Places I've been in 2011

San Jose
Denver
Seattle
Columbus
Chicago
Atlanta

The Windy City

Oh how I enjoy coming to Chicago.  This city is awesome!  Staying right on the river.  The city is full of great places to eat and drink.  I wish it was just a bit warmer.  This was also the first time I took the Blue Line from the airport to downtown.

Still in Seattle

Well I am still in Seattle.  I am pretty much away from all the action.  I did walk to the Space Needle.  That is about a mile away from me.  When I started walking it was a light drizzle and thought....ya I can make it in this.  Well little did I know about Seattle weather.  I was drenched by the time I go to the Space Needle.  So then I was faced with a dilemma...do I pay to go to the observation deck or just dry off and go back to hotel room.  I thought...it is dark and it is raining, what could I possibly see.  So I bought some tshirts and and umbrella and made my way back to the hotel.  On the way back...the wind was gusting so bad it turned my new umbrella inside out and broke the metal braces.  So that went in to the garbage (nice way to blow $12).

This is a real uneventful business trip.  I have not really gone out anywhere or got too crazy.  Probably for the better.

Seattle

It sure took me a long time to get here but I finally made to the Emerald City.  I am staying in a Suite which has a kitchen and stuff so not like a real hotel.  There are significant differences in Seattle that you do not see in Cleveland.
1)  There is a lot of shipping (I saw almost 1,000 shipping containers that said 'China Shipping'
2)  There are a ton of Evergreen trees, which is probably why they call this the Evergreen state
3)  In Cleveland, there are thing written in English and Spanish.  In Seattle, things are written in English, Japanese, and Chinese.  That sure was different.

Went to a local pub for some grub.  Very friendly people here in Seattle.  So far so good.

Just Wednesday

It has been a while since my last post.  Wow that sounds familiar!  Anyway...work has been keeping me busy and I continue to hit the road.  I am off to Seattle this weekend.  I am looking forward to it.  Here is what I do not look forward to...MORE SNOW.  It has been coming down and the frigid temps have been crazy.  I suppose spring is around the corner so we'll see if that changes my mood.  I am in a real funk.  Have no motivation to get to the gym, I have put on some extra pounds, and don't feel like doing much.  I have been eying up Insanity.  Its a 13 disc set that helps you lose weight and get fit.  I am just not sure I have the commitment in me.  I am only thinking about it at this point so we'll have to see whats up with that.