Posts Tagged Travel
When in Houston…
At the hotel in Houston, I was down eating breakfast in the lobby and I heard the girl at the front desk call a room and say “Hi, Mr. So and So, the police wanted to know if you had called a wrecker for your car or if you needed them to call one for you”
then she called another room and said the exact same thing, I was puzzled and figured 2 people got into an accident in the parking lot, stupid idiots, but hey sometimes shit happens, even in a parking lot.
So I finish up my breakfast and go grab my bag and head out to my car to go to the customer site.
And what should my wondering eyes behold… 2 cars in the parking lot…. on cinder blocks… no tires…. with all the lug nuts from the tires sitting on the ground right by where the tires used to be on the cars.
So yeah, i guess it was a real safe area I was staying in, and I am guessing that it what the police were asking about a wrecker for, not because of any accident in the parking lot.
I feel bad for the guys, that just kinda sucks for them, glad it was not my car though…
Some Things To Share
Alrighty….. first order of business, I have been in Houston the past couple days and it sounds just weird and “wrong” but I have been driving a Vibe around for the past few days. Doesn’t that just sound dirty?
Next up… Road Signs in Houston, TX suck, period, plain and simple. No advance notice that the route you want to get on is there, and the signs that are there are TINY! I had to cut off at least 6 people in my driving around.
Also, I swear they teach people how to intentionally drive in a blind spot in TX, you don’t see them til it is almost too late
Now I am in Detroit, well Michigan, I flew into Detroit. I flew Continental, last time I do that unless I am first class. The seats were completely uncomfortable, I was in an exit row but there was no extra leg room! AND my seat was not able to recline WTF! and the headrests on the seats did not have those little fold out things that hold your head so you can sleep sitting up. To top it off we got a “snack” if it can be called that, it was a turkey sandwich which was about the size of 2 donut holes with 1 slice of turkey in it. AND unlike every other airline, they don’t give you a whole can of soda, you only get a mini 7oz cup of Soda, but with ice, you end up with about 2 or 3 sips of soda,also you have to buy headphones if you want to watch the movie or listen to the piped in music. The highlight of the entire flight was the Halloween sized packet of Skittles that came with the sandwich, how lame is that?
now I am in Michigan… and I heard a rather disturbing radio commercial, it was for a strip joint. $1000 top prize for the winner of the soon to be mom bikini contest, “Jump start that child’s college fund” – “Guys, no cover charge if you bring a package of diapers” What kind of people do this?!?
Ugh… time for bed…..
I am Getting Spoiled
So yes, my last 2 flights have been while sitting in First Class. Once on United, and once on Continental.
It was nice, free drinks and a hot meal!
Warm towel to wipe your hands and face with before the meal, then real plates and silverware to eat with!!
I was a tad disappointed that I did not get a fresh baked cookie on my Continental Flight, however the ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream was ample for a substitute option.
The comfy larger leather seats and a ton more leg room is nice as well, along with getting to board the plane first, and being able to get the hell off the plane a lot quicker too!
I need to not get used to this…
The Coolest Company So Far
Posted by nedster in Entertainment, Fun, Work on 2006/04/28
So I was supposed to be in Cincinnati this week, but I ended up in Beavercreek just outside of Dayton, although I saw no beavers nor any creeks so it was a tad disappointing.
However 2 highlights from this little trip.
1- I got hit on at a bar by a circus clown, she was not all dressed up, but the circus was in town, no, seriously, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Baily Circus was in town and performing at Wright State University which was basically across the street from my hotel. It was fun and interesting but it never went past the bar. I may be freaky but I just could not go there.
2- This was the coolest company I have gotten to go visit so far with my job. They are really small but they make a ton of money because they manufacture Night Vision Goggles. The real ones that the military actually uses. I got a tour and saw how they are manufactured, and it is pretty neat.
Then I got to test out a pair!
It is totally exactly like you see in the movies!! The green hue and everything. The room was totally dark, I mean TOTALLY dark. I could not even see my hand 1 inch in front of my face, but they worked and I could see nearly perfectly once I had them turned on. No colors except shades of green, but I could see everything right down to the contours of my tour guides face.
I SO want a pair!! they run on a single AA battery, now if I can just figure out where to scrounge up an extra $15k to pay for one set of goggles.
I’m Baaaack
Didja miss me?!?!?
So yes, in case you were completely unaware I was in Ireland for the past week. I was on vacation with my sister, mother, and my mother’s friend. It was an interesting trip to say the least.
Driving on the left was fun and entertaining, although not quite as much as the road speed limits, 80 km/hr was the speed limit on many roads, some of which had tons of blind corners and are barely wide enough for 1 car let alone 2 cars going in opposite directions!!
We were up in the middle of nowhere at the Renvyle House Hotel, we stayed in one of the Time Share Condo units, I liked it and I am sure it would normally be a wonderful place in the months of May through Early September, however in March it is pretty nasty up there.
We had some crappy weather, rain, overcast, wind, cold, as well as some great weather which was sunny, cool, and only slightly windy. I definitely want to go back during warmer months and do more exploring, we barely covered our little corner in the mid west coast of Ireland let alone the rest of the island nation.
I think 3 or 4 weeks with a mountain bike and good weather would be an awesome trip.
So Very Nice Out Here
Very nice out here, but it isn’t Boston…
I think the drivers out here are actually worse than in Boston, I know people say Boston is the worst, but LA area has them beat as far as I am concerned, especially when dealing with 6 lanes of traffic!
Now what would a blog spot from me be without a reference to a meal I ate somewhere right?
Well I had dinner tonight in the Hotel Sushi Bar, and it was fabulous! SO much better than the sushi around the Boston Area.
I had….
California Roll(fitting don’t you think?) which was crabmeat and avocado with sticky rice in a seaweed wrap
Maguro which is raw tuna on sticky rice with a spot of wasabi
Hamachi which is raw yellowtail on sticky rice with a spot of wasabi
Sake which is raw salmon on sticky rice with a spot of wasabi
Ebi which is cooked shrimp on sticky rice with a spot of wasabi
Hotate which is scallops in a spicy sauce, baked briefly and then put on top of sticky rice with a seaweed wrap
Albacore Tataki which is albacore tuna, lightly pan seared but raw on the inside on top of cucumber strips, with a sesame dressing
All as very tasty and filling while not being too much food either. I really liked the albacore, it melted in your mouth and was practically falling apart when picking it up with the chop stix, the tuna and yellowtail were great as well, and salmon was so so, just confirmed that I am not a huge fan of Salmon in general.
I am gonna head back there tomorrow to try out some other things, Uni(sea urchin) and Tako(octopus) looked very tasty so they may be on the menu for tomorrow night.
Harey Carey in Chicago
No, I am not going to commit it, although I might have considered it if I lived or had to stay near the landfill we drove past earlier today! NEVER smelled anything that bad before coming from a landfill.
But anyway, been in Chicago since yesterday, well not really Chicago, right outside near O’hare. Not a terrible area, but very industrial, which makes sense since the software we sell is for manufacturing and that is usually in an industrial area.
I wish I had been closer to Chicago so I could go in and check it out, maybe next time I will be able to have a car and do my own traveling around here.
We hit up a place called Harey Carey for dinner, and it was totally not as good as the prices would indicate, $37 for a 16 oz Sirloin is just totally way too high, I cannot imagine any steak being THAT good, but whatever, I went with the penne with asparagus, sun dried tomatoes, and pesto sauce. The pesto sauce was really good though, very fresh basil and not too much olive oil, and no pine nuts – I like em, just sick of places putting them in the pesto as a filler.
Well, I fly back to Logan tomorrow, I picked the 9:30 flight instead of the 6:30 flight, no need to wake up at like 4:30 to go home.
I also get to go to court tomorrow to try and get the money back from Rob. Such an annoying ordeal, and I hope that it can get the judgment go my way, and then deal with trying to collect it. it really is a shame he didn’t just deal with me and forced my hand to this extreme, since it would be a lot less money that he would end up having to pay me, plus no lawyer costs, and he never would have had to move out! People really confuse me sometimes.
Also, on another positive note, I have a guy coming to fix the hot tub tomorrow!! WOOHOOO!
Who is up for naked hot tubbing after it is fixed, filled, and heated?!?!?