufactured from NatureWorks® biopolymer, a polylactic acid (PLA) resin derived entirely from plants instead of oil. Greenware portion cups feature a rolled rim for leak-resistant lid application are are crystal clear to highlight any food or beverage. Available in three popular sizes, Greenware portion cups are a sustainable solution in foodservice packaging.

So we went out and splurged tonight at Morimotos.

The service was by far the best I've experienced in a while, and the attention to detail was immaculate. I highly rate it with a 10 out of 10.



The room had a great atmosphere, and was very calming, pleasurable & peaceful. Perfect for experiencing some incredible sushi.

I asked the waiter how often the man behind the restaurant's name shows up. He said the Iron Chef is there weekly to sample the quality. He usually sits at the sushi bar.

Here's some reviews.

So tonight, coming home from work I took a picture of the Liberty Bell.



For dinner I went out to La Scala's. The experience was mixed. The food was really spectacular until I hit a bunch of bones in my Filet Flounder Francasa. Luckily I was mostly done, it was the last half of my 2nd filet. The waittress was pleasant but wasn't very overly friendly. Didn't even get a "How was your day?"... I mean you if you see somebody eating alone, you'd at least try to be friendly right? Guess not.. At least she filled up my ice tea once..

Anyways, I paid the bill, and did give her a nice tip and left. As I left, the front door greeter hardly said have a good evening... Overall, I'd rate the food 7 out of 10. Would have gotten 10 out of 10 if they had de-boned the filet. And the service is about a 3 out of 10. For an overall score of 5 out of 10.

Walking back to the hotel I took a couple more pictures as the mall.

 

Well I got back to my room after working all day and I found myself locked out.. I was like awesome, same thing happened the night before. So I went down to the front desk and asked for a new card. I figured it was desensitized because working at my gig. So they kindly gave me another card and I headed up stairs.. Surely enough it didn't work either.. So I went back down to the front desk, and they sent someone up there to see how idiotic I was being. Well by George he couldn't open the door either. In fact I guess it was completely dead. So he called maintenance, and the guy that was helping took off.. About 5 minutes later the guy came running up the staircase huffing and puffing... Let's just say, I'm not on the first floor. He went to inspect what was up and sure enough it was dead. So he went back down and back up this time he brought a door charger. Who would have thunk it.. After about 10-15 minutes of monkeying around with it, it still wasn't charged. So he proceeded to pull out a drill. I did ask him if I was going to need to get a new room and he said no... So I thought this was going to be interesting.. Drill baby Drill... Well after about 3-4 minutes of not making any progress or seeing any metal shrapnel flying off he went back downstairs to get a new drill bit. Few minutes later he was back... He drilled out the hole in about 4-5 minutes... Took a hammer to it.. and knocked off the face place.. Then he worked his magic on the lock and opened up the door.



Then the fun really began, he had to put the door back together. So I went and hopped on the bed and turned on the TV to watch Apollo 13 on HBO. About an hour later he was done.

Good times..

After that I swapped out the work clothes to something more comfortable and headed to 21st & South Street. A corner bar named Ten Stone & met a co-worker, his girlfriend, and his roommate. He lives down the street from there. After having dinner and a few drinks, we went back to his place and was introduced into Sanson his knew boxer he got for Christmas.

I proceeded to teach it a few tricks and commands that we use on Bam Bam. He's a pretty obedient dog. Couldn't teach him fetch though... too bad.

I'm in Philadelphia this week on business... All I can say is it's freaking freezing here. Brutal to walk around.. Here's some pictures from the hotel room & around town..









For dinner tonight, I went to La Fourno. It's a pretty authentic Italian restaurant.. I had a pizza and a coke. It's a quaint little place. I recommend going there and giving it a try. Next time I go I'm trying the pasta !!


The Pizza had Pesto Sauce with Red Peppers & Sun Dried Tomatos

Read Other Reviews Here

So the Friday Night we were in Kona Hawaii, and we went to a outside luau... Here's a couple snaps of some pictures.... I took a lot of pictures so I'll slowly post more over the coming posts...

These pictures were taken on Monday, Dec. 11th, 2006.

Well now that I realize that I'm at JavaOne, I have never posted any pictures of our Hawaii Vacation From December 2006... Brandi, has politely mentioned it multiple times..

Since I'm sitting in the hotel, waiting for a friend to show up for dinner. I have a few seconds to make such a post... These pictures were taken Sun, Dec 9, 2006. Hope you enjoy, we sure enjoyed Kona Hawaii.






Hopefully, I'll get to post more photos for everybody to see... Brandi & I had a wonderful trip...

Well we're off shortly to spend some fun in the sun soaked days in Kona Hawaii... We have never been to Hawaii before so I thought I'd ask google to find some Hawaiian Activities.. Here's some websites it recommended. Since I'm so short on time, as I'm blogging this, I'm doing the research

With this blog entry I hope that it'll provide a crash course of information about Kona.

Never.... as we were driving around Napa Valley we came across this intersection where we saw ....

While we were in San Francisco we stayed at the SF Palace. I'll give you my overall impression we had of the place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights of August 13th, 2005

• Breakfast


• Riding the Trollies


• Lombard Street


• At the Wharf


• Dinner


• Dave Matthews Band Concert Numero Dos

Highlights of Day 2
1) Where we ate breakfast
2) Chinatown
3) Pier 39
4) Lunch
5) Dave Matthews Band Concert

Here's a recap of the day:

Highlights of Day 1
i) Airlines
ii) Getting to the Hotel and Checking in.
iii) Exploring the Financial District and Chinatown.
iv) Restaurant we ate at for lunch.
v) Restaurant we ate at for dinner.

Back in August of this year we went to San Francisco for 6 days for a long deserved vacation.

I'll being writing up blog fragments for some highlights of the trip. Giving you details of the restaurants we ate at, and other activities that we did..