Crossing the Country for Fun

So as trips go, this was a big one. I was suposed to travel to Califonia for a business trip. I made it to California, but while I was somewhere over Colorado at 36,000 feet my meetings were cancelled. So I arrive in San Francisco to find a note that says that I am free of Client meetings.

So I spend a night in a great hotel (www.cypresshotel.com) and had an average dinner at the Elephant Bar (www.elephantbar.com). I had breakfast in the hotel and now it is off to catch a flight home.

Trip recap - Left at 6:30AM yesterday, Traveled 3,472 miles on airplanes, spent one night in a hotel that I prepaid for two rooms for three nights (a lot of $$$) and will be home by 11:00PM tonight.

So the trip continues.........

Community

I love a sense of community. I love tailgates, BBQs, get togethers, block parties, anytime that friends get together. Recently, I have added another category to my sense of community. I now enjoy reading blogs. There I said it. I am no longer a mysterious voyeur in blog land. I posted a comment for the first time this week.

While hosting a neighborhood BBQ, I went inside and posted my first comment. The comment was to a friends blog. It was a funny comment, that if you did not know me, would sound both out of place and incredibly vain. I would point you all (you all - like I have anyone but me reading this) to the post, but I don't know how to do that yet.

I must also confess that I am not sure how to handle the fact that I enjoy discussing US Weekly with my wife and the other Moms in the neighborhood. I think that it is alright that I was able to debate whether or not Britney is a fit parent right?

Well, that is enough writing for me today. I am getting ready for a business trip to California. I am taveling with our CEO, so i am sure that i will have some great recommendations for places to eat in Silcon Valley.

Stay tuned, the trip continues.

I am not sure about you, but when I was young going anywhere over an hour seemed like forever. We would be ten minutes out and the questions would start. When will we be there? How long does it take? Are we there yet?

Since then not much has changed. We are older now, but still ask the questions. What's more is that now we not only are asking the questions (the trip is a little different now), but we also have to answer the very questions that made the drive feel even longer for our parents. I think that kids are programmed to ask these questions.

This is the start of my blogging career. Well, truth be told, I have tried in the past, but it never seemed to stick. So I thought that i would try it again.


Here we go....... Are we there yet?