Tag: travel

Sláinte!

Buena Vista Irish Coffee.

I drove into San Francisco with several colleagues for dinner tonight.   I had fresh Dungeness crab, and after dinner we ordered a round of legendary Irish Coffees at The Buena Vista.  

Deeee-licious!

The restaurant’s website has instructions on how to make one, if you want to try to make one yourself:

Buena Vista Irish Coffee

Fill glass with very hot water to pre-heat, then empty.
Pour hot coffee into hot glass until it is about three-quarters full. Drop in two cocktail sugar cubes.
Stir until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.

Add full jigger of Irish Whiskey for proper taste and body.
Top with a collar of
lightly whipped whipping cream by pouring gently over a spoon.
Enjoy it while piping hot.

 

Bad hair day.

Kaput.

Today is off to a great start.  Got up early to do email.  Made one of those micro-pots of coffee in the hotel room.  Quick shower.   I’m rushing to get to my meeting on time, so I’d have to blow dry my hair.  Hotel room hair dryers are typically wimpy.  But it doesn’t seem worth it to stuff my big, bazillion watt ceramic, ionic, bionic hair dryer into my roll-a-board when I travel.   So, I dug out the hotel dryer.   And…I’m drying my hair… and halfway through, the hair dryer up and dies.  Not just one of those overheating…wait 15 min interruptions.  Just died.

Great.  Now the left side of my hair is dry and straight.  And the right side is wet… and when my hair dries naturally it has tons of curl/body in it.    So… I’ll be sporting a new, split-personality, ying/yang look today…  *sigh*

Is it Friday yet?

On the road again.

Chi-town.

I’m off to Raleigh for the week.  I flew through Chicago, and took this shot during my layover.  You can see the Chicago skyline way off in the distance.

May 27, 2010

Last leg

I’m  headed back home — had a bit of a delay in Detroit, but made it home before midnight.

This is a shot as we pulled away from the gate with thunderstorms looming.    I’m glad that we were able to make it out around them.

Home sweet home.

May 24, 2010

On the road again

Well, it had to happen.   My first business  trip after a very long time of not having to travel for work.

I’ll be in NY for a week of meetings.   I hope it’s productive.   I already can’t wait to get back home.