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I love love love this hotel. The people are mostly the same folks who were working here back the last time we were here in march of '05. So they know us. They are on top of issues as they arise, and it is a very easy meeting (so far) for those of us who are meeting logistics.
And the hotel is a very nice place. Perfect layout. We are contained on the second and third floors. And the hotel is attached to the Skyways, and you can get all over downtown without steeping outside. Awesome.
Been here since Thursday, and already tired of the room service menu. But luckily, the skyways stay open for way longer on weeknights than on weekends, and we can get out easier thn the last couple of days.
The days are kinda blurring together as they do when one is onsite. The hotel folks took us out to dinner on Friday - a very nice place in walking distance, sadly not connected via the skyways (but only about five blocks, so even in the cold it wasn't that bad).
Macy's has their eighth floor display up, and we were there Saturday evening just to poke around, and ended up going through it. This year's theme? A day in the life of Santa's Elves. Cute. Some of the animatronic displays were better than others, and there were a few elf faces that were interesting. I wouldn't stand in line for it, but it was kinda sweet to see it. My favorite bits were reindeer flight school, the mail drop with the mail bags coming in on hot air balloons, the elf bunkhouse, and the one poor elf spinning drunkenly with a gift box stuck on his head.
I have seen bits of snow flaking here and there - but nothing that amounts to anything besides a bit of prettiness while it is airborne.
I feel like it is later than Monday because I haven't really had a weekend, and won't have one really until Thanksgiving. I might take the 25th off as a comp day, though. Just because.
Wish I was home.
And the hotel is a very nice place. Perfect layout. We are contained on the second and third floors. And the hotel is attached to the Skyways, and you can get all over downtown without steeping outside. Awesome.
Been here since Thursday, and already tired of the room service menu. But luckily, the skyways stay open for way longer on weeknights than on weekends, and we can get out easier thn the last couple of days.
The days are kinda blurring together as they do when one is onsite. The hotel folks took us out to dinner on Friday - a very nice place in walking distance, sadly not connected via the skyways (but only about five blocks, so even in the cold it wasn't that bad).
Macy's has their eighth floor display up, and we were there Saturday evening just to poke around, and ended up going through it. This year's theme? A day in the life of Santa's Elves. Cute. Some of the animatronic displays were better than others, and there were a few elf faces that were interesting. I wouldn't stand in line for it, but it was kinda sweet to see it. My favorite bits were reindeer flight school, the mail drop with the mail bags coming in on hot air balloons, the elf bunkhouse, and the one poor elf spinning drunkenly with a gift box stuck on his head.
I have seen bits of snow flaking here and there - but nothing that amounts to anything besides a bit of prettiness while it is airborne.
I feel like it is later than Monday because I haven't really had a weekend, and won't have one really until Thanksgiving. I might take the 25th off as a comp day, though. Just because.
Wish I was home.
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Macy's displays are the one thing I miss up here. Too small, we don't get them.
Maybe you'll get a full snow blow before you have to leave.
Hurry home, it misses you, too! ;)
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And we have Macy's, but not the space for the little animatronic "world" displays. Not even very creative window displays like you get in the NYC or Chicago.
And weather wise, it is supposed to be quiet for the next few days, so I think if it doesn't snow tonight it probably won't while I am here.
Ooohhh - afternoon breaktime! I get to go pick up a data projector! Maybe see what the snack is...